It has been a pretty amazing season in field hockey, with champions galore, first-time major trophy winners, and statistical achievements. Of course, given the fact that our sources of information have dwindled down to a precious few, we’ve gotten some additional information over the last few weeks.
One fact is that senior Kira Trader, a superb central midfielder from Yorktown Tabb (Va.) became one of two scholastic field hockey players (Adelaide Minnella of West Essex is the other) to attain 100 goals and 100 assists in a career. There are only 14 players in scholastic field hockey history to have ever done that.
Too, Trader was able to tie Cassidy Goodwin of Gloucester (Va.) for the all-time single-season lead in assists. She managed her 56th and final assist of the season in the most crucual of situations. Herwith a low, hard pass to the stroke mark in the 56th minute of the VHSL Class 3 state final found teammate Kennedy Parlett for the deflection over the goal line to win the game.
That win also was of statistical significance: Tabb kept its remarkable win streak alive at 113. The Tigers would need to win its first 12 matches of the 2026 season in order to exceed the current national mark of 124 by Watertown (Mass.).
We thank those news sources and citizen journalists who have been feeding us information this year, but we would like to do better; if your team can adopt the easy-to-use MaxPreps.com platform, it would help. I encourage you to get your fellow teams to enter their information there as well as whichever is your local news site, so that we can aim for as complete a statistical picture of the country as possible.
68 Caitlin Connell, Malvern VIlla Maria (Pa.)
54 Lola Conway, La Jolla Bishop’s School (Calif.)
54 Adelaide Minnella, North Caldwell West Essex (N.J.)
51 Aida Ierubino, Doylestown Central Bucks West (Pa.)
48 Leaya Cleary, Los Gatos (Calif.)
46 Sophia Borghese, Worthington Thomas Worthington (Ohio)
44 Emma Shusansky, Chatham (N.J.)
43 Kendall Sutherland, Los Gatos (Calif.)
42 Ava Staehle, Carmel (Calif.)
41 Bella Boyle, Hazelton (Pa.) Area
41 Leilani Stewart, Columbia Long Reach (Md.)
40 Alexa Cardone, Newtown Square Delaware County Christian (Pa.)
39 Olivia Milia, Easton (Pa.)
39 Callia Uviedo, Annandale (Va.)
39 Samanda Schneller, Accord Rondout Valley (N.Y.)
GOALS ASSISTED
56 Kira Trader, Yorktown Tabb (Va.)
47 Leaya Cleary, Los Gatos (Calif.)
39 Kendall Sutherland, Los Gatos (Calif.)
36 Madi Lenig, Emmaus (Pa.)
32 Abby Giusto, Ashburn Independence (Va.)
30 Scarlett Gilner, Chapel Hill (N.C.)
29 Lily Mitchell, Leonardtown (Md.)
28 Camryn Spears, Worthington Thomas Worthington (Ohio)
27 Genevieve Huston, Whitney Point (N.Y.)
27 Lillian Steinbrunner, Columbus Bishop Watterson (Ohio)
27 Maeve McCarthy, South Glens Falls (N.Y.)
27 Grace Moniak, Huntington Beach (Calif.)
27 Isabelle Stanley, Whitinsville Northbridge (Mass.)
26 Stella Shuman, Louisville DuPont Manuel (Ky.)
25 Lola Conway, La Jolla Bishop’s School (Calif.)
CAREER GOALS
223 Caitlin Connell, Malvern Villa Maria (Pa.)
160 Adelaide Minnella, North Caldwell West Essex (N.J.)
122 Sophia Borghese, Worthington Thomas Worthington (Ohio)
118 Kira Trader, Yorktown Tabb (Va.)
CAREER ASSISTS
148 Kira Trader, Yorktown Tabb (Va.)
115 Adelaide Minnella, North Caldwell West Essex (N.J.)
114 Emma Haynes, West Long Branch Shore Regional (N.J.)
95 Sophia Borghese, Worthington Thomas Worthington (Ohio)
CONSECUTIVE WINS
113 Yorktown Tabb (Va.)
CONSECUTIVE UNBEATEN
113 Yorktown Tabb (Va.)
ACTIVE COACHING VICTORIES
1120 Susan Butz-Stavin, Emmaus (Pa.)
795 Eileen Donahue, Watertown (Mass.)
755 Sharon Sarsen, Shrub Oak Lakeland (N.Y.)
As usual, if you see something amiss, misplaced, or off-base, please feel free to send an email to us at TopOfTheCircle.com. Include some backup (a website link will do), and we can ensure the missing player gets proper credit.
This will be the last of our weekly Statwatch features and we’ll have our yearly (and hopefully more complete) Final Statwatch in December.
