University of New Hampshire Athletics
Tasmin Cookman Receives Third America East Rookie of the Week Award
10/25/2022 4:52:00 PM | Field Hockey
BOSTON – Freshman Tasmin Cookman (Woking, England) of the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was named the America East Rookie of the Week on Tuesday. Cookman has received this accolade three times in 2022 and this marks the fourth consecutive week a UNH Wildcat has been named top rookie.
Cookman scored a goal in both UNH games last week to finish with a total of four points. She scored her 15th goal and third game-winning goal of the season to lift the Wildcats to a 2-1 overtime win at Columbia on Oct. 23. Earlier in the weekend, Cookman's goal at 6:07 tied the score, 1-1, against 22nd-ranked UAlbany just three minutes after the Great Danes had taken the early lead.
She previously received this award Aug. 30 and Oct. 4. Cookman has received a total of five America East weekly honors this season; she was named Offensive Player of the Week both of those previous weeks she was named Rookie of the Week.
In the national stats, Cookman enters the week ranked No. 5 in points per game (2.50), No. 7 in goals per game (0.94) and No. 12 in assists pr game (0.62). She is atop the America East leaderboard in both points per game and goals per game and third in assists per game.
Cookman is UNH's leader in goals (15), assists (10), points (40), shots (51) and game-winning goals (three). She is the first UNH freshman to record 40+ points and that total is tied at No. 7 on the program's list of single-season superlatives.
New Hampshire concludes the regular season with home games this weekend against UC Davis (Oct. 28; 2 p.m.) and Stanford University (Oct. 30; 1 p.m.).
Cookman scored a goal in both UNH games last week to finish with a total of four points. She scored her 15th goal and third game-winning goal of the season to lift the Wildcats to a 2-1 overtime win at Columbia on Oct. 23. Earlier in the weekend, Cookman's goal at 6:07 tied the score, 1-1, against 22nd-ranked UAlbany just three minutes after the Great Danes had taken the early lead.
She previously received this award Aug. 30 and Oct. 4. Cookman has received a total of five America East weekly honors this season; she was named Offensive Player of the Week both of those previous weeks she was named Rookie of the Week.
In the national stats, Cookman enters the week ranked No. 5 in points per game (2.50), No. 7 in goals per game (0.94) and No. 12 in assists pr game (0.62). She is atop the America East leaderboard in both points per game and goals per game and third in assists per game.
Cookman is UNH's leader in goals (15), assists (10), points (40), shots (51) and game-winning goals (three). She is the first UNH freshman to record 40+ points and that total is tied at No. 7 on the program's list of single-season superlatives.
New Hampshire concludes the regular season with home games this weekend against UC Davis (Oct. 28; 2 p.m.) and Stanford University (Oct. 30; 1 p.m.).
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