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2018 Field Hockey Roster

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3 Elyssa Okken

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Saucon Valley
  • Hometown Hellertown, Pa.

Biography

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week: 8/27/18
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Team: 2016, 2017, 2018

National Field Hockey Coaches Association Academic Squad: 2016, 2017, 2018

2018 (Senior):
Compiled her best season in a Monmouth uniform, finishing with a career best 14 points on four goals and six assists…Member of the graduating senior class that finished tied for most all-time wins (53), while finishing with a 21-2 MAAC regular season record over her four years… Saw action in all 20 games for the Hawks, earning the starting job in five games… Assisted on the Hawks’ lone goal at No. 18 Saint Joseph’s (8/24) on opening day… Scored the overtime game-winning goal in the come-from-behind win against Ohio (8/26)… Registered three shots in the win over Hofstra (9/2)… Assisted on an insurance goal in the win over Vermont (9/21)… Posted a helper in the MAAC victory over LIU Brooklyn (10/5)… Dished out a pair of assists in the win over Bryant (10/7)… Found the back of the cage in the Senior Day win over Sacred Heart (10/14)… Registered her second career multi-goal game in the MAAC Championship Semifinals against Sacred Heart (11/2)… Posted a shot on goal against Fairfield (11/4) in the MAAC Championship game… Set up the Hawks’ go-ahead goal late in the NCAA Tournament game at William & Mary (11/7).

2017 (Junior): Saw action in 18 of the Hawks’ 19 games, earning the start on three occasions… Recorded shots on goal against Kent State (8/27) and #10 Virginia (9/3)… Found the back of the cage in the Hawks’ victory over Lehigh (9/8)… Assisted on a marker in the win over Drexel (9/22)… Connected on a pair of shots in the MAAC-opening win against Sacred Heart (9/29)… Scored a goal in the program’s first win over Hofstra (10/8)… Registered two goals in the big win over LIU Brooklyn (10/13)…  Posted a marker in the road win at Siena (10/20).

2016 (Sophomore):  Played in 18 games for the Hawks, earning the starting job twice… Registered a shot on goal at Lehigh (8/28) and against Georgetown (9/4)… Got the starting nod and scored an insurance goal in the 2-0 win over Bucknell (9/25)…Listed in the starting 11 against Cornell (10/2)… Registered a shot in four straight contests against Siena (10/7), LIU Brooklyn (10/9), Bryant (10/21) and Fairfield (10/23)… Came off the bench in both MAAC Championship games and in the NCAA Tournament against UMass (11/9).

2015 (Freshman): Saw action in 10 games, earning the start in one contest... Made collegiate debut at Bucknell (8/30), earning the starting job on the forward line… Scored the Hawks' lone goal against the Bison… Came off the bench in games against Lehigh (9/4), Villanova (9/6), at Rutgers (9/9), at Lafayette (9/11), at Cornell (9/13), Towson (9/20), at Syracuse (10/2), at La Salle (10/4) and at Siena (10/30)…
Recorded a shot on goal against the Big Red. 

High School: Competed for the Panthers of Saucon Valley High School under head coach Phil Danaher… Finished career with 60 career goals and 33 assists… Three-time all-league first team and two-time all-area selection… Also an all-league basketball and softball player.

Personal: Daughter of Daryl and Michele Okken… Majoring in health studies.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2015Freshman

    Forward
    5'4"
    3
  • 3

    2016Sophomore

    Forward
    5'4"
    3
  • 3

    2017Junior

    Forward
    5'4"
    3
  • 3

    2018Senior

    Forward
    5'4"
    3