Amanda Collins

Photo by: Stephen Slade

Photo by: Stephen Slade

Class:
Junior
High School:
Vestal
Hometown:
Binghamton, N.Y.

CAREER HONORS

2018 NFHCA First Team All-American
2018 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
2018 All-BIG EAST First Team
2018 Team Captain
2017 NFHCA Second Team All-American
2017 NFHCA First Team All-Region
2017 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2017 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
2017 All-BIG EAST First Team
2016 NFHCA All-Region Second Team
2016 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
2016 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player

As a Senior (2018): Started all 23 games … third on the team with 35 points ... second with 17 assists ... fourth with nine goals ... scored once vs. Liberty (11/4), Villanova (11/2), Georgetown (10/26), Providence (10/5), Temple (9/28), Quinnipiac (9/15) and Michigan State (8/31) ... tallied two goals at UMass and added a pair of assists for six points (9/7) ... also had two assists vs. Villanova (11/2) and Temple (9/28).

As a Junior (2017): Started all 23 games … third on the team with 44 points (12g, 20a) … first on the team and third in the NCAA with 0.87 assists per game … tallied a career-best nine points and five assists in a win against Massachusetts (Oct. 1) … earned two game winners ... part of an offense that finished first in scoring margin (3.57) and second in scoring average (4.24).

As a Sophomore (2016): Played in all 24 games for the Huskies…Second on the team and in the Big East with 22 goals…Added 12 assists for a total of 56 points…Named to the All-Big East Tournament Team and All-Mideast Region Second Team…Two-time Big East Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5 and 12) and four-time Big East Honor Roll member…Scored a hat trick against Dartmouth in a 9-2 win on Oct. 9…Six multi-goal games, including a pair of tallies against Boston College in the first round of the NCAA Tournament…Netted three combined goals during Big East Tournament on Nov. 4 and 6.

As a Freshman (2015): Made four starts in 23 appearances...Had nine goals and seven assists for 25 points during her rookie season...Dished an assist against Temple (11/8)...Earned one assist against Georgetown (10/31)...Had a goal against #20 Princeton (10/25) and Providence (10/23)...Notched a goal against Drexel (10/11)...Earned a goal in UConn's 10-0 win over California (9/27)…Pulled double duty as Big East Offensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week on Sept. 21…Totaled three goals and two assists for eight points in shutout victory over Lafayette (9/20)…Added a goal and assist against Columbia (9/6)…Had an assist against Quinnipiac (9/4)…Named Big East Rookie of the Week on Aug. 31…Tallied her first career goal and assist in her debut as a Husky in the season opener win over #10 Northwestern (8/28).

Before UConn: Lettered four years at Vestal High School under head coach Vickie Sax in Vestal, N.Y…Served as team captain her senior year…Participated in USA Field Hockey’s National Futures Championship in five consecutive years (2011-15)…Selected as a member of the AAU Junior Olympics in 2011, 2012 and 2013…Attended the Junior National Camp in 2012 and 2013…Made the USA U-17 Junior National Team in 2012 and 2013.

Personal: Amanda Marie Collins…Father Jack Collins and mother Kimberly Snyder…Brother Austin (12) and sister Ashley (23)…Physiology and neurobiology major…Made high honor roll all four years of high school…Born July 15, 1997.