Northwestern University Athletics
2024 Field Hockey Roster
Jersey Number 30
Annabel Skubisz
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- The Kinkaid School
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
Awards:
- NFHCA First Team All-American (2023, 2024)
- Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year (2023)
- 2x NFHCA All-West First Team (2023, 2024)
- Big Ten Tournament MVP (2023)
- First Team All-Big Ten (2023)
- NFHCA Senior Team (2023)
- 2x NCAA All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022)
- 3x NFHCA All-West Second Team (2020-21, 2021, 2022)
- 3x NFHCA Division I Defensive Player of the Week (11/3/21, 10/25/23, 9/11/24, 9/25/24)
- 8x Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (11/1/21, 9/6/22, 9/5/23, 9/11/23, 10/23/23, 10/30/23, 9/9/24, 9/23/24)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
- CSC Academic All-American Second Team (2024)
- 4x Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- 4x NFHCA National Academic Squad (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023-24)
Career Highs:
- Saves: 11 (4x - last at Ohio State, 10/16/22)
- Shots Faced: 24 (2x - last vs. Maryland, 10/2/22)
- Minutes: 80 (4x - last vs. Iowa, 11/13/22)
2024
- Led the nation in wins (21), save percentage (.854), and was second in goals against average (0.60)
- Started in all 24 games for Northwestern's National Championship season
- Tallied two saves and a shutout in 3-0 win against Maine (8/30)
- Recorded eight saves and a shutout in 2-0 victory over No. 5 Duke (9/6)
- Made two saves and a shutout in 1-0 win against No. 17 Boston College (9/8)
- Logged three saves and a shutout in 2-0 win at No. 9 Louisville (9/13)
- Recorded four saves and a shutout in 1-0 win against Cornell (9/14)
- Made four saves and a shutout in 5-0 victory over No. 4 Iowa (9/20)
- Notched eight saves and a shutout in 1-0 win against Indiana (9/22)
- Recorded four saves and a shutout in 1-0 win over No. 5 Maryland (9/27)
- Tallied six saves and a shutout in 4-0 victory against Rutgers (10/4)
- Recorded seven saves in 7-2 win over No. 17 Penn State (10/6)
- Made three saves and a shutout in 7-0 victory over Stanford (10/18)
- Logged seven saves in 2-1 overtime win to clinch the Big Ten Title at No. 7 Michigan (10/25)
- Recorded two saves and a shutout in 5-0 win at Michigan State (10/27)
- Tallied two saves and a shutout in 2-0 win over Rutgers (11/8)
- Logged a shutout in 1-0 win against No. 14 UMass (11/22)
- Recorded a save and a shutout in 5-0 National Championship victory over No. 3 Saint Joseph's (11/24)
2023:
- Recorded five saves and a shutout in a 1-0 overtime win over #17 Boston College (9/1)
- Recorded six saves in a 3-2 win against #20 Duke (9/3)
- Tallied two saves and a shutout in a 2-0 win vs. Vermont (9/5)
- Made two saves and a shutout in a 3-0 win over Maine (9/8)
- Logged four saves and a shutout in a 3-0 win against #20 UMass (9/9)
- Recorded two saves and a shutout in a 5-0 win vs. Indiana (9/15)
- Logged six saves and a shutout in a 4-0 win over Princeton (9/24)
- Recorded one save and a shutout in a 6-0 win against Michigan State (9/29)
- Logged a shutout in a 1-0 win over #15 Michigan (10/1)
- Notched four saves and a shutout in a 2-0 win against #3 Iowa (10/6)
- Logged one save and a shutout in a 5-0 win over Ohio (10/15)
2022:
- Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (9/6)
- NCAA All-Tournament Team
- NFHCA All-West Second Team
- NFHCA Collegiate Watch List
- Totaled 111 saves as a junior, the most by a Northwestern keeper since 2008, while recording five shutouts and playing more minutes than any other goalie in the nation
- Won the season opener against No. 22 Maine, allowing just one goal on six shots (8/28)
- Secured two saves against No. 25 UMass (8/29)
- Recorded her first shutout of the season against No. 18 Duke, allowing no goals and making four saves against eight shots (9/2)
- Posted a shutout for the second straight game at No. 14 Boston College (9/4)
- Shut out No. 11 Liberty, marking the first time in her career she has posted three consecutive shutouts (9/9)
- Made two saves while winning her sixth straight game of the season against No. 9 Virginia (9/11)
- Held No. 8 Princeton to one goal on 14 shots while making eight saves (9/18)
- Recorded her 10th career shutout against Richmond, becoming the seventh goalkeeper in Northwestern history with double-digit shutouts (9/25)
- Earned her 10th win of the season while making four saves in the overtime win against No. 6 Penn State (9/30)
- Tied her career high with 11 saves against No. 4 Maryland (10/2)
- Made four saves while only allowing one goal in the win over Michigan State (10/14)
- Again matched her career-high 11 saves, including five in the span of 50 seconds, at No. 21 Ohio State (10/16)
- Secured her fifth shutout of the season by holding No. 6 Michigan scoreless over 80 minutes of game action (10/21)
- Made five saves in the win over Indiana (10/28)
- Tallied five saves in the Big Ten quarterfinals against No. 18 Rutgers (11/3)
- Recorded five saves in the Big Ten semifinals against No. 2 Maryland (11/4)
- Made eight saves in the Big Ten championship against No. 6 Michigan (11/6)
- Recorded five saves against No. 25 Miami (OH) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before forcing three misses in the penalty shootout (11/11)
- Made four saves and won a second straight penalty shootout in the NCAA quarterfinals against No. 11 Iowa (11/13)
- Tallied five saves in the NCAA Final Four against No. 2 Maryland to help send Northwestern back to the national championship (11/18)
- Saved seven shots, including an Erin Matson penalty stroke, in the national championship against No. 1 North Carolina (11/20)
2021:
- Started 20 games in goal for the National Champion Wildcats
- Second in the conference with 68 saves
- .782 save percentage ranked seventh-best in program history
- Recorded a save and kept a clean sheet in her first appearance of the season against No. 12 Duke (9/3)
- Made three saves on 10 shots faced against No. 11 Liberty (9/7)
- Kept a clean sheet in three-straight games versus No. 23 Kent State, No. 25 Maine and UC Davis (9/10-17)
- Saved a season-high seven shots against No. 10 Rutgers (9/24)
- Made six saves while allowing just one goal on 13 shots in the win over No. 7 Maryland (9/30)
- Tied a career high with 11 saves against No. 8 Penn State (10/3)
- Saved six shots versus No. 2 Michigan (10/8)
- Did not allow a goal in 30:13 minutes played against Ball State (10/10)
- Made 10 saves in the Big Ten Tournament against Michigan (11/4)
- Allowed one goal in the 'Cats four-game NCAA Tournament run, posting a .909 save percentage in the tournament (11/12-21)
- Shut out LIberty to help the 'Cats win the National Championship (11/21)
2020-21:
- Had a first year standout performance in the goal with 65 saves, four shutouts and a 0.773 save percentage
- Posted five saves in her first career start against Maryland (2/28)
- Grabbed a career-high seven saves in second career start against Penn State (3/5)
- Notched four saves against Maryland (3/7)
- Posted her first career shut-outs back-to-back against Indiana (3/12, 3/14)
- Recorded four saves in shut-out against Michigan (3/22)
- Posted four saves en route to victory over No. 2 Iowa (4/15)
- Only allowed one goal on six save against Delaware (4/30)
- Notched seven saves against Iowa (5/2)
High School:
- Three-time All-American honoree in net for The Kinkaid School
- Earned back-to-back NFHCA First Team All-American nods following her junior and senior seasons
- Named a Third-Team All-American as a sophomore and took home SPC All-Conference honors after her first-year season in net
- Played on the U17 USA Junior National Team from 2017-19
- 2020 USA Rise Women's National Team
- State Champion 2017, State Runner-up in 2018 and 2019
- Max Field Hockey Top 10 player for class of 2020
- Max Field Hockey Player of the State (Texas) 2019
Personal:
- Father, Joe, played offensive tackle at the University of Illinois from 1984-88
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