LANCASTER, PA – The Johns Hopkins field hockey team placed six players on the 2025 All-Centennial Conference (CC) teams and produced the league’s Defensive Player of the Year it was announced today. The six selections for Hopkins are the most of any school in the conference and brings the program’s all-time total to 124.
Graduate student midfielder Jenna Halpin earned Centennial Defensive Player of the Year and was joined on the All-Centennial First Team by junior defender Caeli Robinson. Senior forward Megan Chang, junior goalie Aubrey Kilgore and sophomore defender Ada Farmer earned second team honors, while senior forward Grace Waldeck was an honorable mention selection. In addition, senior Zoey Bennett earned a spot on the CC All-Sportsmanship Team.
The six overall selections boost Johns Hopkins’ total to 38 under eighth-year head coach Jane Wells, including 20 first team honorees.
Halpin becomes the fourth Johns Hopkins player to earn CC Defensive Player of the Year honors and is a repeat selection to the first team after earning honorable mention status in 2023. She has started all 20 games and counts five goals and a team-high 10 assists for 20 points to her credit. She has also been a key part of a Blue Jay defense that has allowed just 16 goals in 20 games and has 11 shutouts on the year.
Robinson has also started all 20 games this season and has started 40 of the Blue Jays’ 43 games since the start of the 2024 season. She counts seven goals and six assists for 20 points to her credit and is the anchor of the Blue Jay defense that counts those 11 shutouts to its credit. The unit allows just 8.9 shots per game and ranks ninth in the nation in team goals against average (0.81).
Chang is enjoying the most productive season of her career and is making her first appearance on the All-Centennial Team. A starter in all 20 games, she leads the team in goals (10) and points (27) and ranks second in assists (7). She was named the Centennial Conference Tournament MVP after netting two goals and one assist in JHU’s two-game run to its seventh consecutive conference title.
Kilgore is making her second appearance on the All-Centennial Team after grabbing first team honors last season. She has started all 20 games and sports a 0.82 goals against average, a .859 save percentage and a 17-1 record on the year. She ranks 12th in the nation in goals against average and is tied for sixth in save percentage. Kilgore becomes just the fourth Johns Hopkins goalie to twice earn All-Centennial honors and the first since Kim Stein did it in 2010 and 2011.
Farmer has emerged as one of the top young defenders in the nation this season as she has started all 20 games. She counts two assists to her credit and has been instrumental in the success of the Blue Jay defense, which has allowed just 16 goals on the year and has the 11 shutouts to its credit. In the last 16 games – all Johns Hopkins wins – the unit has allowed just five goals with all 11 of those shutouts coming during that time.
Waldeck rounds out Hopkins’ All-Centennial selections as she has been a key contributor to one of the most balanced offensive units in the nation. She currently ranks second on the team in goals (9) and points (24) and is tied for third in assists (6). All three of those totals are career highs and boost her overall totals to 30 goals and 12 assists for 72 points.
Bennett has been a mainstay in the Blue Jay lineup since arriving at Homewood as she has played in 84 games with 24 starts in her career; 20 of her 24 starts have come this season and she has one goal and two assists on the year.
