Danbury, Conn. (Dec. 11, 2025) - Alvernia University Field Hockey junior Ava Michael earned All-ECAC honors for her performance during the 2025 season, as announced by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) on Thursday.

Michael joins 11 other field hockey student-athletes across the ECAC to earn All-ECAC honors. This is her first All-ECAC recognition.

Michael, who was a First Team NFHCA All-Region honoree and the 2025 MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Year, had a standout year for the Golden Wolves. She started in all 19 games for Alvernia this season. She finished the year with 18 goals and five assists. Michael had five game-winning goals this season and had five multi-goal games. Michael scored two or more points in 11 of Alvernia's 19 games. Michael's 41 points and 18 goals are both the most by an Alvernia Field Hockey player since 2016 when Margaret Wentzel recorded 59 points and scored 19 goals. 

Michael had a strong closing stretch to finish the season, scoring 10 of Alvernia's 15 goals scored in conference play. She also scored all eight of Alvernia's goals across its final four games of the season.

Michael led the MAC Commonwealth in goals scored, scoring four more than the second leading goal-scorer in the conference. She also led the MAC Commonwealth in total points with 41, finishing with nine more points than the second leading point scorer. Her average of 0.85 goals per game ranked her 24th in the nation, and her 2.16 points per game also ranked her 27th in the nation. 

Keene State's Grace Bazin was named the ECAC Offensive Player of the Year, and Salisbury's Madelyn Reed was named the Defensive of the Year. Springfield first-year Rachel Simkewicz was named Rookie of the Year and Dawn Chamberlin was named Coach of the Year.