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27 Milena Redlingshoefer

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Max-Planck-Gymnasium
  • Hometown Munich, Germany

Biography

2021 Second Team All-Region
2021 Second Team All-Big Ten
2021 Third Team All-American
2021 First Team All-Region
2021 Second Team All-Big Ten

2021 Werblin Award
2021 Athletic Director's Excellence Award
2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

2020 Academic All-Big Ten
2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma (national collegiate honor society)

Seventh all-time in Rutgers' program history in assists (20)
11th all-time in Rutgers' program history in points (55)


12 assists in 2021 were fifth most in a single-season in program history

2021 (Fall): Started all 23 games ... Second Team All-Big Ten and Second Team All-Region ... had team-best eight goals, 12 assists and 28 points ... was 7-of-7 on penalty strokes ... had one goal and one assist in win over No. 12 Duke (Aug. 27) ... posted career-best three assists in win over Richmond (Aug. 28) ... scored game-winning goal on penalty stroke in 2-1 win at No. 6 UConn (Sept. 3) ... posted assists against No. 16 Syracuse (Sept. 10) and at No. 17 St. Joe's (Sept. 12) ... scored on penalty stroke in win over No. 20 Monmouth (September 17) ... scored goal in win over No. 3 Northwestern (Sept. 24) ... had two assists in win over No. 17 Princeton (Sept. 26) ... scored game-winning goal in 1-0 win over No. 8 Maryland (Oct. 15) ... tallied against Columbia (Oct. 17) ... scored in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal win over Indiana (Nov. 4) ... had assist in Big Ten semifinal win over No. 7 Penn State (Nov. 5) ... had two assists in NCAA Tournament First Round win over No. 17 Delaware (Nov 12) ... scored goal in NCAA Tournament Second Round versus No. 9 Liberty (Nov. 14)

2021: Named Third Team All-American, Second Team All-Big Ten and First Team All-Region ... led team with six goals and added five assists for team-best 17 points ... scored a goal against Indiana (Feb. 26) ... won the game over Ohio State with an overtime goal (Feb. 28) ... assisted the winning goal over Ohio State (Mar. 7) ... had two assists in win over Michigan State (March 12) ... scored a goal and had an assist in win over No. 9 Penn State (April 2) ... scored goal in win over No. 4 Northwestern (April 9) and assisted on game-winning goal in overtime game-winning goal in victory over No. 4 Northwestern (April 11) ... tallied in games at Maryland on April 15 and April 17 

2019: Played in 12 games with 11 starts at midfield ... posted one goal and six assists ... made season debut in win at Monmouth (Sept. 15) ... made first start of season and had first career assist at No. 6 Princeton (Sept. 20) ... had an assist against No. 4 Maryland (Sept. 28) ... assisted on game-winning goal in the fourth quarter in a 1-0 victory vs. UC Davis (Oct. 5) ... had an assist against Indiana (Oct. 11) ... scored first career goal and added an assist in 3-2 win at Michigan State (Oct. 20) ... assisted on goal in 3-0 win over No. 7 Michigan (Oct. 25)

2018: Started at back in every game ... made career debut in season opening 3-0 win over Richmond (August 26) ... named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Sept. 10)

Prior to Rutgers: Started playing field hockey at age six, playing with Münchner Sport Club in Munich from 2014-2018 … joined the 1st Bundesliga Ladies Team in 2016 … was part of the Youth All-Star State Team in Bavaria … competed three times with the U16 German National Team (scoring a goal) and three times with the U18 German National Team … club team won the U18 State Championships in both indoor and outdoor and was the runner-up in the U18 German National Championships in 2017-18 … the year before, team won both indoor and outdoor state championships and went to the final tournament in the U18 German National Championships

Personal: Parents are Peter and Michaela … has a young sister Sina

SINGLE GAME HIGHS 
Goals: 1 at Michigan State - Oct. 20, 2019
Assists: 1 (6x) last vs. No. 7 Michigan - Oct. 25, 2019
Points: 3 at Michigan State - Oct. 20, 2019
 
Know Your Knights
 
One word to describe your Coach: caring
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Alanna Gollotto
Best player ever competed against: Ajai Dhadwal
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Playa Bowls
If I wasn’t playing (sport), I’d be: an all day sleeper
Favorite professional sports team: FC Bayern München
One word to describe myself on the field/court: competitive
One word to describe myself off the field/court: chaotic
Few people know that I: hate tomatoes
I started playing my sport because…: I walked by the pitch and told my mum I want to try it
I chose Rutgers because…: the team is like a second family for me
The first song I knew all the words to is: “Guten Abend, gut’ Nacht”
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Sleeping
If I had one super power, it would be Flying
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: When I was younger I slept with my stick under my pillow
Favorite all-time gift received: Playa Bowls gift card
Pets I had growing up were: cats
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Australia
The website I visit most often is: my rutgers portal
The quote that most resonates with me is: “Power”
Phone app you cannot live without: WhatsApp
Favorite snack: Bananas
One word to describe Rutgers Field Hockey Family

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

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    27
  • 27

    2019Sophomore

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    5'6"
    27
  • 27

    2020Junior

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    27
  • 27

    2021Senior

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    27
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