Rutgers University Athletics

2025 Team Captain
2025 Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch
2025 NFHCA Collegiate Watch List

2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2025 NFHCA National Scholar of Distinction
2025 NFHCA National Academic Squad Honoree

2025 Rutgers Senior of the Year
2025 Werblin Award
2025 Athletic Director's Excellence Award

2024 Third Team All-American
2024 First Team All-Big Ten
2024 First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region 
2024 Big Ten All-Tournament Team

2024 Team Captain
2024 Academic All-Big Ten
2024 NFHCA Collegiate Watch List
2024 Big Ten Player to Watch

2024 NFHCA Scholar of Distinction
2024 NFHCA National Academic Squad
2023 Second Team All-Big Ten
2023 Second Team All-Region
2023 Big Ten All-Tournament Team

2025: Starter at back ... had an assist against Wagner ... scored team's two goals against No. 18 Monmouth (Sept. 21)

2024: Starter in all 17 games ... had seven goals and three assists ... shared team lead in goals and was second in points (17) and third in assists  ... recorded two assists in win vs Vermont (Sept. 1) ... scored game-winning goal in overtime win at Monmouth (Sept. 6) ... had an assist against Maryland (Sept. 20) ... scored two goals in win against No. 7 Iowa (Sep. 27) ... recorded three goals against Indiana (Oct. 6) ... scored a goal on penalty stroke in win against Michigan State (Oct. 18)  

2023: Second Team All-Big Ten, Second Team All-Region and All-Big Ten Tournament Team selection ... started and played in 17 games with three goals and four assists ... scored final penalty attempt of penalty shootout to give RU a 2-1 win at No. 15 UConn (Sept. 1) ... had two assists in win at Villanova (Sept. 8) ... beat two defenders and sent ball into circle to set up goal at No. 18 UMass (Sept. 24) ... recorded an assist in win vs No. 15 Michigan (Oct. 6) ... had one assist in win vs Monmouth (Oct. 8) ... scored a goal against No. 1 Northwestern (Oct. 22) ... had one goal against No. 8 Iowa (Oct. 27) ... scored the game-winning goal in 1-0 win over No. 16 Michigan in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (Nov. 2)

Prior to Rutgers: Competed on a high level in Germany ... played for the U-21 National team, winning the 2022 European Championships ... playing field hockey from the age of four, she has helped her team in Mannheim to be a four-time runner-up in the German Championships ... also played for the Senior National Team in the FIH Pro League against the USA and China.

Personal: Daughter of Carmen and Thomas Niklaus ... has one older sister, Anna ... father played Second League soccer in Germany.