2025 Field Hockey Roster

17 Maddy Zavalick

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Deerfield Academy (Mass.)
  • Hometown Newington, Conn.

Biography

2024 (Junior):
  • Appeared in five games
  • Recipient of the Amanda Walton Award for being a team member who demonstrates the ability to confront challenges, displaying the courage to overcome them, while inspiring teammates with her work ethic and unselfish attitude
  • 2024 NFHCA National Academic Squad honoree
2023 (Sophomore): NFHCA National Academic Squad selection for the second time... Made first career start Sept. 1 in 1-0 win at Temple... Appeared in 15 games, starting 12.

2022 (First Year):
NFHCA Scholar of Distinction... NFHCA National Academic Squad selection... Earned team's Senior Award, awarded by senior class to a first-year team member who reflects positive contribution to team's philosophy and whose individual character encourages future direction and excellence of Yale Field Hockey... Appeared in one game... Made Yale debut at Wagner Sept. 2.

Deerfield Academy: Field hockey captain 2021… NFHCA All-Region 2021… Western New England Prep School Field Hockey Association All-Star 2021… All-NEPSAC Class A 2021… Winner of Deerfield Field Hockey Cup 2021… Class A NEPSAC tournament 2018 and 2019… Four-year starter… Only freshman to make Deerfield varsity field hockey 2018… JV ice hockey captain… Also played lacrosse… Participated in theater.

HTC Field Hockey Club: U-16 National Club Championship appearance 2019… U-14 National Club Championship appearance 2017.

Notes: Selected for Under Armour Select Game during 2019 College Connection Tournament at UMass… Enjoys rollerblading, hiking, acting, drawing/painting… Older sister Leah played field hockey at Brown and was a captain her senior year (graduated in 2017)… Older brother Zach played lacrosse at Wesleyan, where he won an NCAA Championship in 2018 (graduated in 2020).

Why Yale? “Yale is more than just a place, it’s a community, and it’s where I’ve wanted to go since the moment I stepped foot on campus. The fall of my senior year in high school, I had the opportunity to speak to a few Yale students; each one of them was kind, encouraging, and welcoming. After attending many Yale field hockey games and meeting some of the players, the overall team chemistry felt more like a family, and it’s a family I look forward to being a part of.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2022First Year

    M/B
    5'3"
    17
  • 17

    2023Sophomore

    M/B
    5'3"
    17
  • 17

    2024Junior

    B
    5'3"
    17
  • 17

    2025Senior

    B
    5'3"
    17