Charlie van Oirschot

Charlie van Oirschot takes a shot against Boston College

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Duke field hockey Charlotte van Oirschot dribbling against Virginia

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Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-6
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Haarlem, Netherlands
Prev School:
Louisville

Honors: NFHCA All-America Second Team (2024) … All-ACC First Team (2024) … NFHCA All-South Region First Team (2024) ... NFHCA All-South Region Second Team (2022, 2023) ...NFHCA All-West Region Second Team (2020-21) ... All-ACC Second Team (2020-21, 2022) ... Dutch U16 Team Member (2016-19) ... … All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024) … ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25).

Duke Career: Played in 59 games with 57 starting assignments … Finished Blue Devil career with 14 goals and 12 assists for 40 points … Registered seven game-winning goals.

2024: Started all 20 games in the midfield … NFHCA All-America Second Team … All-ACC First Team … NFHCA All-South Region First Team … Ranked second on the team in points with four goals and five assists for 13 points … Registered a four-game stretch with at least one goal in each of contests … Posted a goal and an assist in win at Stanford (Oct. 6) … Also had three points from a goal and assist versus VCU (Oct. 20) … Registered 12 points in the final 10 games of the season … Provided an assist in ACC Championship quarterfinal win at Wake Forest (Nov. 5) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Played in 21 games with 19 starts in the midfield … NFHCA All-South Region second team … Scored five goals and four assists for 14 points … Scored the game-winning goal in overtime at Virginia (10/6) … Registered a goal in win over No. 6 Syracuse (9/15) … Also tallied a goal in the ACC Championship quarterfinal win over Wake Forest (10/31) and versus the Demon Deacons in the regular season (9/29) … Provided the winning assist in overtime win at Boston College (9/22) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2022: Started all 18 games as a central midfielder … All-ACC second team … NFHCA All-South Region second team … Scored five goals and three assists for 13 points … Registered the game-winning goal in win over Appalachian State (9/9) … Had two goals and an assist in victory at Colgate (9/18) … Notched a goal at Richmond (10/9) and at Longwood (10/26) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

At Louisville

Honors: NFHCA All-West Region Second Team Selection (2020-21) ... All-ACC Second Team Selection (2020-21) ... Dutch U16 Team Member (2016-19)

As a sophomore (2021): Played in all 20 games with 19 starts... Tied for second on the team with four assists... Scored a goal to tie the game at 2-2 in the eventual overtime win at No. 12 Boston College (10/15)... Registered an assist in the 1-0 win at No. 18 Duke (9/24)... Delivered an assist in the 1-0 win against No. 11 Virginia (9/17)... Named to the All-ACC Preseason team... Dished out an assist in the win over Penn (9/3)... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad

As a freshman (2020-21): Named to the 2020-21 NFHCA All-West Region second team... 2020-21 All-ACC second team selection... Started every game... Tied for third on the team with four goals... Tallied 10 points on the season (4G, 2A)... Dished out an assist in the ACC Championship loss at North Carolina... Scored in the ACC Semifinal win over Virginia (11/6)... Delivered the game-winning goal in the 2-1 victory over Boston College (10/4)... Scored her first collegiate goal in the 3-0 win against Duke (Sept. 26)... NFHCA National Scholar of Distinction... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad... Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School/Club: Member of the Dutch U16 team and plays for Hockey Club Bloemendaal... Selected to play for the Dutch U16 team in 2016... Served as the team captain in 2017-18... Competed in several matches with the U18 team... Played for the Dutch U15 team (2015)... Has competed in the National Elite League since 2016, placing third in 2019 and 2020 and finishing second in 2017... Finished second in the Dutch Regional Indoor Championship (2016-17)... Helped her club team finish second in the region in 2015... Selected to play in the National Elite Netherlands competition in both indoor and outdoor in 2014.

Personal: Full name is Charlotte van Oirschot... Nickname is Charlie... Birthdate is March 3, 2002... Daughter of Veronique de groot and Jeroen van Oirschot... Has a sister, Amber, and a brother, Daan... Has not declared a major... Post college ambition is to continue playing field hockey at a professional club... Her proudest moment was scoring a goal against Belgium with the U16 Dutch National Team... The greatest challenge she has overcome was every time she had to prove herself against new selections in the field of Dutch national teams... Fun fact: she loves to play the piano and sing... Favorite athlete is Serena Williams, because she is a powerful athlete with a lot of perseverance.