Noëlle Rother

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Photo by: Ben Mikesell

Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hamburg, Germany
Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-10

Career Records: The second Indiana goalkeeper in program history to receive first team All-Big Ten recognition (Haley Exner, 2005-07) ... 221 Saves (4^th – IU history) … 17 victories (4^th – IU history) … 1.96 goals against average (3^rd – IU history) … 5 shutouts (T-3^rd – IU history)

2016 (German Youth National Team)
Made Germany’s final roster for the 2016 Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile (11/24-12/4) … posting a 3-3 record at the tournament, Germany earned a fifth-place finish after a 4-3 win over Belgium in their final game.

2016 (Sophomore)
FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN … the second goalkeeper in program history to garner first team All-Big Ten recognition (Haley Exner, 2005-07) … named the NFHCA National Defensive Player of the Week (10/19), making 15 saves with just one goal allowed over two games … also earned two Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors (10/11, 10/18) … an Academic All-Big Ten honoree … played in and started 18 games, logging 1183:02 between the pipes … tallied 107 saves (4^th – IU history) with a .748 save percentage, playing two complete shutouts while splitting another … made seven saves with just two goals conceded against Wake Forest (9/4) … called upon for two combined saves between back-to-back shutout wins over UC Davis (9/5) and Missouri State (9/9) … tallied eight saves against a season-high 25 shots faced at Maryland (9/17) … stepped up for 12 saves, her season high, in an overtime game against Miami (10/2) … recorded 17 saves against a pair of top-15 opponents, Northwestern (10/7) and Boston College (10/9), allowing just three goals with an upset win over Northwestern … named the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Week (10/11) … combined for 15 saves and just one goal allowed in games at Michigan (10/14) and Michigan State (10/16), aiding a shutout win over the Wolverines … named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (10/18) and the NFHCA National Defensive Player of the Week (10/19) … recorded 10 saves against Penn State (11/3) in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.

2015 (Freshman)
NFHCA DIVISION-I ALL-WEST REGION SECOND TEAM ... ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM ... Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (9/29) ... three-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (9/29, 10/20, 11/3) ... started all 19 games in her outstanding freshman season … ranked 23^rd nationally in goals against average (1.81) … totaled 114 saves (3^rd – IU history), two shutouts, and nearly 1,314 minutes between the pipes … average of six saves per game ranked 18^th on national leaderboards … single-season save percentage of .770 ranks tenth in the nation and fourth in IU history … made eight saves on 17 shots faced against Pacific (9/5) … combined for 11 saves in the Hoosiers’ top-20 wins over Iowa (9/25) and Northwestern (9/27) … won Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week honors (9/29) … played a crucial part in an overtime win against Kent State (10/2) with 11 saves on 19 shots faced … converted eight saves on 24 shots faced in IU’s game against top-ranked Syracuse (10/11) … made 12 total saves in pair of shutouts against Ohio State (10/16) and Penn State (10/18) … named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (10/20) … tallied 16 saves, Indiana’s second-highest single-game total, and preserved a scoreless 70 minutes of regulation in an overtime game at #6 Maryland (10/23) … saved eight shots in Indiana’s third shutout win of the season against Rutgers (10/30) … received her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor (11/3) … secured eight saves on 15 shots faced in the Big Ten Quarterfinals against Penn State (11/5).

Prep/Personal: A U21 German National Team Member, where she helped the team to a second place finish in the 2014 U21 European Championships … in 2013, the Hamburg native was instrumental in the U18 team's first place finish in the 4-Nations-Cup in Lilleshall, England … for her leadership in guiding the team to a variety of third-place finishes in the National Youth Championships, Rother was named the Best Goalkeeper at the tournament in 2011, 2012 and 2013 … daughter of Claudius and Andrea Rother … has two sisters, Maude and Emilia.