Bente Buwalda

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bilthoven, Utrecht, Netherlands
Position:
Forward
Height:
5-10

2018 (Sophomore)
Played in 17 games for the Hoosiers…notched her first goal of the year at Ball State (8/26), the first game-winner of her career ... scored a skillful reverse to seal a comeback win over Saint Francis (9/9)…recorded a shot in the Big Ten Tournament against Michigan State (10/26).

2017 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 19 games, earning three starts … scored two goals with one assist, placing 5-of-6 shot attempts on target … earned her first career start at No. 9 Louisville (8/25) ... registered a shot on goal and aided an upset win over No. 15 Wake Forest (9/1) ... registered two shots, one on frame, in the home opener against Central Michigan (9/8) ... made a deft redirect to assist Maddie Latino’s first half equalizer in an overtime win over Miami (9/10) ... scored once on her only shot attempt to aid a win over Ball State (9/17) … took one shot at Saint Louis (10/1) … scored the Hoosiers’ goal at Ohio State (10/20).

Prep/Personal: Becomes the sixth-ever field hockey player to come to Indiana from the Netherlands … played for head coach Frank Legeweg at Montessori Lyceum Herman Jordan, where she accounted for half of the team’s scoring production … won a national championship in 2013 … played for former USA Field Hockey head coach Janneke Schopman at Hockeyclub SCHC in Bilthoven, Utrecht, where she was the top scorer … SCHC won the European Championship in 2015 and finished runner-up in 2016 … has played since she was six years old, and has coached and officiated at the youth level … born October 31, 1999 ... the daughter of Elise and Bauke Buwalda … Bente’s father and her two brothers, Hidde and Bink, also play field hockey … intends to enroll in the Kelley School of Business.