Claire Woods

BLOOMINGTON, IN - SEPTEMBER 07, 2018 - Midfielder/forward Claire Woods #9 of the Indiana Hoosiers, Forward Bente Buwalda #28 of the Indiana Hoosiers and Midfielder Ciara Girouard #19 of the Indiana Hoosiers celebrate during the game against the Stanford Cardinals and the Indiana Hoosiers at the Field Hockey Complex in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Ben Mikesell

Year:
Freshman
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-1

2018 (Senior)
Swept a shot past No. 8 Louisville (8/24) for her first goal of the season, tying the game in the first half ... scored in the first half against No. 20 Stanford (9/7) with three shots on target ...recorded a shot in the shutout victory over Michigan State (10/5)…tied a season high in shots on Senior Day against with three (10/14)…Capped off her senior season with a goal and two shots in the Big Ten Tournament game against Michigan State (10/26).

2017 (Junior)
Academic All-Big Ten honoree … NFHCA National Academic Squad … played all 19 games with 18 starts, scoring two goals and setting one assist … earned her first career start at No. 9 Louisville (8/25), her first regular season turf appearance since November 5, 2015 ... registered her first two shots of the season, both on target, at Villanova (9/4) ... launched one shot against Ball State (9/17) … put Indiana on the board with her first goal of the year at Monmouth (9/24) … started the Hoosiers’ game in her hometown at Saint Louis (10/1) … scored a second half goal at Northwestern (10/6) … set an assist on a go-ahead goal in the home win over Ohio (10/8) … fired one shot on frame against Ohio State (10/27) in the Big Ten Tournament.

2016 (Sophomore)
Missed the entirety of her sophomore season due to injury.

2015 (Freshman)
NFHCA National Academic Squad selection ... saw action in all 19 of Indiana’s games in her debut season … took her first three shot attempts in Labor Day weekend games at Stanford (9/4), Pacific (9/5), and California (9/7) … helped the Hoosiers to a four-game winning streak at home over Ball State (9/18), Iowa (9/25), Northwestern (9/27), and Kent State (10/2) … dished her first career assist to force overtime at Michigan State (10/9) … added another assist in the Hoosiers’ shutout win at Ohio State (10/16) … scored her first career goal to take a late lead against American (10/25).

Prep/Personal
Knocked in a school-record 54 career goals - cruising past the previous mark of 40. In addition, her 39 assists rank second in program history … a three-time All-Conference selection, as well as a two-time All-Metro and Team MVP honoree … led by Woods, Nerinx Hall was a State Finalist in 2012 and a State Semi-Finalist in 2011 … played in the Junior Olympics in 2012 and 2013, and was a five-time participant in the National Futures Championships … played for Gateway Field Hockey Club, where Woods helped the team earn a Gold Medal at National Hockey Festival in 2013 … also played lacrosse for three years and earned a varsity letter and was named team MVP in 2014 … born March 27, 1997 ... daughter of Joe and Angie Woods … has two sisters, Grace and Audrey ... majoring in Tourism Hospitality.