Ashley Sessa

Durham, NC Ð Sep 5: NCAA Field Hockey - Northwestern at Duke at Jack Katz Stadium in Durham, NC on September 5, 2025. (Credit: Andy Mead/YCJ)

Photo by: Andy Mead/YCJ

August 8, 2025, Evanston, IL: Members of the Northwestern Field Hockey team pose for photos as part of Internal Media Days at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Friday, August 8, 2025. (Photo by Christian Simons/Northwestern Athletics)

Height:
5-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Episcopal Academy
Hometown:
Schwenksville, Pennsylvania

Career Highs:

Goals: 3 (vs. Rutgers, 10/4/24)
Assists: 3 (2x, last vs. Miami (OH), 11/15/24)
Points: 6 (2x - last vs. UC Davis, 10/20/24)
Shots: 9 (at Princeton, 9/29/24)
Shots on Goal: 7 (at Princeton, 9/29/24)

Awards:

B1G Offensive Player of The Week (10/7/2024, 10/21/2024, 11/4/2024)
NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week (10/9/2024, 10/23/2024)
B1G All-Tournament Team (2024)
NFHCA All-West First Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
NFHCA First-Team All-American (2024)

2024

Ranked fifth in Division I with an average of 1.00 goal per game
Ranked third in the nation with .79 assists per game
Led the Big Ten (second in Division I) with 24 goals and 19 assists
Appeared in all 24 games and started in 23 for Northwestern's National Championship season
Scored game winning goal and fired eight shots with three on goal in the 3-0 season opener against Maine (8/30)
Notched three assists with three shots on goal in 6-1 win over UMass (9/1)
Assisted final goal in 2-0 win over No. 5 Duke (9/6)
Scored game winning goal in the 56th minute of the 1-0 victory over No. 17 Boston College (9/8)
Notched a goal in the 2-0 win vs. No. 9 Louisville (9/13)
Tallied an assist for the game winning goal in the 1-0 win over Cornell (9/14)
Scored two goals while tallying four shots on goal in the 5-0 win against No.4 Iowa (9/20)
Tallied two goals, nine shots, and seven shots on goal in 3-2 win vs. No. 16 Princeton (9/29)
Scored game winning goal and tallied an assist in 3-2 win over No. 9 Harvard (10/13)
Scored two goals, tallied an assist, and fired three shots with all three on goal in 7-0 win against Stanford (10/18)
Notched two goals, two assists, and four shots with two on goal in 11-1 victory over UC Davis (10/20)
Contributed a goal, two assists, and eight shots with three on goal in 5-0 win at Michigan State (10/27)
Scored both goals and fired seven shots with six on goal in 2-1 win over No. 4 Ohio State (11/1)
Scored game-winning goal and fired five shots with four on goal in 2-0 win against Rutgers (11/8)
Logged a goal and three assists in 9-2 win over Miami (OH) (11/15)
Tallied a goal and an assist in 3-2 victory over No. 8 Virginia (11/17)
Scored game-winning goal in the 49th minute in 1-0 win against UMass to advance to the National Championship (11/22)
Contributed two assists to secure the National Championship victory over Saint Joseph's in a dominant 5-0 win (11/24)

2022 (UNC):

Started all 21 games in UNC’s undefeated season
Named All-South Region and second-team All-ACC
Finished with 23 points on nine goals and five assists
Ranked third on the team in both points and goals
Kicked off her college career with a hat trick in the season-opening win over Michigan
Scored three-point games with a goal and an assist in wins over Cal and Boston College

High School:

Graduated from Episcopal Academy (Newtown Square, Pa.)
2022 Pennsylvania All-Region and All-State Player of the Year
2022 All-Delco Player of the Year and Inter-Athletic League MVP
Led Episcopal to three PAISAA state championships and three Inter-AC championships
Three-time All-America, All-State, All-Mainline, All-Delco, and All-Inter-AC honoree
NFHCA High School All-Region, AC All-Conference, and Mercury All-Area honoree
Ranked among the top 10 recruits in the class of 2022 by Max Field Hockey

National/International:

Played in the FIH Pro League in 2022 and 2023
Earned first cap with the U.S. Women’s National Team in November 2021
2022 Pan American Cup (4th place)
2021 Junior Pan American Championship (bronze medal)
2021 Junior World Cup (8th place)
MVP of the 2021 Pan American Indoor Tournament (gold medal)
Member of the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team (since 2019)
Member of U.S. U-17/Rise Women's National Indoor Team (2017-2020)
Eight-time national and regional club champion with WC Eagles
Ten-time National Indoor Tournament champion

Personal:

Transfer from the University of North Carolina
Member of the U.S. Women's National Team (2021-present), qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games
Took an Olympic redshirt in 2024 to train and compete with the National Team