2021 Field Hockey Roster
Yeager, Beth
Jersey Number 17
Beth Yeager
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Sacred Heart Greenwich
- Hometown:
- Greenwich, Conn.
Bio
National Team Experience: Member of 2024 United States Olympic Team ... started every game in 2024 Paris Olympics ... Member of the U.S. National Indoor and Outdoor Teams … Named to the U-17 and U-19 U.S. outdoor junior teams.
College honors
First-Team All-American (2021, 2022, 2024)
Honda Award Finalist (2022)
Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year (2022)
Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year (2021, 2022 - unanimous, 2024 - unanimous)
Unanimous first-team All-Ivy League (2021, 2022, 2024)
Unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2021)
At Princeton
2024
led the Ivy League in goals (16) and points (43) and tied for the league lead in assists (11) ... her 43 points were 21 more than any other league player and more than twice as many as every league player except one ... had 16 goals and 11 assists for the season; only two other Princeton players have reached double figures in both in the last 20 years (Clara Roth, Katie Reinprect twice ... one of eight Division I players in double figures in goals and assists ... ranked fifth in Division I in points per game ... had at least one point in 17 of 20 games ...
2022
2022 First-Team All-American ... Honda Award finalist ... Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year ... first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region ... unanimous Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year ... is the second Ivy League field hockey player ever to win an Ivy Player of the Year award as a freshman and sophomore ... unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection for the second straight year ... led the Ivy League in goals (12) and points (32)
... had the overtime goal against Maryland ... two-time Ivy Player of the Week
2021 - NFHCA first-team All-American ... was the only freshman in the country to make first-team All-American and became the first Princeton player to be a first-team All-American as a freshman ... Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year (the second freshman ever to win an Ivy field hockey Player of the Year award) ... first-team All-Mid Atlantic Region ... unanimous first-team All-Ivy League ... unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... set the program record for goals by a freshman with 16 (in 14 games, missed the last three due to injury) ... one of four players in Division I to average more than one goal per game ... scored the overtime game-winner against UConn and Cornell ... finished second in Division I in points per game and third in Division I in goals per game ... led the Ivy League in both
Before Princeton:
Sacred Heart: NFHCA First-Team All-America, Connecticut State and NEPSAC Player of the Year in 2019 … Max Field Hockey Third Team All-America in 2018 … Ranked in Max Field Hockey's top 10 for the Class of 2021 … Team MVP all four years … Squad was three-time FAA Champions and won the NEPSAC Class A title in 2019 … Named a National Merit Finalist … Cum Laude Society.
Personal: Daughter of Helen and Scott Yeager … Has two brothers, Michael and Ryan, and a sister, Hannah … Mother, Helen, played basketball at Columbia.
College honors
First-Team All-American (2021, 2022, 2024)
Honda Award Finalist (2022)
Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year (2022)
Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year (2021, 2022 - unanimous, 2024 - unanimous)
Unanimous first-team All-Ivy League (2021, 2022, 2024)
Unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2021)
At Princeton
2024
led the Ivy League in goals (16) and points (43) and tied for the league lead in assists (11) ... her 43 points were 21 more than any other league player and more than twice as many as every league player except one ... had 16 goals and 11 assists for the season; only two other Princeton players have reached double figures in both in the last 20 years (Clara Roth, Katie Reinprect twice ... one of eight Division I players in double figures in goals and assists ... ranked fifth in Division I in points per game ... had at least one point in 17 of 20 games ...
2022
2022 First-Team All-American ... Honda Award finalist ... Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year ... first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region ... unanimous Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year ... is the second Ivy League field hockey player ever to win an Ivy Player of the Year award as a freshman and sophomore ... unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection for the second straight year ... led the Ivy League in goals (12) and points (32)
... had the overtime goal against Maryland ... two-time Ivy Player of the Week
2021 - NFHCA first-team All-American ... was the only freshman in the country to make first-team All-American and became the first Princeton player to be a first-team All-American as a freshman ... Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year (the second freshman ever to win an Ivy field hockey Player of the Year award) ... first-team All-Mid Atlantic Region ... unanimous first-team All-Ivy League ... unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... set the program record for goals by a freshman with 16 (in 14 games, missed the last three due to injury) ... one of four players in Division I to average more than one goal per game ... scored the overtime game-winner against UConn and Cornell ... finished second in Division I in points per game and third in Division I in goals per game ... led the Ivy League in both
Before Princeton:
Sacred Heart: NFHCA First-Team All-America, Connecticut State and NEPSAC Player of the Year in 2019 … Max Field Hockey Third Team All-America in 2018 … Ranked in Max Field Hockey's top 10 for the Class of 2021 … Team MVP all four years … Squad was three-time FAA Champions and won the NEPSAC Class A title in 2019 … Named a National Merit Finalist … Cum Laude Society.
Personal: Daughter of Helen and Scott Yeager … Has two brothers, Michael and Ryan, and a sister, Hannah … Mother, Helen, played basketball at Columbia.
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Reflections from the Princeton Athletics Class of 2023
Friday, June 02
Field Hockey Senior Day 2022
Wednesday, November 02
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22