PITMAN --- The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced its field hockey weekly honors for the week ending Oct. 31.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
SYDNEY KOWALCZYK • Rowan University
Sophomore • Midfielder/Defender • Medford, NJ/Moorestown
Kowalczyk earns the final NJAC Offensive Player of the Week honor of the 2026 regular season after totaling three goals and an assist as No. 10 Rowan (15-4) closed the regular season. She scored twice and added an assist in the Profs’ 6-2 win at Kean. She set up Rowan’s fourth goal, then scored back-to-back goals in the final six minutes to provide the final margin. Earlier in the week, Kowalczyk tied the game 2-2 in the third quarter of a 4-3 loss to No. 7 Salisbury, which ended Rowan’s 14-game winning streak. She put seven of her 12 shots on goal for the week and finished the regular season with a career-high 20 goals. Kowalczyk finished the regular season ranked second in the NJAC in both goals (20) and assists (10) and tied for the conference lead in points (50).
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
SOFIA CHEBOOKJIAN • William Paterson University
Junior • Goalkeeper • Ocean Township, NJ/Ocean Township
Chebookjian has been named the final NJAC Defensive Player of the Week after posting two shutouts as William Paterson went 2-0 to close out the season. The junior made six saves, five of them in the second half, to preserve a 1-0 home win over Ramapo that gave the Pioneers their first conference victory of the season. She also stopped all three shots she faced in a 4-0 win over Manhattanville. Chebookjian finished the week with nine saves, a 0.00 goals-against average and a 1.000 save percentage over 120 minutes. She also became the program’s single-season saves leader with 149. Chebookjian concluded the season with an NJAC-leading 10.64 saves per game.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
STELLA DEVLIN • Stockton University
Freshman • Forward • Millville, NJ/St. Joseph’s Academy
Devlin garners her fourth and final NJAC Rookie of the Week honor of the 2026 regular season after a seven-point performance in Stockton’s 4-1 win over Neumann. The freshman recorded her fourth hat trick in the last six games and added an assist, matching her career high in points. She put six of her seven shots on goal in the victory. Devlin’s 18 goals tie Susie Balidemaj (2013) for Stockton’s single-season record. Her 42 points tie Alexa Massa (2017) for the second-most in a single season in program history. Devlin wrapped up the regular season ranked third in the NJAC in goals (18) and points (42).