MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Wheaton College (Mass.) field hockey player Hannah Fortin (South Dartmouth, Mass.) was named the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Field Hockey Offensive Athlete of the Week for the week of October 5-11, it was announced today by the league.

The senior potted at least one goal in each of the Lyons' three matches for a total of four markers for the week. The forward scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in a 3-1 victory over host Johnson & Wales University on October 6. A graduate of Bishop Stang High School, Fortin scored in back to back days for Wheaton with a goal in the team's 5-1 win over visiting Clark University on October 10 and another tally in the Lyons' 3-0 shutout over Bridgewater State University on October 11.

For the season, Fortin has been one of the top scorers in the conference, with eight goals to place her sixth among NEWMAC leaders and is ninth among conference foes with 18 points. The Psychology major has notched at least one point in eight of 13 contests this season and has one game-winning marker. The Tri-Captain has started all 13 games for Wheaton and owns a .607 shot percentage to rank third on the team. 

Fortin has started 41 of 52 games for her career and has 18 goals and four assists for 40 points.

The Lyons have won four straight games and five of their last six and are currently 8-5 overall and 3-2 in league play. Wheaton returns to the turf on Saturday, October 17 when it travels to Cambridge, Mass. to take on Massachusetts Institute of Technology at 1:00 p.m.