COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On Thursday, the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) put out their preseason watchlists for the 2025 field hockey season. Among those named to the Division III watchlist were Ohio Wesleyan midfielders Grace Ammon and Alyssa Markell.

The preseason watchlist is intended to showcase those field hockey student-athletes with the strongest potential for consideration to the current year's NFHCA All-Region and All-American teams. All-in-all 175 student-athletes from 84 different institutions were named to the Division III watchlist.

Ammon, a junior this season, started all 22 games last season for the NCAC-champion Battling Bishops, finishing third on the team in points with 19 total on five goals and an NCAC-leading nine assists. She reeled in the awards for her performance in 2024, earning NFHCA All-Region VI First Team honors alongside NCAC Midfielder of the Year and All-NCAC First Team. Ammon comes into this season looking to further add to her career eight goals, 18 assists, and 34 points.

Markell, a senior this season, started all 22 games as well last season, finishing with six goals and one assist for a total of 13 points, earning herself a spot on the NFHCA All-Region VI Second Team and the All-NCAC First Team. She enters 2025 with career totals of 13 goals, seven assists, and 33 points.

Ammon and Markell will lead the Battling Bishops in the season-opener against Rochester in New York on Saturday. That game is set to get going at noon.