Christine Nannicelli

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Walpole
Hometown:
Walpole, Mass.

2005: Appeared in 18 games, starting 13 ... Named Second Team All-Big Ten ... One of the conference's premier backline players ... Finished tied for second on the team in assists (4) ... Mainstay on the Wildcat backline and in the battery ... Recorded the only Wildcat goal at Michigan State, scoring on a penalty stroke (10/22) ... Assisted on NU's second goal versus No. 8 Penn State (9/24) ... Had an assist to Christina Foley off a penalty corner to give Northwestern a 1-0 lead in its Big Ten Tournament match versus Indiana (11/4) ... Tallied an assist to Meghan Small in NU's 5-0 win over Lindenwood (10/9).

2004: Started all 20 games for Northwestern ... Scored three goals for the 'Cats, tied for third on the team ... Tallied five assists for the Wildcats, tied for second on the team ... Her 11 points for the season tied for third on the team ... Scored game-winning goal against Indiana (10/8) in overtime ... Had a three-point game (one goal, one assist) against Kent State (8/30) ... Other goal came against Fairfield (9/5).

2003: Started all 18 matches ... Finished third on team with 13 points ... Tied for third on team with five goals ... Also had a pair of assists ... Put 11 of her 12 shots on goal ... First goal of season came vs. Central Michigan (9/7) ... Knocked home game-winner vs. Kent State (9/21) ... Had two goals and an assist in win over Saint Louis (10/31) ... Also scored in 2-0 win against Syracuse (11/2).

2002: One of two freshmen to start all 19 games ... Scored two goals, both against Iowa in separate games ... At Iowa (9/29), she converted her first collegiate penalty stroke in a 4-1 loss.

High School: Selected to attend 2002 National Futures Tournament in Virginia Beach, Va. ... Three-time field hockey letterwinner ... Named 2001 Neponset Valley News Co-Player of the Year ... Two-time Bay State Conference All-Star (2001 and 2000) ... Named second-team high school All-American ... Chosen to be part of the 2001 Massachusetts "Best of 60" team ... Named a 2001 Regional All-American ... Elected tri-captain in 2001 ... Voted Walpole High School's Defensive Player of the Year in 2000 ... Daily News All-Star in 1999 and 2000 ... Selected to the 2000 Bay State League All-Star team ... 1999 and 2000 Daily Transcript All-Star ... Picked as "Player of the Game" in South Sectional Finals ... Competed at Futures Field Hockey Tournament for four years and the USFHA National Festival for three ... Team won the 2001 Massachusetts state championship in field hockey, amassing a 74-2 overall high school record ... Selected to play in the Massachusetts Bay State Games ... Won two Massachusetts state field hockey titles in 1998 and 1999 ... Earned Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic accolades in 2001 ... Was a finalist in the Walpole Downtown Business Associates Young Citizens Award in 1998 ... Honor Roll Student.

Personal: Born Christine Beebe Nannicelli on 8/2/84 ... Daughter of Tom and Paula Nannicelli ... Enrolled in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

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