Sherri-Anne Nyberg

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Kelowna Secondary
Hometown:
Kelowna, British Columbia

2006: Did not see any action in 2006 season.

2005: Played in 16 matches for the Wildcats, starting 15 of them ... Finished the season ranked 20th in the nation with 114 saves ... Was third in the Big Ten in saves ... Ranked third in the Big Ten with 7.12 saves per game ... Her 114 saves this season jump her over current goalkeeper coach Donna Barg and into 11th place on NU's single-season saves list ... Moved into fifth place on NU's career saves list with 280 ... Logged 1,070:42 between the pipes ... Her .708 save percentage was good for fifth in the conference ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2004: Wildcats' top goalie ... Recorded a goals-against average of 1.86, best on the 'Cats and better than the opponents' average for the season ... Saved 77 shots and earned a .726 save percentage ... Had two complete-game shutouts for the season, including a dramatic 93-minute shutout in a win against Iowa ... Other shutout came against Ohio (9/3) ... Played in 16 of the Wildcats' 20 games, starting 15 of them and logging over 1,000 minutes in goal.

2003: Appeared in 16 games, making 15 starts ... Logged 1040:23 in goal ... Made team-high 89 saves (.781 percentage) and had a 1.68 goals-against average ... Tallied four shutouts total ... Delivered 15 saves in first collegiate start, a 3-2 win over Boston College (8/30) ... Had six stops in win over Central Michigan (9/7) ... Registered nine saves in first meeting with Iowa (9/17) ... Had seven saves in 2-1 win over Kent State (9/21) ... Finished with 11 stops in loss to Michigan (9/26) ... Notched seven saves in shutout win over Stanford (10/5) ... Five stops in shutout of California (10/18) ... Made seven saves in second meeting with Iowa (10/26) ... Also shut out Syracuse (11/2).

High School: Four-year varsity field hockey letterwinner ... Kelowna Secondary competed in Class AAA, the largest of Canada's high school classification system ... Selected to the 2003 and 2004 Canadian Junior National Training Squad ... Nominated as British Columbia's High School Athlete of the Year in 2002 ... Selected to play on B.C.'s summer provincial teams from 2000 to 2003 ... Chosen to compete at U.S. National Festival in Palm Springs, Calif., in 2002 ... Competed on Kooteney Regional High Performance Squad from 2000 to 2003 ... Recorded shutout in 2001 Provincial Championship game, facing game-tying penalty stroke in 1-0 win ... Team finished runner-up the following season after Kelowna Secondary had not won a championship since the late 80's ... In 2002, under-18 British Columbia team won silver and bronze medals at Western National under-18 and under-21 championships held in Victoria and Winnipeg, Canada ... In 2001, under-16 team won a bronze medal at the under-18 Western National Championships in Regina, Canada ... Also lettered in basketball ... Member of Principals Honor Roll grades 8-12 ... Received the Eileen Morrissey Academic Achievement Award after maintaining a 4.0 for three consecutive terms ... Won `Grade 11' Student of the Year Outdoor Education Award.

Personal: Born Sherri-Anne Elizabeth Nyberg on 7/2/85 ... Daughter of Verner Nyberg and Lorrianne and Craig Topf ... Environmental sciences major ... Global health studies minor.

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