2017 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Sheila Nesselbush
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Penfield
- Hometown:
- Penfield, N.Y.
- 16th most goals in program history (122)
- 18th in program history in points (144)
- Fourth most goals in a senior season in program history (62)
- Eighth most points in a senior season in program history (76)
2018: Senior midfielder who had a break-out offensive season for the Wildcats ... All-Big Ten ... IWLCA West/Midwest All-Region first team ... Named to the Inside Lacrosse Media All-American Second Team ... Tewaaraton Award Nominee ... Set career highs in points (76), goals (62) and assists (14) ... Second on the team in goals, points and draw controls (38), and third in assists ... Led the Big Ten in points per game during conference play with 4.50, while ranking fourth on the overall season with 3.62 ... Finished third in the Big Ten during conference play with 3.50 goals per game, while coming in fourth on the overall season with 2.95 ... Notched 14 multi-goal and 17 multi-point games ... Went on an eight-game stretch recording at least three goals and four points in each contest ... Tallied five goals and six points against Syracuse (3/26) ... Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after scoring 11 points (9 goals, 2 assists) in wins over No. 12 Syracuse, No. 23 Johns Hopkins (3/30) and No. 6 Penn (4/01) ... Netted nine total goals in back-to-back victories over Ohio State (4/06) and No. 21 Notre Dame (4/08) ... Grabbed a season-high five draw controls against Notre Dame ... Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the second time after recording four goals and two assists against Penn State (4/14) ... Recorded a career-high six goals and seven points in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (5/11), only to break the record again with eight goals and eight points in the team's second round win over Towson (5/13).
2017: Redshirt junior … Co-Captain … Returned from missing the majority of her junior season due to injury to appear in all 21 games and make 17 starts in the midfield … Finished tied second on the team with 32 ground balls … Tied the second-best single-game mark in program history with eight ground balls at Ohio State on Apr. 6 … Scored 21 goals, marking her second-career 20-plus goal season … Posted a career-high 12 caused turnovers on the year … Scored at least one goal in 14 games, including a stretch of seven-straight games from March 5 to Apr. 2 … Tallied at least two goals in six games, including a season-high three versus No. 5 Penn State on Apr. 13 … Scored a pair of goals in a win over No. 5 Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal … Picked up at least two ground balls in seven games … Matched her career high with two caused turnovers three times.
2016: Starting midfielder for four games but lost the rest of her season due to injury ... Scored a hat trick and recorded four ground balls, one caused turnover and four draw controls in season opening win against Duke (2/7) ... Notched three ground balls and three draw controls against Virginia (2/13) ... Scored four goals against Syracuse (2/28) ... Scored two goals against Louisville (3/3) ... Averaged 2.25 goals per game and 2.25 ground balls per game through four games .. Had the sixth-highest draw control total on the team in just four games.
2015: One of just two position players to start all 21 games ... All-Big Ten ... IWLCA Second-Team All-West/Midwest ... Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on February 9 ... Proved to be the Wildcats' most consistent player end to end, leading the Wildcats with 36 ground balls, finishing second with 65 draw controls and ranking fourth on the team with 27 goals ... Ranked fifth in the Big Ten in draw controls per game (3.10) ... Recorded nine multi-goal games, including three hat tricks and a career-high four goals in Northwestern's 16-11 NCAA Tournament win over Notre Dame ... Led the Wildcats with a pair of goals and an assist in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals against No. 1 Maryland ... Had a season-high seven draw controls against Marquette and Penn State ... Picked up a season-high four ground balls against Syracuse and at Notre Dame ... Scored a pair of game-winning goals and finished the season 7-for-10 on free-position opportunities ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2014: Appeared in the starting lineup in her first career game with the Wildcats, a 13-12 win over No. 8 Virginia, and went on to start all 21 games of her freshman season ... Ranked second among NU field players with 26 ground balls on the year ... Scored her first career goal and picked up two ground balls in a win over Marquette ... Sparked the NU defense with three ground balls, three draw controls and one caused turnover vs. Notre Dame ... Netted her second goal of the season at Syracuse ... Two draw controls and two ground balls at UMass ... Also had two draw controls in upset of No. 1 North Carolina on March 31 ... First career assist came vs. Johns Hopkins ... Scored a goal in her debut in the NCAA Tournament, scooping up a loose ball and scoring in the first half of an 11-8 win over Louisville ... Came up with three draw controls in NCAA quarterfinal win at Florida ... Recorded two caused turnovers in semifinal loss to No. 1 Maryland.
High School: Four-year starter at Penfield ... Leading scorer (62 goals) and team captain on 2013 New York State Regional Championship team ... 2013 All-American, All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year and Monroe County Player of the Year ... Two-time first-team All-Monroe County ... Team's offensive MVP in senior season ... Played in US Lacrosse Greater Rochester Senior All-Star game ... Received Penfield High School's Elmer Peck Most Improved Athlete Award in 2011-12, given to one PHS student annually ... Led Penfield to a win in 2013 New York State Championship semifinal game with three goals and one assist, including the game-winning goal in overtime ... Two-time US Lacrosse Academic All-American ... Ranked No. 2 academically in her senior class of 385 students ... Also a captain and four-year starting point guard on varsity basketball team, earning first-team All-Monroe County and honorable mention All-Greater Rochester as a senior ... Treasurer and Historian for PHS student government.
Personal: Born Sheila A. Nesselbush in Penfield, N.Y. ... Daughter of Marlene and Robert Nesselbush ... Father played college football at Bucknell and is president of Rochester General Hospital ... Twin sister, Michelle, is played lacrosse at Harvard ... Older sister of fellow Wildcat Shannon Nesselbush ... Competed in high school against NU teammate Spring Sanders ... Majoring in Industrial Engineering.
