Nikki Auker

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Warwick
Hometown:
Lititz, Pa.

As a junior (2009) - Played in all 20 games with 11 starts... Third on the team with 19 points (8G, 3A)... Scored two goals in the 6-2 win over Villanova (Oct. 10)... Selected to the NFHCA National Academic Squad... Named to the Athletic Director's honor roll and Dean's List in the fall and spring.

As a sophomore (2008) - Started all 21 games... Fourth on the team with six goals... Sixth on the team with 13 points (6G, 1A)... Selected to the NFHCA National Academic Squad.

As a freshman (2007)-- Played in 10 games... Scored one goal... Dished out one assist... Totalled three points... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall and spring... Made the Dean's List in the fall... Dean's Scholar in the spring... Selected to NFHCA National Academic Squad.

In High School -- Lettered three years in field hockey under coach Bob Derr... Her high school team was the three-time Lancaster-Lebanon Section 1 and League champions... Notched 31 career goals... Named to Lancaster-Lebanon Section I first team (2006)... Lancaster-Lebanon All-League selection (2006)... Pennsylvania first team all-star (2006)... Earned academic all-state and all-American honors... Also played four years of lacrosse, earning Section I All-State and all-league honorable mention honors.

Personal -- Full name is Nicole Ashley Auker... Daughter of Lora Lettich and Todd Auker... Birthdate is Feb. 10, 1989... Major is secondary education in mathematics... Her cousin Gary Rynier was a thrower for York College... Post college ambition is to teach and coach high school field hockey or lacrosse... Her greatest accomplishment so far was getting a scholarship to Louisville... Favorite thing about Team Cardinal is the closeness of the team... Most people don't know that she was hospitalized with Kowaski disease for over a week when she was three... Proudest moment of her life was becoming an aunt and playing Division I field hockey... Her hobbies include playing the drums.