2022 Field Hockey Roster
Nina Apoola
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Bramcote, England
- High School:
- Trent College
Senior (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten; Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• NFHCA All-West Region first team
• All-Big Ten second team
• Started in all 20 games at midfield
• Tied her career-best 10 points with a two goals and six assists
• Earned an assist on U-M's first goal in a 3-1 win vs. #18 Ohio State (Oct. 28)
• Assisted on the game-winning goal late in the fourth quarter in a 1-0 win vs. #8 Iowa (Oct. 23)
• Posted a goal and two assists vs. Central Michigan (Sept. 4); also tallied a goal and an assist vs. Ball State (Oct. 2)
• Voted as one of three captains for the 2022 season
Junior (2021)
• NFHCA Collegiate National Academic Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Started in all 21 games in the midfield
• Netted the clinching goal in the shootout vs. #5 Northwestern Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (Nov. 4)
• Scored a fourth-quarter tally against in-state rival Michigan State (Sept. 24)
• Led the Wolverines with a career-best eight assists; posted helpers in five straight games (Sept. 10-26)
• Assisted on the pivotal fourth-quarter goal to seal U-M's 3-2 win vs. #1 North Carolina at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Aug. 27)
• Assisted on go-ahead goals at Cornell (Sept. 19) and against #1 Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (Nov. 5)
Sophomore (2020-21)
• NFHCA Collegiate National Academic Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 13 games at midfield
• Fired off shots in games against Michigan State (April 4) and Indiana (April 17)
Freshman (2019)
• Appeared in 16 games in the midfield with one start
• Scored a tying goal in the first quarter in Michigan’s 4-3 victory over Saint Joseph's (Oct. 27)
• Tallied first collegiate goal in the third quarter vs. Michigan State (Oct. 6)
• Posted an assist at Indiana (Sept. 27)
• Made her collegiate debut at California (Sept. 8)
Prep
• Graduated from Trent College (2019)
• Captain of the Trent College U18 First Team (2018-19)
• Captured the 2019 National School Indoor Championship and placed fourth at the National School Outdoor Championships
• Awarded Trent College's Directors Award of Sport
Club/Junior Team
• Played with Beeston Hockey Club
• Named Beeston's Women's First Team U19 Player of the Year (2018), U17 Player of the Season (2018) and U16 Player of the Season (2016)
• Contributed to a National Club indoor title in 2016; also won a National League crown and earned a promotion to the Premier League 2018
National/International
• Member of with England's U18 National Team (2018-19)
• Captured a bronze medal at the EuroHockey U18 Youth Championship in Santander, Spain
• Played with England's U16 National Team (2014-15), playing in the Six Nations tournament in Bremen, Germany
Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in psychology
• Born on September 11, 2000
• Daughter of Ade Apoola and Judith ten Hof
• Has two siblings, Sam and Ruby; brother plays field hockey at Leeds University
