Rubina Veerakone

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
M
Height:
5-4
Hometown:
Caledonia, Mich.
High School:
Caledonia

Last Updated: Nov. 6, 2017

Scholar Stories: Veerakone Finds Future Through Helping Others

At Michigan
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2015-17)
• Three-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2014-16)

Senior (2017)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in all 18 matches with 10 starts at outside back

Junior (2016)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Appeared in 18 games, earning 12 starts
• Recorded three assists -- two against UC Riverside (Sept. 9) and one against Wisconsin (Oct. 13)

Sophomore (2015)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
Season
• Played in nine games
• Scored first career goal in an 8-1 season-opening win against Eastern Michigan (Aug. 21)

Freshman (2014)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
Season
• Appeared in six games
• Made collegiate debut against CSUN (Aug. 22)

Prep
• Caledonia High School (2014)
• Four-year varsity letterwinner
• Three-time MHSAA All-State (2011-13)
• Three-time All-Ottawa Kent Conference (2011-13)
• Four-time All-District (2010-13)
• MHSAA Dream Team selection (2012)
• Team MVP (2013)
Academics/Extracurriculars
• National Honor Society
• Ottawa-Kent Conference Scholar Athlete Award
• MHSAA Scholar Athlete Award nominee

Club
• Michigan Hawks (2010-14)
• Helped Hawks finish runner up at ECNL national finals in Seattle, Wash. (2014)
• ODP Region 2 (2009-11)
• ODP National Camp (2010)

Personal
• Full name is Rubina Rachell Veerakone
• Born on Dec. 21, 1995
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, &the Arts -- majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition and Neuroscience (BCN)