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2021 Field Hockey Roster

Mitchell Leff/Atlantic 10

17 Maite Sturm

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Waltrop
  • Hometown Waltrop, Germany

Biography

2020-21 (SPRING): SENIOR

  • NFHCA Second Team All-American and Synapse Sports Second Team All-American
  • NFHCA All-South Region First Team and Senior Game selection
  • All-Atlantic 10 First Team and All-Championship Team
  • Started all 10 games for VCU
  • Scored two goals and added seven assists
  • Ranked eighth nationally in assists at 0.7 per game
  • NFHCA National Academic Squad for the fourth consecutive year

2019: JUNIOR

  • NFHCA South Region Second Team
  • All-Atlantic 10 First Team and All-Atlantic 10 Academic Team
  • VaSID All-State Second Team
  • Led the team with 17 total points
  • Scored a team-high seven goals and added five assists, including one game-winning goal
  • Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
  • All-Atlantic 10 Preseason Team

2018: SOPHOMORE

  • Named to All-Atlantic 10 First Team and NFHCA All-South Region Second Team
  • Also named VaSID Second Team All-State
  • Started all 19 games for VCU, scoring seven goals
  • Led the team in assists with 11
  • Ranked second on the team in total points with 25
  • Member of NFHCA All-Academic Squad

2017: FRESHMAN

  • Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Rookie Team, NFHCA All-South Region Second Team, All-Atlantic 10 Championship Team.
  • Named Atlantic 10 Rooke of the week on Aug. 28.
  • Played and started in all 20 games as a freshman.
  • Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with six goals and added one assist.
  • Scored two game-winning goals and ranked second on the team with 46 shots.

PRIOR TO VCU

  • Played in eight Juvenile German Indoor Hockey Championships, five indoor and three field, and have played in five finals. 
  • Helped her team to two championships during that time in addition to a runner-up finish and two third place finishes. 
  • Appeared in several Bundesliga games, one of the top adult leagues in Germany. 
  • Competed in both the first and second divisions of the German Field Hockey league since the spring of 2016 with Hockey-und Tennisclub Uhlenhorst (HTCU). She was a member of the inaugural ladies' team of HTCU. 
  • Her club team, Duisburgs of the Club Raffelberg, finished first in the German Juvenile Championship Field Hockey in 2016. 
  • She also led her HTCU team to first place at the Western German WHV Indoor Field Hockey Championship in February 2016 and the DHB Field Hockey Championship in 2016

GETTING TO KNOW MAITE

  • Born on April 20, 1999 in Datteln, Germany
  • Daughter of Michael and Silke Sturm. Has one brother, Sören (20), and a twin sister, Svea (18), who also plays for VCU Field Hockey.
  • Majoring in Business

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2017Freshman

    Midfield
    5'4"
    17
  • 17

    2018Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'4"
    17
  • 17

    2019Junior

    Midfield
    5'4"
    17
  • 17

    2020Senior

    Midfield
    5'4"
    17
  • 17

    2021Graduate Student

    Midfield
    5'4"
    17