Virginia Commonwealth University

2020-21 (SPRING): SENIOR

• All-Atlantic 10 Second Team and Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
• NFHCA Senior Team selection
• Started all 10 games and recorded seven assists
• Ranked eighth nationally in assists at 0.7 per game
• NFHCA Scholar of Distinction
• NFHCA National Academic Squad

2019: JUNIOR

• Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team and All-Atlantic 10 Academic Team
• Started all 17 games for VCU
• Led the team with six assists
• Scored three goals including one game-winner
• Ranked third on the team with 12 total points
• Named to Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad

2018: SOPHOMORE

• Named to All-Atlantic 10 First Team
• Started all 19 games for VCU
• Recorded two goals and three assists
• Recorded 15 shots and 10 shots on goal as well as seven total points
• Named a Division I Scholar of Distinction and to the NFHCA National Academic Squad

2017: FRESHMAN

• Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team and All-Atlantic 10 Rookie Team.
• Tied for second on the team and 13th in the A-10 with seven goals.
• Scored two game-winning goals.
• Tied for team lead in shot on goal percentage (.714).
• Named NFCHA Division I Scholar of Distinction and to the NFHCA All-Academic Squad.

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 SVEA:

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