2015 Field Hockey Roster
Nora Aucker
- Year:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Selinsgrove, Pa.
- Position:
- Defender/Midfield
- Height:
- 5-8
2018 (Junior)
Team Captain ... started the 17 games she appeared in for the Hoosiers…aided the defense to a shutout win at Ball State (8/26) ... scored a clutch penalty stroke, the first of her career, on the final hit of regulation to force overtime at Villanova (8/31) ... helped IU mount a comeback win against Saint Francis (9/9) ...recorded a shot in the victory over Michigan State (10/5)…had an assist in the 3-1 win against Saint Louis (10/7).
2017 (Junior)
Team Captain … Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... started all 19 games of the season on the back line, providing four assists … made the day one starting lineup at No. 9 Louisville (8/25) ... held the line for Indiana’s first shutout of the season, an upset win over No. 15 Wake Forest (9/1) ... delivered a career best two assists on penalty corners against Central Michigan (9/8) ... set an assist in the Hoosiers’ Big Ten opener against Maryland (9/15) … launched a season-high two shots against Ball State (9/17) … provided support to Indiana’s home win over Ohio (10/8).
Academic All-Big Ten selection … NFHCA National Academic Squad honoree … showed improvement from her freshman year, making 18 starts on the back line and playing in all 20 games … tabbed the first goal and first two assists of her career … made her first start of the year in a nail-biter with Wake Forest (9/4) … served an assist on the first goal in a valiant comeback effort at Delaware (9/18) … scored the game-winner in IU’s upset win over No. 6 Northwestern (10/7), receiving a dish from Sam Scire in a scramble after her corner entry … guided Indiana to their second top-10 win in the span of a week, a shutout victory at Michigan (10/14) … inserted Elle Hempt’s successful corner hit against Penn State (11/3) in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
2015 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 19 games for Indiana in her debut season, making seven starts ... entered a four-defender rotation with teammates Kate Barber, Malia Fujisawa, and Sydney Supica, a unit that made a massive impact on IU’s five regular season Big Ten wins (school record) ... started in the first game of her Indiana career, contributing to a big win over Missouri State (8/28) ... recorded her first career defensive save in a narrow loss at Stanford (9/4) ... helped hold off two nationally-ranked opponents in one weekend for wins over Iowa (9/25) and Northwestern (9/27) ... played a pivotal role in the Hoosiers’ first two shutouts of the season, at Ohio State (10/16) and at home against Penn State (10/18) ... held Maryland scoreless through regulation in an overtime road loss (10/23) ... helped with Indiana’s third shutout win at home against Rutgers (10/30).
Prep/Personal: A two-time First Team All-State selection from Selinsgrove, Pa. … helped lead her team to four-straight District 4 Championships … three-time First Team Heartland Athletic Conference honoree … named The Daily Item Player of the Year after her junior campaign … four-time letterwinner in field hockey … also earned two letters in Track and Field … four-time member of the PHSFHCA All-Academic Team … born June 22, 1997 ... the daughter of Daniel Aucker and Tana Shaffer, D.O. … has one sister, Rita ... majoring in Mathematics.
