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Sofie Stribos - Field Hockey - University of Iowa Athletics

#9 Sofie Stribos

Position MF/F
Class Fr.
Hometown Brussels, Belgium
High School Lycée de Berlaymont

Hawk Item — Younger sister of former Hawkeyes Marike Stribos (2010-14) and Lokke Stribos (2018-22).

2023 Honors — Named first-team NFHCA All-West Region selection… named to the 2023 Big Ten Fall Academic All-Conference team… Big Ten Preseason Watch List. 2023–Started in all 19 games… logged 908 minutes as a midfielder… recorded three goals on 10 shots on goal… assisted in four goals recording 10 points… recorded first goal in the first game of the season against Wake Forest (8/25)… scored two goals in a three game stretch against Central Michigan (9/8) and UVM (9/15)… letterwinner.

2022 Honors – NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad… NFHCA Scholar of Distinction… CSC Academic All-District selection… Academic All-Big Ten… named to both the President’s List and Dean’s List during fall semester. 2022 — Started all 20 games, logging 1,009 minutes… scored three goals with four assists, recording 10 points… finished with 17 shots with 11 on goal… recorded three goals and had two assists in a five-game stretch, scoring in wins over Boston University (9/2) and Providence College (9/9) … had game-winning assist in 1-0 victory over Rutgers (10/2)… played 50 minutes or more in 12 games… letterwinner.

2021 Honors – Named a NFHCA Division I Scholars of Distinction recipient and to the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad… Big Ten Distinguished Scholar… Academic All-Big Ten selection… Dean’s List honoree during the fall and spring semesters. 2021 – Started all 20 games, logging 846 minutes… scored three goals and had two assists… finished with 14 shots, including 10 on goal… had all three goals in a two-game stretch, scoring one goal in win over Ohio (9/10) and two in a victory over Saint Louis (9/12)… scored the game-clinching goal in a shootout victory over No. 2 Michigan (10/15)… had assists in wins over Wake Forest (9/27) and at Rutgers (10/1).

2020 Honors — NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad honoree… Academic All-Big Ten selection. 2020 — Played in all 18 games, registering two goals, one assist, and 15 shots.

2019 Honors — Named to NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad. 2019 — Started 17 of 20 games played… scored her first collegiate goal against Wake Forest in the season opener (8/30)… scored Iowa’s lone goals in both bouts against North Carolina (9/1 and 11/17)… led the team in shot-on-goal percentage (.875).

High School — Member of the U18 Belgium National Team (2017-19)… member of First Team Waterloo Ducks (Belgian Champions Indoor, EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup Germany, EuroHockey Outdoor Club Cup UK) in 2018-19… participated on the U21 Belgium National Team summer program in 2017-18… started playing field hockey at the age of four for HTV Oranje field hockey club… made finals of U19 Braxgata in 2016-17 and finals of U16 Braxgata from 2014-16.

Personal — Born June 8, 2001… mother, Janneke van der Meulen, played field hockey in college… majoring in civil engineering.