BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK (10/27/15)
BIG TEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (10/16/18 & 8/22/17)
TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (8/29/17)
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2016, 2017, 2018)
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR (2016)
2018
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (10/16)…Academic All-Big Ten…Played in 23 matches, which included 22 starts…Finished the year with nine points on four goals and one assist…Netted three game-winning goals…Her three game-winning goals came in 1-0 contests (Rutgers – 10/14, Michigan 10/28 and Wake Forest – 11/18)…Recorded 32 shot attempts with 14 on goal…Against Michigan in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, Sheva scored at 88:08 and recorded a team save at 89:59 in a 1-0 win (10/28).
2017
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (8/22)...TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (8/29)...Academic All-Big Ten...Played in 23 matches and recorded 23 starts...Finished the year with 12 points on four goals and four assists...Ended the season tied for third on the team in goals with four...Opened the year with a pair of goals in Penn State’s 3-1 season-opening victory over BYU (8/18)...Recorded her second two-goal outing of the season in a 4-2 win at Arkansas (8/25)...Netted her first assist of the year in a 4-0 win over Michigan State (10/8)...Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 overtime victory at Maryland (10/15)...Tallied an assist in back-to-back matches during the NCAA Tournament (11/10-17).
2016
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten...Played in 20 matches, which included 14 starts...Tallied five points on two goals and one assist...Recorded her lone assist of the season in a 1-1 tie at Minnesota (9/16)...Scored her first goal of the season in a 2-0 win against Illinois (9/30)...Tallied her second goal of the year in a 6-0 win over Bucknell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (11/11).
2015
Named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week (10/27)...Three goals and three assists on the season...Played in 26 matches, including a start against Michigan (10/28)...Tallied a career-high four shot attempts against Loyola Marymount (8/23)...Scored her first career goal in a 4-0 win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten opener (9/17)...Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory at Ohio State (10/24)...Tallied an assist in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Boston U (11/20).
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE
Member of the U.S. U-14 and U-15 Women’s National Teams.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Soccer: Earned two letters for Pennridge in soccer...Played six years with Penn Fusion ’96 Gaels alongside fellow newcomer Cecilia Knaub...Led the 2014 and 2013 teams in points, recording 17 in 2014 and 20 in 2013...Team won the ECNL Northeast Conference in 2013 and the MidAtlantic Conference in 2012...Cross country/track: One of the most successful cross country runners in Pennridge history, holding the top-two spots in school history at the state championship meet...Also competed in outdoor track, where she finished 25th at the Foot Locker Nationals and seventh at the Northeast Regionals...Named first team all-league and all-district in 2011 when Pennridge was the league and district champion, and was the Pennsylvania state runner-up...Garnered first team all-league, all-district and all-state recognition when the team earned its second-straight league championship and was the district finalist.
PERSONAL
Marissa Maeve Sheva was born on April 22, 1997, in Sellersville, Pennsylvania...Parents are Bryan and Bernadette Sheva...Has a younger brother, Cameron, and an older sister, Caitlyn...Caitlyn competed in track and cross country at East Carolina...Security and risk analysis major...Also competes for Penn State’s track and field team...Last name is pronounced SHE-va.
WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE
“I chose PSU because I think it is the university that will help me be successful due to it being so competitive both academically and athletically.”
