2015 Nebraska Soccer
11 ncaa tournament appearances
290 all-time victories
10 conference championships
BROOKS BRENNAN
sophomore | 5-9 | defender | albuquerque, n.m. (albuquerque academy) | one letter
Career Highlights
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2014)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2015)
2014 (Freshman)
Brooks Brennan played in four matches as a
freshman for a total of 33 minutes on the defensive
end for the Huskers. She made appearances
against SMU, North Dakota, Wisconsin and
Michigan State. NU recorded shutouts against
UND and the Mustangs.
High School
Brennan earned five high school letters in
soccer at Albuquerque Academy, while her squad
won four straight state titles from 2009 to 2012.
During her senior year, Brennan notched seven
goals and 10 assists and was named 4A District
Player of the Year in 2013. She started playing
for Albuquerque Academy in eighth grade and
was named first team all-district and a three-time
all-state defender. Academically, she earned five
athletic-academic awards.
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Other Information
During the club season, Brennan played for
Simon Rothman with Rio SC, where she won state
titles in 2011 and 2012.
Personal Information
Brooks is the daughter of Tom and Kate Brennan
and was born on Oct. 11, 1995. She has one
brother, Ben. Brooks plans to major in mechanical
engineering at Nebraska.
Brooks on Nebraska
“It had everything I was looking for in a college
and an excellent soccer program. It is the type of
school that you can be proud to say you will be
playing for. The coaches were all so nice and the
possibilities at Nebraska seem to be endless, both
academically and athletically.”
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helena ferraz
sophomore | 5-9 | goalkeeper | campinas, brazil (american school of campinas)
Career Highlights
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2014)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2015)
2014 (Freshman)
Helena Ferraz (pronounced FAY-Haas) did not
see playing time in 2014, but provided depth
behind goalkeeper Kelly Schatz.
Ferraz also played basketball and volleyball,
where she was voted the best defensive volleyball
player in 2010, as well as the best defensive
basketball player in 2010 and 2011.
2013 (Redshirt)
Ferraz (pronounced FAY-Haas) redshirted
her first season at Nebraska behind goalkeeper
Emma Stevens, as the Huskers won a pair of Big
Ten Championships.
Other Information
Ferraz played club soccer for the Guarani
Futebol Clube under Macial Almeida in the Sao
Paulo State Soccer Federation.
High School
Ferraz joined the Huskers from Campinas, Brazil,
where she played varsity soccer for five years at
the American School of Campinas under Edmund
Rajah in the Sao Paulo High School League.
Ferraz is the first player in Nebraska soccer
history to come from Brazil.
Ferraz helped Campinas to a pair of Sao Paulo
championships in 2012 and 2013, as well as a Big 8
Tournament title in 2009.
Tabbed as the team's most committed player
in 2013, Ferraz was also named most valuable
player in 2009 and 2012, as well as the team's best
defensive player in 2010 and 2011.
In 2012, Ferraz was the Big 8 Tournament player
of the