Meet the Spartans: Holly Sherman
5/20/2011 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
May 20, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State field hockey team will feature a student-athlete every week this spring in attempt to "Meet the Spartans". This week junior Holly Sherman (West Vancouver, B.C.) sat down with msuspartans.com to answer some questions about her major and the different memories she has of Spartan field hockey. Sherman recorded one goal and two assists this season, with her goal being the game-winner in MSU's 6-4 victory over Ohio. In 2010, she was one of seven Spartans to start every game and was named both a member of the 2010 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad and a 2010 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Name: Holly Sherman
Nickname: Sherm, shermie, miso
Year in School: Junior
Hometown: West Vancouver
Major: Cell and Developmental Biology
Jersey number: 18
Best thing about being at MSU: Ice Cream Store and Brody
Favorite class: Neurobiology
Favorite movie: Finding Nemo
Favorite food: Anything you can eat with a spoon that isn't spicy
Favorite restaurant: At MSU - Woody's
Do you have any special talents: I have my grade 8 royal conservatory in Piano
Pets: A Chocolate Lab named Mocha
Siblings: Younger sister who is a sophomore at Mcgill University
What do you want to be when you grow up: Involved in pediatrics
Where is the most exotic place you have traveled to: Belize and Guatemala
Dream vacation spot: Thailand
Favorite musician or band: Red Hot Chili Peppers
What song get you pumped up before a game: Anything the dutchies would approve of
Why did you pick MSU: The girls were so nice on my visit and the facilities were unreal
Favorite TV show: Friends and Modern Family
Favorite celebrity: Jennifer Anniston
Favorite thing to do besides play field hockey: Run with my dog on the seawall
Favorite store to shop: Aritzia
If you were not playing field hockey, what other sport would you be involved with: Curling
Anything else you want the world to know about you: I'm a sucker for candy
Favorite spot on campus: Our Locker Room
Favorite pro sport & team: Vancouver Canucks
Favorite game played at MSU: Beating the number one seed UNC in the sweet sixteen freshman year
Pre-game ritual: Breakfast, straighten my Hair, dance Party
Funny memory of a team mate or team trip: Either Angela Pagura dressing up as a cockroach and scaring people in the dorm cafeteria or Saran wrapping our Athletic Trainers entire hotel room and putting 500 balloons in our coaches hotel bathroom.
