Cecile Pieper

Photo by: Stephen Slade

Photo by: Stephen Slade

Photo by: Stephen Slade

Height:
5-5
Class:
Fifth Year
High School:
Ludwig-Frank Gymnasium
Hometown:
Mannheim, Germany

CAREER HONORS

2018 NFHCA First Team All-American
2018 NFHCA First Team All-Region
2018 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year
2018 All-BIG EAST First Team
German National Team member

As a Redshirt Senior (2018): Started in all 23 games ... led the Huskies with 23 goals and 58 points ... also had 12 assists ...scored season-high three goals vs. American (10/28) ... scored twice in five games ... had three assists vs. Liberty (10/18) ... tallied six points vs. American (10/28 and Quinnipiac (9/15).

Before UConn: Played 99 caps for the German Women’s National Team (83 outdoor, 13 indoor), won a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics with Germany … helped Germany capture a gold medal at the 2018 Indoor World Cup, a second-place finish at the 2014 Indoor European Championship and a third-place finish at European Championship in 2015 … selected to play for Germany in the 2018 World Cup games … helped the national team to the Indoor and Outdoor German championship in 2017 … member of the Youth German National Team that won the German Championship six time (2007-2013) … tabbed the youth team’s MVP on five different occasion … received her Bachelor of Science and Psychology in 2013 … graduated at the top of her class at Ludwig-Frank Gymnasium.

Personal: Cecile Sophie Pieper … daughter of Patrick and Susanne Pieper … has three young siblings, Philip, Julie and Matthieu … major is in Educational Psychology: Cognition, Instruction & Learning Technology.