#21 Brooke Niles

Year: Senior

Position: Forward

Hometown: Sioux City, IA

Major: Biology

Previous School: Sioux City Heelan High School

Three-year starter is third leading scorer in Morningside history with 85 career points. Ranks third in Mustangs' annals with 33 career goals and fourth with 19 career assists. Morningside's all-time career post-season scoring leader with four goals and eight points. . .2005 Data- Opened season as one of Mustangs' starting defenders before making position change to forward. Finished as Mustangs' leading scorer with 12 goals and nine assists for 33 points en route to second-team All-GPAC and second-team All-NAIA Region III honors. Dealt assist in six consecutive matches from Sept. 17 to Oct. 4 to set school record. Supplied game-winning goal in three of Mustangs' 11 victories. Received NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete Award and named GPAC Defensive Player of the Week after Mustangs had 2-1 win against nationally ranked Park University and 2-1 double overtime setback against Baker University. . .2004 Data- Made successful switch to a defender position after starring at a forward position as a freshman. Mustangs' third leading scorer with three goals and one assist for seven points. Received honorable mention NAIA All-America honors to become first women's soccer player in Morningside history to receive All-America recognition. Also received first-team NAIA All-Region IV and first-team All-GPAC honors. Named to the second-team of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VII College Division Women's Soccer Team. Scored season's high two goals in Mustangs' 5-0 victory against Mount Marty College on Sept. 21. . .2003 Data- Made huge impact as freshman by leading the Mustangs in scoring with 18 goals and nine assists for 45 points en route to second-team All-GPAC honors. Mustangs' co-leader with three game winning goals. Scored first goal of collegiate career in Sept. 7 contest against College of St. Mary. Supplied two goals in Sept. 20 contest against Dana College for first multiple goal performance of collegiate career. Scored two goals and tied a Morningside single-game record with three assists in 8-0 win against the University of Sioux Falls on Oct. 21. Tallied two goals in Mustangs' 8-1 triumph against Briar Cliff University on Oct. 31 in the GPAC Playoffs. . . .High School Data- 2003 graduate of Sioux City Heelan High School. Named to the 2003 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) elite all-state team. Also a first-team selection on the IGHSAU Class 1A all-state team. Received honorable mention Class 2A all-state honors as junior. Class 3A track & field state qualifier in the 200-meters as senior. Averaged a team-high 15.8 points and five steals per game as a senior en route to first-team All-Missouri River Activities Conference and Sioux City Journal All-Metro honors in girl's basketball.