Anya Nayak

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Forward/Midfield
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
High School:
Detroit Country Day School

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019: Appeared in 16 games for the Bears with two starts … Recorded one goal and one assist for three points … Notched her first point on an assist against Hofstra (Sept. 22) … Tallied a goal at Quinnipiac (Oct. 27).

2018: Appeared in 16 games with one start for the Bears ... Finished the year with one goal, scored at Holy Cross on Oct. 16.

2017: Appeared in 16 games with six starts in her rookie campaign ... Scored her first collegiate goal against Siena in a 4-1 win on Sept. 15 ... Finished the year with seven shots, five on goal.

Before Brown: Competed in field hockey and lacrosse at Detroit Country Day School ... Recorded 12 goals and three assists as a senior ... Tallied 22 goals and two assists in her junior season ... Three-time All-State First Team selection ... Two-year captain ... Helped lead her team to a Division and State Championship in 2016 ... Selected All-State Academic in 2016 ... Was the team’s top goal scorer in 2014 and 2015 ... Named All-State Second Team Honorable Mention in 2014 ... Also played for Pinnacle Field Hockey where the team was JPOL Champions ... Selected Academic All-State, Academic All-American and Second Team All-League in lacrosse in 2015 ... Received the Blue and Gold Scholar Athlete Award (2015) and was a Gold Medalist at the National French Competition (2015) ... Suma Kum Laude (2013) and Magna Cum Laude (2014, 2015).

Personal: Daughter of Nitin Nayak and Sonali Wilborn ... Has five siblings, Anagha, her twin who is also on the Brown field hockey team, Grant, Reed, Samir and Rian ... Concentrating in Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations.