University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Helped Seawolves to 53-11 record and back-to-back NCAA Tournaments in 2 seasons ... started 7 NCAA Tournament games as UAA posted 5-2 mark, including national semifinals run as a senior ... set school record for three-pointers made by a 2-year transfer and was No. 4 on overall list with 132 ... finished No. 6 in 3FG% and No. 5 in 3FGs attempted ... first player in program history to connect on 7 or more 3FGs on two occasions ... earned two Player of the Game honors in UAA’s consecutive Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout title runs ... other team accomplishments included a 32-1 home record and a 5-0 mark against Div. I teams (including exhibitions).

2007-08: Earned Second Team All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference honors ... third-leading scorer (9.6 ppg) and leading three-point shooter (83-215, .386) for UAA team that went 30-5 and advanced to NCAA Div. II Semifinals for the first time in school history ... made All-Tournament Team at Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout and was Most Outstanding Player of Glacier Classic ... won team awards for Most Improved and Most Inspirational player ... earned GNAC All-Academic Team honors with 3.65 overall GPA ... broke school record for 3FGs made in a season with 83 ... season 3FG% of .386 ranked 10th in school history ... made 4 or more treys on 11 occasions, including season-high 7 (11 attempts) in comeback victory at Hawaii-Hilo ... nailed 5 treys in 4:30 span late in second half at Hilo ... scored double digits in 18 games, including seven straight from Jan. 19-Feb. 14 ... named Carrs/Safeway Player of the Game with 21 points (5-11 3FG), 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 0 turnovers in OT victory over Div. I Cleveland State ... scored 15 points (5-8 3FG) and dished career-high 5 assists in NCAA First Round win over Sonoma State ... equaled career-high with 8 rebounds and clinched game with late 3FG, steal and FT in West Regional title-game victory at previously unbeaten and 2nd-ranked Seattle Pacific ... made season-best 6-of-6 FTs in NCAA Quarterfinals win over Franklin Pierce, including 4 in OT session ... other top performances included 19 points (7-10 FG, 5-7 3FG) in 78-77 home loss to SPU; 17 points (5-8 3FG) in home win over Western Oregon; 13 points (5-9 FG, 3-5 3FG) in 66-63 road win over WOU; and 15 points (5-9 3FG) in road win over NW Nazarene ... 34 games started was second-most in school history behind only teammates Rebecca Kielpinski and Kalhie Quinones ... 35 games played equaled record along with five teammates ... played over 30 minutes in 15 of last 16 games.

2006-07: Team’s 3rd-leading scorer at 7.5 points per game, playing in all 29 contests with 21 starts ... posted Great Northwest Athletic Conference ranks of 8th in 3FG% (.360) and 3FGs per game (1.7), and 34th in scoring ... finished 10th on UAA’s single-season 3FGs made list (49) and 13th in 3FG% ... set school records for most 3FGs made in a game (8 vs Saint Martin’s, Feb. 3) and 3FG% in a game (.857 [6-7] vs UC Riverside, Nov. 22) ... earned Carrs/Safeway Player of the Game honors for 22-point performance in Great Alaska Shootout title-game victory over UCR ... averaged 21.0 ppg (14-27 3FG) and 6.0 rebounds in back-to-back home wins over Western Oregon and Saint Martin’s to earn GNAC co-Player of the Week award for Jan. 29-Feb. 4; made school-record 7 treys in first half against Saints ... scored in double figures nine times, all in Seawolf wins ... other top performances included 16 pts (3-10 3FG, 5-6 FT) and 6 rebounds in win over league champ Seattle Pacific; 13 pts (4-10 FG) and 4 rebounds in win over NW Nazarene; and 7 pts (3-5 FG), 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in win over Notre Dame de Namur.

BEFORE UAA: Earned all-conference and all-region honors as a sophomore in 2005-06 at Northeast Community College, where her team went 51-10 in her career and won back-to-back Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference titles ... shot 40 percent from three-point range and 80 percent on free throws, ranking third on NCC in scoring (10.0 ppg) and second in assists (3.0 apg), and grabbed 4.0 rpg ... helped NCC to Region IX semifinals as a freshman in 2004-05 ... earned NCC's Top Academic Freshman as well as academic all-conference and all-region awards.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Swedish Under-20 National Team in 2002 and 2003, representing country in European Challenge tournaments in Croatia and Slovakia ... helped Swedes win Nordic championship in 2003, earning player of the game award in title-game win over Finland ... also played for Sanda Wolves, helping high school team to third place in Swedish U-20 championships as a freshman.

PERSONAL: Born Maria Josefina Nilsson on Oct. 14, 1984 in Sk?vde, Sweden ... daughter of Ulf and Gunilla Nilsson ... interests include movies, reading, shoes and travel ... physical education major.

Career Highs
Points: 24 vs Saint Martin’s, 2/3/07
Rebounds: 8, twice (last at Seattle Pacific, 3/17/08)
Assists: 5 vs Sonoma State, 3/14/07
Blocks: 1, ten times
Steals: 3, twice (last vs Chaminade, 12/3/07)

Career Statistics
Year    GP-GS  Min/Avg   FG-FGA  Pct 3FG-FGA  Pct FT-FTA Pct OR- DR-Reb/Avg PF-D  A  TO  B  S Pts/Avg
2006-07 29-21  577/19.9  68-182 .374  49-136 .360 32-41 .780 24- 58- 82/2.8 36-1 20  32  2 17 217/7.5
2007-08 35-34  936/26.7 110-263 .418  83-215 .386 32-39 .821 24- 93-117/3.3 43-0 56  39  8 34 335/9.6
TOTALS  64-55 1513/23.6 178-445 .400 132-351 .376 64-80 .800 48-151-199/3.1 79-1 76  71 10 51 552/8.6