Nea Tervonen

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Team Kuortane
Hometown:
Tampere, Finland

Notable Achievements: 2024 AHCA All-America Scholar ... 2024 AHA All-Academic Team.

2024-25: Logged minutes in all 38 games as a sophomore forward … had a career season with 18 points on seven goals and 11 assists, more than doubling her production from last season … scored her first goal of the season at No. 12 Penn State (Oct. 31) … scored again at RIT (Nov. 16) two weeks later … had a season-high two points twice, once against Lindenwood (Jan. 31) with two helpers and a second at Robert Morris (Feb. 7) with a goal and an assist … centered the second line, winning 307 faceoffs this season, finishing just outside the top 20 for a single season at Syracuse.

2023-24: Won 15 face-offs and had two blocks at Post (9/29) … Scored her first collegiate goal and won 15 face-offs at Post (9/30) … Earned CHA Rookie of the Week for her performances against Post (10/2) … Won eight face-offs vs. Merrimack (10/7) … Won nine face-offs at RPI (10/13) ... Contributed two blocks at BU (10/20) ... Won four face-offs at BU (10/21) ... Tallied two shots, two black, and won five face-offs (10/28) ... Had two shots, one block, and won 11 face-offs vs. Penn State (10/29) ... Won four face-offs and blocked one shot at RMU (11/3) ... Had one assist and one block at RMU (11/4) ... Contributed two shots and won four face-offs vs. Lindenwood (11/17) ... Tallied one shot and one block vs Lindenwood (11/18) ... Took two shots and blocked one shot at Clarkson (11/25) ... Won one face off at RIT (12/02/2023) ... Won five face-offs and had one block at Mercyhurst (01/13/2024) ... Won one face-off and had two blocks vs. St. Lawrence (01/16/2024) ... Won five faceoffs and had two blocks at Penn State (1/19/24) ... Won five faceoffs at Penn State (1/20/24) ... Recorded nine won faceoffs and six shots on goal vs. RMU 1/26/24) ... tallied one assist and won nine faceoffs vs. RMU (1/27/24) ... Earned CHA Rookie of the Week for her performances against RMU (1/29/24) ... Won one faceoff at Lindenwood (2/2/24) ... Tallied nine winning face offs (2/3/24) ... Won nine of eleven faceoffs and tallied two shots at RIT (2/9/24) ... Recorded one assist, one block, and four faceoff wins vs. RIT (2/10/24) ... Scored one goal and won five faceoffs vs. Mercyhurst (2/16/24) ... Tallied two blocked shots and won eight faceoffs vs. Mercyhurst (2/17/24) ... AHCA All-America Scholar ... 2024 AHA All-Academic Team.

Before Syracuse: Played two seasons for Team Finland U18 … Played club hockey for Team Kuortane … Scored 37 goals and assisted 75 times at the club level.

Personal: Nea Eveliina Tervonen … Born in March 2003 … Daughter of Pia Tervonen and Aki Levanen … Has two brothers, Riku and Niko ... Majoring in sport management in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.