Veronica Sykes Class: Junior Hometown: San Jose, CA High School: Del Mar HS Height: 5-7 Position: Goalkeeper Experience: 2V

Cal: Started 19 games in 2005 for the Bears ... Recorded 65 saves on the season ... Posted a 1.50 goal average ... Snared a career-high 10 saves against Wake Forest (11/12) ... Collected eight saves at American (9/11) ... NorPac Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9/12) ... A redshirt during the 2004 season.

High School: Outstanding Defensive Player at Del Mar from 2001-03 ... All CCS in 2004 ... National Merit Scholar ... Selected to the National Futures Tournament in 2003 and 2004 ... Also selected to compete in Holland as a part of the Future Elite program in 2004.

Personal: Born Aug. 27, 1986, in Livingston, N.J. ... Daughter of James and Ellen Sykes ... Both parents are teachers ... Major is landscape architecture ... Has one sister, Alice.