Tess Brenneman

Photo by: John Sieber

Year:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
D
Hometown:
Kalispell, Mont.
Previous School:
3L

2015 (junior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... First-team All-Big Sky Conference ... Voted team’s Heart of a Grizzly award winner ... Started all 22 matches at center back ... Only player on the team to start every match ... Logged more than 2,000 minutes (2,052), an average of more than 93 minutes per match ... Sat out 12 minutes in 1-0 home win over Iowa ... Only time all season not on the field ... Member of a defensive unit that produced seven shutouts, which tied for second in the Big Sky, and allowed 1.44 goals per game, the fourth-best average in the Big Sky ... Took lone shot of the season in 2-0 victory over Weber State in Big Sky tournament quarterfinal match at Moscow, Idaho.

2014 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Second-team All-Big Sky Conference ... Started all 20 matches ... Averaged more than 73 minutes per match at outside and center back ... Key member of a defensive unit that produced 10 shutouts and finished the season with a Big Sky-leading 0.87 goals against average ... Montana allowed its opponents to average just 5.4 shots on goal per match ... Took a shot in three different matches ... Played a season-high 110 minutes in both matches of the Northern Arizona-Southern Utah road trip ... Played all 90 minutes in 3-1 victory over Idaho State and in season’s final three matches.

2013 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Voted team’s Citius, Altius, Fortius award winner ... Played in all 19 matches, getting 15 starts ... Averaged more than 64 minutes per game at outside back ... Member of a defensive unit that posted six shutouts and finished the season with a 1.25 goals-against average ... Took six shots on the season, putting three on goal ... Took two shots in 3-3 draw at Nebraska-Omaha and two in 3-0 victory at North Dakota ... Played all 90 minutes in 1-0 loss to Portland State.

2012: Redshirt season

2013-14: Competed for the Grizzly track and field team in the long jump during the 2013 and ’14 indoor and outdoor seasons ... Had an indoor PR of 17-8.25 and outdoor best of 18-9 ... Finished 13th at the 2013 Big Sky indoor championships, 16th at the outdoor championships ... Tied for 17th at the 2014 outdoor championships.

Career Highs (entering the 2016 season)
Goals: n/a
Assists: n/a
Points: n/a
Shots: 2, two times
Shots on goal: 1, three times
Minutes: 110, four times

Personal: A 2012 graduate of Flathead High ... Born April 1, 1994, in Kalispell, Mont. ... The daughter of Calvin and Twila Brenneman ... Has two older brothers, Rylan and Zach, and one younger brother, Levi ... A health and human performance major.