Brittany Dornseif

Kansas State

Sep 18 (Thu)

7 p.m.

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-11
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Littleton, Colo.
High School:
Arapahoe

2006 Big 12 All-Tournament Team

SENIOR (2007): Dornseif played in eight games and started five times as CU's center back, helping the Buffs to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. She saw limited action early in the season, but moved into the starting lineup for five games in October, seeing a season-high 90 minutes against Kansas on Oct. 19.

JUNIOR (2006): After coming off the bench as a sophomore, Dornseif laid claim to a starting spot in the defense that she owned for the entire season. She played in all 24 games, starting all but one, and played 2,085 minutes, coming out of just seven games and logging 17 complete outings. As the season progressed she became a dominant defensive player in the air. Notched her first career assist on Nikki Marshall’s second goal at Kansas, and then scored her first career goal a week later against Texas A&M. She registered 10 shots on the season, three on goal. She also scored the fifth and result clinching penalty kick in CU’s draw with Kansas in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.

SOPHOMORE (2005): Dornseif saw action in 16 of CU’s 24 games, with one shot on goal in that span. She played a season high 82 minutes in CU’s overtime loss at Wyoming, and played over 30 minutes on five different occasions.

FRESHMAN (2004): After coming off the bench for an average of 30.4 minutes in 10 of the first 13 games of the season (she didn’t play against Utah and Wake Forest), she started nine of the last 10 games, averaging 84.8 minutes, and going the distance in all but two contests. The exception was when she came off the bench for 32 minutes against Oklahoma when Bill Hempen started senior Ellen Falender on the left side as part of Senior Day. She had a pair of shots on the season, one each against San Diego and Denver and had a goal line save against Missouri in opening round of the Big 12 Tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL: Dornseif was an all-conference award winner and a first-team 5A all-state performer as a junior and senior at Arapahoe for coach Kirk Bast and the Warriors who took the 2003 Continental League title. On the club side, she played for the Colorado Real from 2000-02 before playing for Real and coach Jared Spires. Her Real team was the 2003 State and 2003 Surf Cup champions and runners-up at the Miami Orange Classic. In 2005 Real took second place in regionals.

IN THE CLASSROOM: A scholar-athlete as a junior and senior in high school, Dornseif is a psychology and Elementary Education major at Colorado with a better than 3.0 grade point average.

PERSONAL: Born Brittany Nicole Dornseif on May 30, 1986 in Chicago, she is the daughter of Dave and Paulette Dornseif. Her older sister Lindsey, is a 2004 Texas grad and lettered for the Longhorns from 2000-02 and played on UT’s 2001 Big 12 Championship team. Her older brother Brandon graduated from CU in May with a degree in Business Administration. Her father played collegiate hockey at Providence and was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in 1978, playing on their farm team before playing in Europe. Her mother was the first woman to receive a scholarship at Providence, where she played collegiate basketball.