Fresno State: (2002) All-WAC Second Team…WAC All-Tournament Team…Fresno State Scholar-Athlete… Dean's List…excelled at the forward position in her first collegiate season...one of four student-athletes to start all 21 games so far this year...second on the team in goals scored (9), assists (5), points (23), shots (43) and shots on goal (24)...got the Bulldogs on track in 2002, scoring the team’s first goal of the year in a 4-0 blanking of Southern Utah on Sept. 6...already has made her mark on the record charts, as she is 10th on the all-time points list with 23 and tied for 10th on the goals list with nine...tallied two goals and an assist during Fresno State’s five-match winning streak...registered two goals against Southern Utah...recorded a goal and an assist in the same game three times...took at least three shots in a match on seven different occasions…scored two goals in Fresno State's WAC Tournament first round win over Tulsa on Nov. 9.
Prior to Fresno State: Participated with the U-21 group at the 2002 and 2003 Nordic Cup ... attended Kokkolan yhteislyseion lukio in Finland where she played on the under age Finnish National Team for five years … was captain of the U-17 and U-19 Finnish National Teams … was selected to play on Finland’s National Team against the Unites States in 2002.
Personal: Born Nov. 22, 1982, in Kauhajoki, Finland … daughter of Pekka and Leena Nokso-Koivisto … has an older brother Jussi and an older sister, Kaisa … enjoys snowboarding, badminton and beach volleyball in her spare time … favorite athlete is Manchester United soccer player Ryan Giggs … name is pronounced KOT-ree NOAK-so koy-VEE-toe.
Career Statistics
Year G/GS Shots G A PTS GWG
2002 21/21 43 9 5 23 3
Totals 21/21 43 9 5 23 3
