Sofia Ghanbari

Class:
Freshman
Position:
F
Height:
5-3
Hometown:
Novi, Mich.
High School:
Novi

Pronunciation

Prep
• Graduated from Novi High School (2025)
• Named to the 2024 NFHCA All-Midwest Region first team
• Also selected to the 2024 Max Field Hockey West/Midwest All-Region first team
• Three-time MHSFHA Dream Team selection (2022, '23, '24)
• Three-time Michigan All-State first team selection (2022, '23, '24)
• Led Michigan in goals (24), assists (14) and pointed (50) as a senior; also led the state in points as both a sophomore (81) and junior (84)
• Boasted 108 career goals, 76 career assists and 292 career points
• Helped lead Novi to three Kensington Lake Activities Association (KLAA) conference championships (2022, '23, '24); NHS took third at the 2024 Michigan state championship
• Also earned four varsity letters in track and field
• National Honors Society, AP Scholar, KLAA Scholar Athlete, Academic All-State, Summa Cum Laude, Presidential Award for Academic Excellence • Max Field Hockey Class of 2025 Top 100 Player

Club/Junior Team
• Played with the Fer De Lance Field Hockey Club
• Two-time Nexus Championship selection, playing in the U16 Stars and Stripes Elite Game (2022) and U18 (2023)
• 2022 Junior Olympic participant

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts; undeclared major
• Born on February 29, 2008
• Daughter of Hamid Ghanbari and Irena Zmitrovic
• Has two younger sisters, Zoe and Audrey