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(1999-2000, 2002-04)

Is UMD’s all-time scoring leader, rolling up 256 points in just 102 games during her three-year career (she transferred to UMD as a sophomore after one year at the University of Minnesota) ... Was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award (most outstanding player in women’s NCAA Division I hockey) and an All-American first team selection all three of her seasons with the Bulldogs ... Received Western Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Year honors in both 1999-2000 and 2003-04 and All-WCHA first team recognition three times while at UMD ... Ranked first in the nation in scoring as a sophomore, third as a junior and second as a senior ... Still holds Bulldog single-season records for points (93), goals (41) and assists (57) and single-game marks for points (nine), goals (six, which she accomplished twice) and assists (six) ... Played a key role in the Bulldogs' conquest of one NCAA championship (2002-03), one WCHA regular season title and two WCHA playoff crowns ... Twice qualified for the WCHA All-Academic Team (2002-03 and 2003-04) ... Winner of UMD’s Outstanding Female Senior Athlete Award for 2003-04 ... Was chosen to the WCHA’s All-Decade team in 2009 ... Made an indelible mark on the international ice scene and remains one of the most highly-decorated players in women’s hockey history, earning six gold, nine silver and one bronze medal with Team USA in a 14-year international playing career that included four Winter Olympics, 10 World Championships and two Four Nations Cups ... Her Olympic medal collection includes one gold (1998), two silver (2002 and 2010) and one bronze (2006) ... Finished as Team USA's top point producer at the 2010 Games and became the first Olympian to record back-to-back hat tricks that year ... Was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009 as a member of the 1998 U.S. Olympic Team ... Spent nine years coaching Minnesota high school girl’s hockey in Maple Grove and Coon Rapids before being appointed the head coach at Trinity College (Conn.) in August 2013 ... Was the Bantams' bench boss for a pair of seasons and then went on to serve as the head coach at the Ohio State University (2015-16) ... Graduated from UMD in 2004 with a B.S. Degree in organizational behavior management (business management) ... Native of Edina, Minn.