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BEFORE UMD:  Invited to the Girls National U19 Training Camp in July of 2025 ... was both a 2023 and 2024 U.S. Hockey Under-18 Select Player Development Camp selection, as well as a 2023 Festival participant where she played against Sweden ... a U15 U.S. camp attendee, she joined the Chicago Mission Hockey Club as a U12 and won a national championship as a U14 in 2021 ... part of multiple Illinois state championships and was also a runner up for the national championship in 2022 ... was a high school team All-State selection in 2023 and 2024 and won state championship with her high school team in 2023 and 2024.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Emily and John Pukala ... has one brother (Jake) ... graduated with honors from John Hersey High School in 2025 ... is a psychology major at UMD.