Women's Division I Ice Hockey JOFA All-Americans Announced
March 21, 2003
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Nine players competing for an NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Championship in Duluth, MN, this weekend have been honored as JOFA ALL-AMERICANS for 2002-03. Noteworthy among the selections is the fourth consecutive First Team selection of Harvard University forward Jennifer Botterill. She is the first women's ice hockey player so honored.
Six other players have earned All-American status in the past, including Harvard defenseman Angela Ruggiero, a First Team choice for the third time, and Minnesota-Duluth forward Maria Rooth, a Second Team choice this year after two First Team selections.
The twelve players recognized include five seniors, four juniors, and three freshmen. Eight players come from the United States, three from Canada,and one (Rooth) from Sweden.
The JOFA ALL-AMERICAN ICE HOCKEY TEAMS are sponsored by JOFA, an international leader in hockey equipment, and chosen by members of the AMERICAN HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION.
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First Team |
Second Team | |
| Jen Huggon, SR, Univ.of New
Hampshire (Plymouth, MA) | Goalie | Rachel Barrie, JR, St. Lawrence @ (Arnprior, ON) |
| Ronda Curtin, SR, University of
Minnesota # (Roseville, MN) | Defense | Correne Bredin, SR, Dartmouth #
(Warburg, AB) |
| Angela Ruggiero, JR, Harvard
University ** (Harper Woods, MI) | Defense | Kelli Halcisak, JR, Providence
(Grosse Ile, MI) |
| Jennifer Botterill, SR, Harvard
University * (Winnipeg, MB) | Forward | Julie Chu, FR, Harvard
(Fairfield, CT) |
| Natalie Darwitz, FR, University of
Minnesota (Eagan, MN) | Forward | Maria Rooth, SR, MN-Duluth ***
(Angelholm, SWEDEN) |
| Jenny Potter, JR, Minnesota-Duluth,
@@ (Edina, MN) | Forward | Krissy Wendell, FR, Minnesota
(Brooklyn Park, MN) |
* Fourth First Team Selection
** Third First Team Selection
*** First Team in 2001-01 and 2001-02
# First Team in 2000-01
@ Second Team in 2000-01
@@ Second Team in 1998-99
CONTACT: Joe Bertagna (781-245-4177)
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