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Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2026-27

I'm going down a rabbit hole on Lovell Academy since I realized Annabelle shares that name with the organization. Turns out her parents started Lovell Academy in 2022. I get the impression they have been big wigs in the hockey camp world since like 1998. They have 132 students and a 7:1 student to teacher ratio. I wonder why they did this when they could have had her go to any hockey centric boarding school of their liking. While I was one the site I saw that Sports Illustrated named Chyna Taylor the 2025 Sports Kid Of The Year.
 
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Timothy A said:
I'm going down a rabbit hole on Lovell Academy since I realized Annabelle shares that name with the organization. Turns out her parents started Lovell Academy in 2022. I get the impression they have been big wigs in the hockey camp world since like 1998. They have 132 students and a 7:1 student to teacher ratio. I wonder why they did this when they could have had her go to any hockey centric boarding school of their liking. While I was one the site I saw that Sports Illustrated named Chyna Taylor the 2025 Sports Kid Of The Year.
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Because people have this idea that paying 40-50K per year on sports academies will get your kid a college scholarship.
 
Arreis said:
Because people have this idea that paying 40-50K per year on sports academies will get your kid a college scholarship.
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Lovell Academy is a live-in boarding school and, according to the grapevine (it's website isn't forthcoming about cost), runs around $75,000/year. There is no financial aid but it might provide "merit" scholarships. Lovell has about 132 students in grades 8 through U-19 (there's a "grad" year available), and every one of the students is individually invited/admitted based on the needs of the various hockey teams. (A prospective student submits an inquiry asking for admission and if a coach wants that player, the coach contacts that player.) Lovell focuses on hockey but also assures that its students receive an education that can support a D1 offer.
 
Timothy A said:
Spend $200,000 to get your kid into St. Lawrence or UMD? 🤔🤣
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Hockey costs are crazy. It costs in neighborhood of 20K to play U19 Caps when you start figuring in travel costs and coach's "slush" fees. Probable more if you have to billet. And then you have the $300 sticks that last a month if lucky.
 
Arreis said:
Hockey costs are crazy. It costs in neighborhood of 20K to play U19 Caps when you start figuring in travel costs and coach's "slush" fees. Probable more if you have to billet. And then you have the $300 sticks that last a month if lucky.
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Just "move" to that gross state to the West and play regular high school hockey. If you live in WI and have aspirations to play women's college hockey, you pretty much have to leave the state to have any chance.

How many hockey centric boarding schools are there? SSM, Bishop's Kearney, Lovell.......
 
Three Madison girls my daughter played with went to Deerfield Academy for hockey. Another went to Culver. Not sure if either of those rise to the level of hockey centric. Gentry Academy tried to be a hockey factory; not sure how well that's going.

If you live in WI and have aspirations to play women's college hockey, you pretty much have to leave the state to have any chance.
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I can recall hearing a story that the UW-River Falls coach didn't have any interest in Wisconsin girls. That's D3! Admittedly, a D3 powerhouse, but still! When you can't even get a look from a top D3 school...
 
With a worthless or no degree and a negative ROI, are parents satisfying their own egos or doing what is right for their child? There are prep schools out east that have hockey programs where graduates are pretty much guaranteed admission to an Ivy League school. Plus, many offer need-based financial aid. The child might not be able to play D1 hockey but they end up with a diploma that's worth something. If all the prep schools are expensive, why not go that route?
 
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davearm said:
Three Madison girls my daughter played with went to Deerfield Academy for hockey. Another went to Culver. Not sure if either of those rise to the level of hockey centric. Gentry Academy tried to be a hockey factory; not sure how well that's going.


I can recall hearing a story that the UW-River Falls coach didn't have any interest in Wisconsin girls. That's D3! Admittedly, a D3 powerhouse, but still! When you can't even get a look from a top D3 school...
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Who was the last impactful WI born player to play for UW?
 
Timothy A said:
Who was the last impactful WI born player to play for UW?
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Jesse Vetter. Brianna Decker. Both Patty Kaz winners.

Then maybe Jinnelle Sorgi, or Baylee Wellhausen, or ... Claudia Kepler merits a mention. Off the top of my head, Maddie Rowe comes to mind. Kelly Jaminski. I'm sure I'm forgetting a number of others.

Edit: DUH!! Alex Rigsby.

(I first read the post as "... most impactful...")
 
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robertearle said:
Jesse Vetter. Brianna Decker. Both Patty Kaz winners.

Then maybe Jinnelle Sorgi, or Baylee Wellhausen, or ... Claudia Kepler merits a mention. Off the top of my head, Maddie Rowe comes to mind. Kelly Jaminski. I'm sure I'm forgetting a number of others.

Edit: DUH!! Alex Rigsby.
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So the extension to those is, where did they play their prep hockey?
 
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