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D1 Commitments 2012-2013

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Thanks for the Update!

Cornell
Jessica Brown ..................F ..........................(Pittsburgh Elite) ........................Wellington, OH
Kelly Murray ....................D .......................(Edge Mountaineers) ....................Medicine Hat, AB
Victoria Pittens ................F ...........................(Whitby Wolves) .............................Whitby, ON
Cassandra Poudrier .........D ..........................(Dawson College) ................... Mount Laurier, QC
Morgan Richardson .........D ...................(CAN18s/Ottawa Senators) .......................Ottawa, ON
Anna Zorn ......................F ..................................(OHA) .................................Churchville, NY

Poudrier should also be listed as either playing for the Canadian National Team or U-22 team as she has played for both this season.

Cayler Mercer (Clarkson) should also be listed as playing for the CAN 18s.
 
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anyone know who cornell is bringing in next year in terms of goalies? mazzotta will be graduating
 
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anyone know who cornell is bringing in next year in terms of goalies? mazzotta will be graduating

They still have Slebodnick, and she has proven to be capable. When Mazotta was hurt last year she had a pretty good run of her own. They also have a freshman tender with good credentials.
 
anyone know who cornell is bringing in next year in terms of goalies? mazzotta will be graduating

I haven't heard anything on the goalie side of recruiting for Cornell. I have been wondering the same thing. As OnMAA suggested, Cornell might be waiting to bring someone in the following year.

Cornell has at least one more forward recruit that has yet to be posted here.
 
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According to the RPI Blog Without a Peer's twitter account http://twitter.com/without_a_peer on Monday quoting Let's Play Hockey

RPI
Mari Mankey ......................F ..................................(Hopkins HS) .................................Coon Rapids, MN
 
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Erin is Class of 2014. Hux just started the 2013 Board!

OH MY OH MY....I can't believe 10th graders are early commits now! I know she's a '95, but WOW, so early to know where you want to goto college in 2.5 years and spend 4 years there (Just my .02). I know my daughter changed her mind several times about her "top choice" and LOVES where she is playing and studying, but if you asked her in 10th grade, it was a different school.
 
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She is a '96.:)

Even bigger SHOCK waves. LOL. That means she's only 15 years old. I don't know her personally so I am NOT saying anything bad about her -- she must be a 96 "stud" that Skate is looking for to join Harvard. But, wow I am just shocked that these colleges are commiting to girls SO early! I hope the girls end up with a great experience, it's just so young to me!
 
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Get used to it. This is going to become the norm and not the exception with the introduction of the new recruiting rules coming this summer
 
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It seems unlikely that any Ivy League coach could sponsor her (age 15) to admissions. She likely hasn't tested and they wouldn't know if she would meet the index. We've been through this a few times and they have never been willing to commit a roster spot without at least a first round of testing complete. Maybe the Ivies are changing tactics. I know it becomes difficult for the non-scholarship schools to compete with scholarship schools committing to players in their junior year. I do agree with the earlier poster in that many players that are top tier and have several offers do seem to end up somewhere else than they originally thought. Once they take visits and realize there is more out there than what they are familiar with it opens their eyes and options.
 
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What are the new rules that you refer to?

In hindsight, my initial quote was a bit misleading. NCAA D2 membership voted to drastically overhaul their recruiting by basically backing up the timeline by an entire year...so I have to believe that D1 won't be far behind..but as far as I know they haven't taken the leap...yet. And when it happens...I think we will see more kids committing earlier and earlier because the schools are going to have access to these players even earlier than they already do.

Essentially the purpose of the rule changes is two-fold...1) to ease the administrative/enforcement burden on compliance offices because calls will now be unlimited instead of restricted to once per week and 2) to bring the college process for athletes more in line with the college process for regular students which generally starts after their sophomore year. By allowing athletic programs to begin having contact with players the summer before their Jr year it brings these two things more in line with each other.

If and when this all happens, I think this is going to continue to provide an enormous advantage to the top programs who are able to focus on a narrow pool of recruits from year to year and can spend more time on the phone developing relationships with the kids heading into Grade 11..as opposed to the programs that are struggling and have to cast a much wider net from year to year to try and get players into their programs.
 
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Essentially the purpose of the rule changes is two-fold...1) to ease the administrative/enforcement burden on compliance offices because calls will now be unlimited instead of restricted to once per week and 2) to bring the college process for athletes more in line with the college process for regular students which generally starts after their sophomore year. By allowing athletic programs to begin having contact with players the summer before their Jr year it brings these two things more in line with each other.
Maybe this benefits compliance, but I don't see how it benefits the student athletes. Under the current rules, if they want to have more contact with the schools, then the students can initiate the contact. Now the top kids will just be besieged by more calls earlier. There were reasons that these rules were in place to begin with, and it was to benefit the kids, not compliance. The problem with rules is that the wrong people have power to change them.
 
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Maybe this benefits compliance, but I don't see how it benefits the student athletes. Under the current rules, if they want to have more contact with the schools, then the students can initiate the contact. Now the top kids will just be besieged by more calls earlier. There were reasons that these rules were in place to begin with, and it was to benefit the kids, not compliance. The problem with rules is that the wrong people have power to change them.

I agree with you, but the NCAA is saying that by making the kids wait until Grade 12 to have real meaningful contact with these schools where the players are able to understand the school in the context of any existing hockey opportunities it is giving them less time to actually gather information and make an informed decision.

I would hate to be a top end recruit or someone in their immediate family...because as you said...they are going to get bombarded.
 
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New Hampshire
Megan Armstrong .........D ...............................(Edina) .........................................Edina, MN
Haley Breedlove ............F ........................(Alliance Bulldogs) ..................................Plano, TX
Sara Carlson ................F ...........................(Hutchinson) ..............................Hutchinson, MN
Alexis Crossley .............D ..........................(CAN 18s/SSM) .........................Cole Harbour, NS
Jonna Curtis ................F ..............................(Elk River) ...................................Elk River, MN
Marie-Eve Jean .............G .......................(John Abbot College) ..........................Gatineau, QC

Niagara
Leah Buress .................F ........................(Bluewater Hawks) .............................Windsor, ON
Bryanna Neuwald ..........D ......................(Mississauga Chiefs) ............................ Oakville, ON

North Dakota
Meghan Dufault ................F ..................(CAN 18s/Balmoral Hall) ........................Winnipeg, MB
Tanja Eisenschmid ............D .................(German National Team) ............Kaufbeuren, Germany
Sam Hanson .....................D ......................(White Bear Lake) .................White Bear Lake, MN
Rebecca Kohler .................F ................(CAN 18s/Bluewater Hawks) ................St. Thomas, ON
Sam LaShomb ..................D ...................(USA 18s/So. St. Paul) ....................So. St. Paul, MN
Marissa Salo .....................F ..............................(NAHA) ............................Grand Rapids, MN

Northeastern
Jordan Hampton ...............D ......................(USA 18s/Assabet) ............................Andover, MA
Tori Hickel ........................F ..............................(NAHA) ..................................Anchorage, AK
Paige Savage ....................F ........................(USA 18s/NAHA) ............................Carrollton, TX

Ohio State
Kendall Curtis ...................F ..........................(Colorado Select) ...............Highlands Ranch, CO
Julia McKinnon ..................F ............................(CAN 18s/OHA) ...........................Kelowna, BC
Cara Zubko .....................D ........................(Pursuit of Excellence) ....................Preeceville, SK

Penn State *
Jeanette Bateman .............F ...........................(Colorado Select) ...........................Greeley, CO
Micayla Catanzariti ............F .................................(Gilmour) ..........Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Hannah Hoenshell .............F ...........................(Alliance Bulldogs) .............................Plano, TX
Jill Holdcroft .....................F .........................(Pittsburgh Penguins) ................State College, PA
Emily Laurenzi ..................F ...................................(NSA) ...............................Townsend, DE
Paige Jahnke ....................D ................................(Roseville) ...............................Oakdale, MN
Taylor McGee ...................D ...................................(Taft) ................................Pearl River, NY
Jordin Pardoski ................D ..............................(Honeybaked) ....................Rochester Hills, MI
Birdie Shaw .....................F ..............................(Honeybaked) ..................................Troy, MI
Stephanie Walkom ...........D ........................(Pittsburgh Penguins) ..............Moon Township, PA
Sarah Wilkie ....................D .....................(Williston-Northhampton) .......................Ashby, MA
Celine Whitlinger ..............G ................................(Gilmour) .........................Garden Grove, CA
Shannon Yoxheimer ..........F .................................(NAHA) ................................... Jackson, MI
Katie Zinn ........................F ................................(Gilmour) ...............................Coquitlam, BC

Princeton
Molly Contini ....................F ..............................(K-W Rangers) .............................Arthur, ON
Fionna McKenna ...............F ............................(Chicago Mission) .........................................IL
Kimberley Newell ..............G .........................(Kootenay Ice (Boys) .........................Nelsen, BC
Maddie Peake ...................F ..............................(Mounds View) .........................Shoreview, MN

Providence
Sarah Bryant .....................G......................(New Jersey Colonials) .....................Bethlehem, PA
Molly Illikainen ....................F ..........................(USA 18s/GRG) ....................Grand Rapids, MN
Courtney Kukowski ............F ..............................(Eastview) ...........................Apple Valley, MN
Lexi Romanchuk ................D ........................(California Sharks) ...................Mountain View, CA
Lexi Slattery ....................D ..............................(Centennial) ...........................Circle Pines, MN

Quinnipiac *
Nicole Brown ....................F ...........................(Whitby Wolves) ............................Oshawa, ON
Nicole Connery .................F ..................(CAN 18s/Mississauga Chiefs) ..............Newmarket, ON
Cydney Roesler ................D ...................(CAN 18s/Ottawa Senators) ..................Stittsville, ON
Kristen Tamberg ..............D ........................(Mississauga Chiefs) ..........................Toronto, ON
Lindsey West ..................D ............................(Whitby Wolves) ................................Ajax, ON

Robert Morris
Meagan Eady ...................D ..........................(Nepean Wildcats) ...........................Almonte, ON
Ashley Vesci .....................F .......................(Pittsburgh Penguins) ......................Brentwood, PA

Rensselaer
Brandi Banks ...................D ......................(Stoney Creek Sabres) ......................Burlington, ON
Jennifer Godin .................D .................................(Tabor) ..........................Clarence Center, NY
Alexa Gruschow ...............F .........................(Washington Pride) ..................Mechanicsburgh, PA
Mari Mankey ....................F ................................(Hopkins) .............................Coon Rapids, MN
Lauren Wash ...................F .............................(NJ Rockets) ...............................Belle Mead, NJ

St. Cloud State
Hanna Brodt .....................F ...........................(Roseville) ....................................Roseville, MN
Kathleen Fitzgerald ............G ......................(Chicago Mission) ..............................................IL

St. Lawrence
Catherine Heidersbach ........F......................(Chicago Mission) ...............................................IL
Dominique Korakianitis .......D ....................(Bluewater Hawks) .................................London, ON

Syracuse
Melissa Piacentini ...............F ...........................(Assabet) ..................................Weymouth, MA
Nicole Renault ..................D .......................(Little Caesar's) .................................Plymouth, MI

Union
Maddie Dahl .....................G .............................(Edina) ...........................................Edina, MN
Lizzy Otten ......................D .............................(Edina) .......................................... Edina, MN

Vermont
Dayna Colang ...................D ............................(NAHA) ......................................Fairbanks, AK

Wisconsin *
Courtney Burke .................D ......................(USA 18s/SSM) ....................................Albany, NY
Molly Doner ......................F .............................(NAHA) ............................................Kent, WA
Kimberly Drake ..................F .............................(SSM) .........................................Mosinee, WI
Kaitlyn Harding ..................F ...................(Pursuit of Excellence) .........................Anchorage, AK
Erika Sowchuck ..................F ............(CAN 18s/Edge Mountaineers) ......................Cochrane, AB

Yale
Ali Austin ..........................D ............................(Edina) ...........................................Edina, MN
Janelle Ferrara ...................F ...........................(Assabet) ....................................Winthrop, MA
Jamie Haddad ....................F ...........................(Assabet) ..................................Wilbraham, MA
Kate Martini ......................D ......................(Toronto Aeros) ................................King City, ON

U.S. 86: Minnesota 20; New York 9; Illinois 8;Massachusetts 7; California, and Michigan 6 each; Texas 5;
Pennsylvania 4; Alaska, and New Jersey 3 each; Colorado, and Ohio 2 each; Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin 1 each

Canada 50: Ontario 31; Alberta, and British Columbia 4 each; Manitoba, and Quebec 3 each; Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan 2 each; Prince Edward Island 1 each

Germany: 1

Japan: 1

Sweden: 1
 
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Player ......................Position ..................(Current Team) ............................Hometown

(Based on reliable info, but to paraphrase Yogi, "It ain't official 'til it's official.")
* Denotes commitments are official, as announced by the school


Bemidji State*
Megan Lushanko ..................F .........................(Chisago) ..........................Chisago Lakes, MN
Lauren Merkley ....................D ..................(Mississauga Chiefs) ......................Mississauga, ON
Hanna Moher .......................F ...................(Mississauga Chiefs) .............................Milton, ON
Kaitlin Tougas .....................F ..................(Thunder Bay Queens) ..................Thunder Bay, ON

Boston College
Alexandra Bender ...............D .............................(SSM) ................................Snohomish, WA
Taylor Blake .......................G ............................(NAHA) ................................................ BC
Meghan Grieves ..................F ............................(Culver) ........................................Cary, NC
Kaliya Johnson ...................D .......................(USA 18s/NAHA) .............................Phoenix, AZ
Haley Skarupa ....................F ..............(USA 18s/Washington Pride) ....................Rockville, MD
Dana Trivigno ....................F ........................(USA 18s/SSM) ............................Setauket, NY

Boston University
Jordan Juron .....................F .............................(Assabet) ..................................Latham, NY
Sarah Lefort .....................F ......................(CAN 18s/Stanstead) .....................Ormstown, QC
Rebecca Russo ..................F .........................(USA 18s/SSM) .............................Fairlfield, CT
Dakota Woodworth ...........F ......................(Boston Shamrocks) ...........................Carlisle, MA
Alexis Woloschuk ..............D ......................(Pursuit of Excellence) .....................Winnipeg, MB

Brown
Kelly Micholson ................D ..........................(Chicago Mission) ..........................................IL
Micaela Ross ...................G ..........................(Alliance Bulldogs) .........................McKinney, TX
Ariana Rucker ..................F ...........................(Washington Pride) ..........................Oakton, VA

Clarkson
Erin Ambrose ..................D ....................(CAN 18s/Toronto Aeros) .....................Keswick, ON
Renata Fast ....................D .....................(Burlington Barracudas) ...................Burlington, ON
Olivia Howe .....................F .......................(Notre Dame Hounds) ....................Moose Jaw, SK
Shannon McAulay ............F ...................(CAN 18s/Warner Warriors) ............Charlottetown, PE
Cayley Mercer ..................F .........................(Bluewater Hawks) .............................Exeter, ON

Colgate
Nicole Gass ......................F .................................(OHA) ......................Cookshire Eaton, QC
Casey Maciejewsk ............D .........................(Chicago Mission) .........................................IL
Ashlynne Rando .....………….G ....................…………….(NAHA) .......................………….Houston, TX

Connecticut
Michela Cava .....................F ....................(Thunder Bay Queens) ..................Thunder Bay, ON
Elaine Chuli ......................G ...............(CAN 18s/Stoney Creek Sabres) .............Waterford, ON
Allie Hughes .....................D .........................(Anaheim Ducks) ..........La Canada-Flintridge, CA
Margaret Zimmer ...............F .........................(Chicago Mission) .......................St. Charles, IL

Cornell
Jessica Brown ..................F ..........................(Pittsburgh Elite) ........................Wellington, OH
Kelly Murray ....................D .......................(Edge Mountaineers) ....................Medicine Hat, AB
Victoria Pittens ................F ...........................(Whitby Wolves) .............................Whitby, ON
Cassandra Poudrier .........D ..........................(Dawson College) ................... Mount Laurier, QC
Morgan Richardson .........D ...................(CAN18s/Ottawa Senators) .......................Ottawa, ON
Anna Zorn ......................F ..................................(OHA) .................................Churchville, NY

Dartmouth*
Lindsey Allen ...................F ..........................(Toronto Aeros) .............................Toronto, ON
Catherine Berghuis ..........F .......................(Mississauga Chiefs) ...............................Truro, NS
Ailish Forfar ....................F ..........................(Toronto Aeros) .......................Sutton West, ON
Laura Stacey ...................F ....................(CAN 18s/Toronto Aeros) ....................Kleinburg, ON

Harvard
Dylanne Crugnale ..............F ..............................(NAHA) ............................Laguna Niguel, CA
Miye D’Oench ....................F ....................(New Jersey Rockets) ......................................, NJ
Taylor Marchin ..................D ........................(Little Caesar's) ................................Algonac, MI
Emerance Maschmeyer ......G ............(CAN 18s/Lloydminster Bobcats) ...............Bruderheim, AB
Mary Parker ......................F .............................(Assabet) ......................................Acton, MA

Holy Cross

Maine
Abby Cook ........................F .....................(Rochester Edge) ...............................Fairport, NY
Rebecca Dow ....................D .............................(OHA) .......................................Ottawa, ON
Shawna Lesperance ...........F ...........................(Culver) .....................................Windsor, ON
Audra Richards .................F.................(Minnesota Thoroughbreds) .................Maplewood, MN

Mercyhurst
Julia DiTondo ....................G .......................(Buffalo Bisons)...........................Tonawanda, NY
Kathy Donohue .................F .............................(NAHA) ..................................Rochester, NY
Emily Janiga .......................F .................(Burlington Barracudas) .................West Seneca, NY
Lauren Kilroy .....................D ............................(NAHA) ........................Huntington Beach, CA
Morgann Madill ..................F ........................(Ohio Flames).............................Kansas City, MO
Maggie Rothgery ................F ........................(Ohio Flames) ....................................Elyria, OH

Minnesota
Hannah Brandt ....................F ..................(USA 18s/Hill Murray) ...............Vadnais Heights, MN
Brook Garzone ...................F .............................(SSM) ..............................Sand Springs, OK
Amanda Leveille ..................G ...................(Ottawa Senators) ............................Kingston, ON
Millica McMillen ....................D.......................(USA 18s/Breck) .....................Highland Park, MN
Maryanne Menefee ..............F .................(USA 18s/Little Caesar's) ........................Lansing, MI
Lee Stecklein .....................D.....................(USA 18s/Roseville) ...........................Roseville, MN

Minnesota-Duluth *
Kayla Black ........................G ....................(CAN 18s/Bluewater) ..............................Blyth, ON
Sophia Carlstrom ...............G ........................(Sweden 18s) ......................Stockholm, Sweden
Hannah Bramm ..................F .............................(NAHA) .........................................Tampa, FL
Jordan Krause ...................D ..............(CAN 18s/Pursuit of Excellence) ..................Kelowna, BC

Minnesota State
Itsuki Baba .......................D .....................(Washington Pride) .............................Tokyo, Japan
Haley Northcote ................D .....................(Nepean Wildcats) ..........................Cumberland, ON
Brianna Quade ..................G ......................(Whitby Wolves) ..............................Newcastle, ON
 
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New Hampshire
Haley Breedlove ..................F ..........................(Alliance Bulldogs) ...............................Plano, TX
Marie-Eve Jean ...................G ........................(John Abbot College) ........................Gatineau, QC
 
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