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Zumwinkle Named All-American
3/19/2021 10:34:00 AM | Women's Hockey
Senior forward and Patty-Kaz Top Three Finalist Recognized by AHCA
MINNEAPOLIS – The good news keeps on coming for senior forward and team co-captain Grace Zumwinkle.
A day after being named a top-three finalist for the 2021 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, the standout from Excelsior, Minn., was named Second Team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association.
Zumwinkle is the first Gopher to be named an AHCA All-American since Sydney Baldwin was selected to the First Team in 2018, and she is the first Minnesota forward to receive the honor since Kelly Pannek was named to the First Team in 2017.
Zumwinkle, who is Minnesota's 41st All-American, is a right-handed forward and Finance major in the prestigious Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In this year's abbreviated season, Zumwinkle led the Gophers in scoring with 24 points and 17 goals in 20 games. She led the nation with 16 goals and 103 shots on goal in 19 regular-season games this year. Her four game-winning goals and one hat trick topped the WCHA for the regular season as well. Possessing one of NCAA hockey's most lethal slapshots, Zumwinkle accounted for more than 26% of Minnesota's 65 total goals scored this season.
She earned two WCHA Forward of the Week awards (Nov. 23 and Feb. 23) and two WCHA Forward of the Month awards (November 2020 and February 2021) this season, bringing her career totals to nine WCHA weekly accolades and six WCHA monthly awards. She was named to the 2021 All-WCHA First Team, earning her fourth All-WCHA nod of her career.
Zumwinkle, a 2022 Team USA Olympic hopeful, finished her senior season with 148 career points (84g-64a) in 133 career games. She ranks 10th in program history with 84 career goals, which is just behind Gigi Marvin, who recorded 87 career goals. Zumwinkle's 618 shots on goal are fifth among all-time Gophers and her 148 career points land her 20th in program history.
For her leadership on and off the ice, Zumwinkle's teammates voted her a co-captain this season. A three-time WCHA All-Academic Team and Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Zumwinkle has minors in Business Analytics and Strategic Management along with her Finance major. Zumwinkle intends to pursue a career in investment banking or private equity.
Along with her success on the ice and in the classroom, Zumwinkle has volunteered with Feed My Starving Children, Special Olympics Minnesota, St. Hubert Catholic Church, Hockey Limited, the University of Minnesota and Hope Kids' Hope Day Festival, Skate with the Gophers, coaching youth hockey, and other volunteer appearances through the Golden Gopher Fund and Gopher Athletics. She is a four-year recipient of the Hricko-Hjelm Scholarship as well.
A day after being named a top-three finalist for the 2021 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, the standout from Excelsior, Minn., was named Second Team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association.
Zumwinkle is the first Gopher to be named an AHCA All-American since Sydney Baldwin was selected to the First Team in 2018, and she is the first Minnesota forward to receive the honor since Kelly Pannek was named to the First Team in 2017.
Zumwinkle, who is Minnesota's 41st All-American, is a right-handed forward and Finance major in the prestigious Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In this year's abbreviated season, Zumwinkle led the Gophers in scoring with 24 points and 17 goals in 20 games. She led the nation with 16 goals and 103 shots on goal in 19 regular-season games this year. Her four game-winning goals and one hat trick topped the WCHA for the regular season as well. Possessing one of NCAA hockey's most lethal slapshots, Zumwinkle accounted for more than 26% of Minnesota's 65 total goals scored this season.
She earned two WCHA Forward of the Week awards (Nov. 23 and Feb. 23) and two WCHA Forward of the Month awards (November 2020 and February 2021) this season, bringing her career totals to nine WCHA weekly accolades and six WCHA monthly awards. She was named to the 2021 All-WCHA First Team, earning her fourth All-WCHA nod of her career.
Zumwinkle, a 2022 Team USA Olympic hopeful, finished her senior season with 148 career points (84g-64a) in 133 career games. She ranks 10th in program history with 84 career goals, which is just behind Gigi Marvin, who recorded 87 career goals. Zumwinkle's 618 shots on goal are fifth among all-time Gophers and her 148 career points land her 20th in program history.
For her leadership on and off the ice, Zumwinkle's teammates voted her a co-captain this season. A three-time WCHA All-Academic Team and Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Zumwinkle has minors in Business Analytics and Strategic Management along with her Finance major. Zumwinkle intends to pursue a career in investment banking or private equity.
Along with her success on the ice and in the classroom, Zumwinkle has volunteered with Feed My Starving Children, Special Olympics Minnesota, St. Hubert Catholic Church, Hockey Limited, the University of Minnesota and Hope Kids' Hope Day Festival, Skate with the Gophers, coaching youth hockey, and other volunteer appearances through the Golden Gopher Fund and Gopher Athletics. She is a four-year recipient of the Hricko-Hjelm Scholarship as well.
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