Women's Hockey Scholarship Information
for American Universities
Here are some articles about hockey scholarships and graduate
student eligibility. In general, it's best to ask the coaches
in order to find out what kinds of scholarships and academic
programs are available at a particular university. See the
college hockey directory page for mailing addresses, phone numbers,
and e-mail addresses for each school.
- Andria
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998
From: Richard Hungerford
Subject: Women's scholarships & Varsity Programs - April 1998 update
It is great to have a number of schools leading the way to the NC$$ limit
of 18 athletic scholarships in the next 1-3 years.
The Big Three of the ECAC League (UNH, NU and PC) have a fine tradition
of strong women's ice hockey teams. New Hampshire is offering 16 full
rides now and will have 18 in another year. Northeastern will have 16
scholarships available this coming season, and will reach the full 18
in another year or so. Their awards, like a number of colleges, can be
split between players. Northeastern also has co-op programs which are
another way to help pay for school. NU, being a five-year program with
the co-ops, covers the fifth year with their scholarships. Providence
has a couple of scholarships. St. Lawrence is an ECAC League member
that has 5-8 scholarships and is in transition to 18 full scholarships
over the next 3 years.
The Ivies and other varsity women's programs continue to offer some
very attractive financial aid packages. There is money to help pay for
a college education. It can be based on academics, need or other
reasons. It is a matter of talking to coaches and college officials
and digging out what's available at the schools of your choice.
Maine and Niagara join the ECAC League in 1998-99 season. The Black
Bears of Maine will start with 4 scholarships and over the next four
years will reach 18 full rides. The Purple Eagles will start with 6
tuition scholarships.
With the addition of Niagara and Maine, the ECAC League will have 14
teams, with 26 league games counting. The two new teams will not have
travel partners but will split their schedule with home and home series
(so you go to Maine for two and have Niagara visit for two). Look for
a Hockey East Women to start in the next few years.
The ECAC Alliance, Div III which allows no athletic scholarships, will
be adding the following schools in 1998-99: Bates, Sacred Heart,
Southern Maine, Trinity and Union. That brings the Alliance to a total
of 16 teams (mostly varsity), in four divisions and an 18 game league
schedule.
Minnesota and Mankato State are two independent Div I varsities.
Minnesota have several scholarships this coming year and eventually 18
players will be on full rides.
Augsburg, of the Midwest Alliance, has had a fine varsity program for
the last three seasons. Gustavus was another varsity team in the
Midwest Alliance last year and made a strong showing in the MCWHA
play-offs. Both of those squads could be joining the new MIAC Div III
league, which like the ECAC Alliance, features varsity teams that offer
financial aid, but no athletic scholarships.
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good shooting
hungerf
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Date: January 1998
From: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu (Richard Hungerford)
Subject: Women's scholarships & Varsity Programs - January 1998 update
SCHOLARSHIPS AND VARSITY PROGRAMS
Below is information on scholarships and new varsity programs. It is
great to have UNH, Minnesota, St. Lawrence and Maine leading the way to
the NC$$ limit of 18 athletic scholarships in the next 2-4 years.
Athletic scholarships are increasing for women at a number of colleges.
The Big Three of the ECAC League (UNH, NU and PC) have a fine tradition of
strong women's ice hockey teams. They have won all the ECAC League
play-off Championships to date. New Hampshire is offering 11 full rides
now and will have 18 in the next 2 years. 18 is the NCAA limit.
Northeastern currently has 6.75 scholarships and next season will have 10.
Their awards are often split between a number of players. Northeastern
also has co-op programs which are another way to help pay for school.
Providence has 2-3 scholarships. St. Lawrence is an ECAC League member
that has 2-3 scholarships this season and is in transition to 18 full
scholarships over the next 4 years.
The Ivies and other varsity women's programs continue to offer some very
attractive financial aid packages. There is money to help pay for a
college education. It can be based on academics, need or other reasons.
It is a matter of talking to coaches and college officials and digging out
what's available at the schools of your choice.
Maine plans to start adding scholarships in the 1998-99 season and over
four years will reach 18 full rides. Maine will join the ECAC League in
1998-99.
Niagara will be a varsity in 1998-99 in the ECAC League, and start with 6
scholarships.
With the addition of Maine and Niagara, the ECAC League will have 14
teams, with 26 league games counting. The two new teams will not have
travel partners but will split their schedule with home and home series
(so you go to Maine for two and have Niagara visit for two). Look for a
Hockey East Women to start in the next few years.
Minnesota has made a great start with it's varsity program this season.
The Gophers have 3-4 scholarships this year. Eventually all 18 players
will be on full rides. The Gophers are playing a very ambitious schedule
and have gone 9-5-3 against ECAC League teams. I believe there will be a
Division I Midwest Women's league soon.
The ECAC Alliance, Div III which allows no athletic scholarships, will be
adding the following schools in 1998-99: Bates, Sacred Heart, Southern
Maine, Trinity and Union.
Augsburg, of the Midwest Alliance, has had a varsity program for the last
two seasons. Like the Ivies, they offer financial aid, but no athletic
scholarships. Gustavus Adolphus will be another varsity team in the
Midwest Alliance this year along with new varsity member St. Benedict.
Next season St. Mary's and Mankato State plan to go varsity. Another new
Div III conference, the MIAC (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference), will start play by 1999. The MIAC hopes to have 8 varsity
programs.
Bemidji State will have a women's varsity program starting in the
1999-2000 season. A number of CCHA, WCHA and other midwest schools have
women's clubs who hope to go varsity soon and some will have scholarships
in the future. There should be additional Div I and Div III varsity
women's leagues in the midwest soon.
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Date: September 1997
From: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu (Richard Hungerford)
Subject: Women's scholarships & Varsity Programs - September 1997 update
Below is information on scholarships and new varsity programs. It is
great to have UNH, Minnesota, St. Lawrence and Maine leading the way to
the NC$$ limit of 18 athletic scholarships in the next 2-4 years.
Athletic scholarships are increasing for women at a number of colleges.
The Big Three of the ECAC League (UNH, NU and PC) have a fine tradition of
strong women's ice hockey teams. They have won all the ECAC League
play-off Championships to date. New Hampshire is offering 11 full rides
now and will have 18 in the next 2 years. 18 is the NCAA limit.
Northeastern currently has 6.75 scholarships and next season will have 10.
Their awards are often split between a number of players. Northeastern
also has co-op programs which are another way to help pay for school.
Providence has 2-3 scholarships. St. Lawrence is an ECAC League member
that has 2 scholarships this season and is in transition to 18 full
scholarships over the next 4 years.
The Ivies and other varsity women's programs continue to offer some very
attractive financial aid packages. There is money to help pay for a
college education. It can be based on academics, need or other reasons.
It is a matter of talking to coaches and college officials and digging out
what's available at the schools of your choice.
Augsburg, of the Midwest Alliance, has had a varsity program for the last
two seasons. They are making fine progress and came out East and beat two
ECAC Alliance sides last year. Like the Ivies, they offer financial aid,
but no athletic scholarships. Gustavus Adolphus will be another varsity
team in the Midwest Alliance this year along with new varsity member
St. Benedict. Next season St. Mary's goes varsity. The MIAC (Minnesota
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) plans a new Division III varsity
league in a year or so.
Minnesota is starting their varsity program this season and will have 3-4
scholarships the first year. Eventually all 18 players will be on
full rides. The Gophers are playing a very ambitious schedule and appear
to be almost part of the ECAC League this year!
Maine, Colgate and Conn College will be going varsity this season in the
ECAC Alliance, which allows no athletic scholarships. Maine plans to
start adding scholarships in the 1998-99 season and over four years will
reach 18 full rides. Obviously Maine will be joining the ECAC Women's
League, or a new Women's Hockey East, if that happens, next year.
Niagara will be a varsity in another year and hopes to have scholarships.
A number of CCHA, WCHA and other midwest schools have women's clubs who
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Date: March 1997
From: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu (Richard Hungerford)
Subject: Women's scholarships - March 1997 update
ECAC League:
UNH and NU both have scholarships. Northeastern does have full-rides, but
both schools often split the money between several players. Providence has
one scholarship.
St. Lawrence is thinking about upgrading it's team to full varsity status
and having several scholarships, maybe leading to the full team on
scholarship.
The Ivies and other varsity women's programs continue to offer some very
attractive financial aid packages. There is money to help pay for a
college education. It can be based on academics, need or other reasons.
It is a matter of talking to coaches and college officials and digging out
what's available at the schools of your choice.
Colgate and Maine plan to go varsity in the ECAC Alliance this coming
fall. Maine has hopes to offer scholarships in the future. There are a
number of eastern colleges upgrading their teams to varsity status.
Connecticut College will be joining the ECAC Alliance (no scholarships
allowed) this fall.
Midwest:
Augsburg has had a varsity program for the last two seasons. They are
making fine progress and came out East and beat two Alliance sides this
year. Gustavus Adolphus will be going varsity next season. This summer
the University of Minnesota will go varsity and start out with some
athletic scholarships. Minnesota plans to have the whole team on
scholarship eventually. The WCHA is thinking about having a women's
varsity league. Many of the CCHA schools have women's clubs pushing for
varsity status.
25 years into Title IX the women's game is making progress. It is very
exciting to see the talent level rise as each new class checks in. You
are as strong as your first-years!
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good shooting
hungerf
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Subject: Re: Hockey & Title IX
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:02:42 -0400
From: Richard Hungerford
The reason Title IX came into being 25 years ago, was to give more
opportunities to more people. There is often a notion around athletic
departments that men's sport are a given (possibly a god given right!)
whereas women have to earn that privilege.
Title IX tries to level the playing field. As pointed out, that will never
really happen because of the vast cost of American football. Remember the
American football people want three types of athletes: men, women and
American footballers! However the real issue that most of us are concerned
about is programs like ice hockey. It is an expensive sport, but once you
have the tradition of a men's team going, it is not as costly to add a
women's program. Title IX, as viewed by the Office of Civil Rights, does
take into account the idea of tradition. There is no push to kill off
men's programs. However some athletic departments would rather do that
than take money from the big sports on campus. Without Title IX pushing
the issue, I do not believe we would have made the progress that has been
made.
One of the main reasons for Title IX is to give more students the chance to
do more things. Playing a sport and handling classes has been attributed
by many as a valuable life experience. Women have been given the short end
of the stick. Title IX helps to give them the same leg up men have always
gotten.
I see many women's college hockey programs developing, and the level of
play is improving rapidly. It is amazing how good each new class of
first-years are. However I also see a number of women's programs not
making progress, while their male counterparts get all kinds of perks.
That is one of the issues of Title IX. The programs should be treated in
an equal manner. They should both get equal "prime time" practice ice
time, travel arrangements, coaching, recruiting money (ahhhhh!!!) ... As
it stands, when you get to see the athletic department budgets on October
1st (a new feature brought about by Title IX) I find it interesting that at
many schools, no matter how much they talk about the money they are putting
into women's programs, the ratio remains 2-1 for the men (3 or 4 to 1 for
recruitment and coach's pay). Still, what I do see is that more schools
are giving more women the even break they deserve.
I have heard that both St. Cloud State and Mankato State are thinking about
varsity programs for their women's ice hockey teams. The NC$$ is pushing
compliance with Title IX. The Big Ten has also made an issue of it. I do
believe we will see varsity women's ice hockey leagues for the CCHA and
WCHA soon. The Midwest Alliance and CCWHA were the first steps this past
year. I also think we will see a Division I scholarship league "America
East?" and a Division I mostly non-scholarship league (ECAC League) split
in the next few years. So the national title game is not that far off.
The best trend I have seen is at a couple of schools who are in the process
of raising their club women's ice hockey team to full varsity status over
the next few years. What's great is they are doing it to be in compliance
with Title IX, and they view hockey as a natural because they have a
Division I men's team. These schools see the numbers of women on a hockey
team as a plus and continuing their school's hockey tradition!
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good shooting
hungerf
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Date: 1995
From: hungerf@HUSC.HARVARD.EDU (Richard Hungerford)
Subject: Scholarships
In 1972 Title IX said that schools must offer equal opportunities
for men and women (including sports). AD's have always said that
women's sports don't pay. In fact no men's ice hockey team makes
any money. What the courts have said is, yes you have to make it
more equal. That has come to mean, if you are spending $300,000 on
the men and $2500 on the women's team, something is wrong. So now
a days women have more ice time, better equipment, pay for the coaches
and a bus for away games (instead of women driving the vans and paying
for the gas!). Athletic scholarships are a ways off. Right now we
are talking about getting varsity status for club teams.
The ECAC Big Three: UNH, Northeastern and Providence College had
scholarships for women's ice hockey until 3 years ago. At that
time financial times were hard and money was cut. However, the Big
3 started seeing too many good players going to the Ivy schools who
were offering good financial aid packages (no athletic scholarships
for men or women in the Ivies) and the Ivy name looks great on your
resume. So with too many skilled women going to Brown, Princeton,
Dartmouth and even Harvard (not a leader), the Big Three have
started to offer scholarships again. UNH started this year and I
know one woman got several scholarships there. Northeastern is going
to offer real athletic scholarships next year, and PC wants to also.
There will not be full rides (as a few women got in the past), but
it's a start.
The Big Ten has mandated that the ratio of women's sports must be higher.
In Minnesota the high schools have started the MHS State Girls' Tournament
this year. That is big because the boys' is huge. Many skilled women
come east every year from the mid-west to play ice hockey in the ECAC.
I see the mid-west situation improving, but the ECAC will remain for
a number of years the league for the most skilled players, who want to
go to college. Also almost all of Team USA Women went to ECAC schools.
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 18:05:12 -0500 (EST)
From: "Catharine J. Reburn"
To: Sue Hennessey
Subject: Re: scholarships
On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Sue Hennessey wrote:
> Does anyone know whether or not women can get full scholarships to
> Universitys' in the states and how to apply?
I don't know about States but here in Canada scholarships aren't
very good for women in ANY sports
If you find out that scholarships are good for women in USA Universities
I would sure like to know.
Cathy
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Canada
1st yr PhD. and paying through the teeth for it!
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 18:58:38 -0500
From: wcumming@k12.oit.umass.edu (William Cumming (Deerfield Academy))
To: reburnc@darwin.biology.queensu.ca women-in-hockey@plaidworks.com
Subject: Re: scholarships
I replied directly to Sue, but will now do so to the list...
Since most of the womens' hockey teams in the US are in the New England
region at schools that have NO scholarships for any sports, you have to rely
on need based financial aid. This application is a normal part of applying
for admission. The hockey skills may set you apart from the pack and result
in admission in a very competitive pool.
I coach the girls team here at school. We are a prep school with 590
students, 504 of them board. we cost $22,000 per year and have 190 students
receiving $2.8 million in need based aid. My players have gone on to the
ECAC and ACAC Alliance schools to play. In many cases their hockey skills
made the difference in the admission process. For most, if not all, schools
the hardest thing is getting in.
Merit(Athletic) scholarships have existed at UNH, and Northeastern, and
maybe Providence college, but they are not plentiful. 4 women have them at
Northeastern, but who knows what will happen if the downgrade to club status
really comes to pass.
cheers, Bill
--
William G. Cumming Voice: (413)772-0241
Deerfield Academy FAX: (413)774-6629
Deerfield, MA 01342 email: wcumming@K12.oit.umass.edu
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 13:35:13 -0500
From: jlb12@cornell.edu (Jess Becker)
Subject: scholarships+grad programs
I also replied directly to Sue, but since others seem interested...
Yes, you can get hockey scholarships at some of the Div. I varsity schools.
I know you can get them at UNH, and I'm pretty sure you can get them at
Providence. Nobody knows what is happening with Northeastern. Many
schools, like the Ivy League schools, don't give hockey scholarships, but
do provide financial aid. There are also some other
non-university-sponsored scholarships. The best way to get info is to talk
to the coaches and ask them directly.
To Cathy and any other Canadian grad students - Sorry, we have eligability
rules in the US that don't allow grad students to play. However, I was
thinking of going to Canada to get my MBA so I can get my degree and
continue skating (I'm a junior at Cornell). Does anyone have any info that
would help me?
See Ya,
Jess
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 14:32:47 -0500
From: "Andria L. Hunter"
Subject: Re: scholarships+grad programs
>To Cathy and any other Canadian grad students - Sorry, we have eligability
>rules in the US that don't allow grad students to play. However, I was
>thinking of going to Canada to get my MBA so I can get my degree and
>continue skating (I'm a junior at Cornell). Does anyone have any info that
>would help me?
The reason that there is currently no restriction on the number of years that
you can play women's university hockey in Canada is because there is currently
no national title (CIAU). There are women's university hockey leagues in the
Maritimes, Ontario, and Quebec, but the winners of each league do not currently
go on to compete for a National title.
However, within the next few years (and possibly as early as next year), there
will be a National CIAU title in Canada for women's hockey. There has been
a push for this because they want to bring up the number of CIAU sports for
women to the same number of CIAU sports for men. From what I understand, this
would mean that women university hockey players would have to follow the
same eligibility rules as the men do in Canada. I think that means 5 years
of eligibility, but I'm not sure of the details. I'll check with my coach
and get back to you on this. I would assume that everyone starts at zero in
terms of eligibility when this first gets incorporated, but I'm not sure.
Andria
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 18:09:38 +0800
From: lmallory@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Louise C. Mallory)
To: andria@sys.toronto.edu, women-in-hockey@plaidworks.com
Subject: Re: scholarships+grad programs
>However, within the next few years (and possibly as early as next year), there
>will be a National CIAU title in Canada for women's hockey. There has been
>a push for this because they want to bring up the number of CIAU sports for
>women to the same number of CIAU sports for men. From what I understand, this
>would mean that women university hockey players would have to follow the
>same eligibility rules as the men do in Canada. I think that means 5 years
>of eligibility, but I'm not sure of the details. I'll check with my coach
>and get back to you on this. I would assume that everyone starts at zero in
>terms of eligibility when this first gets incorporated, but I'm not sure.
Well, Andria, that should still give you enough time to get a Ph.D. before
your eligibility runs out ......
A question for followers of the ECAC: The original poster said that "grad
students aren't eligible". What is the rule? Is it a league rule or an
NCAA rule?
Most of what I know about varsity sports in the US comes from the
big-budget NCAA men's sports, and there the rule seems to be "four years of
play in your first five years of college". It seems to me that I have seen
mention of male athletes playing in their 4th year of eligibility, who have
started graduate school.
And to Cathy at Queen's and any other Canadians wondering about grad
school/sport opportunities in the USA: In many fields, it is possible to
arrange research associateships, teaching associateships, and/or
fellowships to support you in graduate school in the US. I chose to do my
Ph.D. at a university which didn't have any female hockey at the time, but
did have ice, so I helped to start a women's hockey club here which is now
thriving with both competitive and instructional/recreational programs
.... At some universities, the rules of the club-sport program are
flexible enough to allow grad students, part-time students, faculty, staff,
alumnae, and domestic partners of the above to compete.
I'm particularly grateful to the American Association of University Women,
which granted me an International Fellowship for one year of my program.
One of the criteria for those fellowships is that the grantee have a record
of civic service to improve the lives of women and girls in her home
country .... so I told them about my commitment to female ice hockey .....
Louise
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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 02:15:32 -0500
From: jlb12@cornell.edu (Jess Becker)
Subject: grad eligibility, US
>A question for followers of the ECAC: The original poster said that "grad
>students aren't eligible". What is the rule? Is it a league rule or an
>NCAA rule?
>
>Most of what I know about varsity sports in the US comes from the
>big-budget NCAA men's sports, and there the rule seems to be "four years of
>play in your first five years of college". It seems to me that I have seen
>mention of male athletes playing in their 4th year of eligibility, who have
>started graduate school.
I could be mistaken, but it is my understanding that only undergrads can
play Div I women's hockey in the US. I have no idea whether that is an
ECAC rule, a NCAA rule, or even a rule at all. I have a friend at Yale who
redshirted for a year and has an extra year of eligibility. She told me
that she wasn't going to be able to use that extra year because she plans
to graduate on time and won't be allowed to play as a grad. We play Yale a
week from Sunday. If nobody else finds out before then, I'll ask her about
it after the game.
Later,
Jess Becker #6,
Cornell Women's Ice Hockey Team
jlb12@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu
It doesn't matter if your team has good players, it
matters if your players have a good team.
- Morag McPherson, Cornell #21
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The remaining articles in this file were collected by Lea S. Sanford
(lsanford@phoenix.net). People on the women-in-hockey mailing list
sent these messages to her when she was enquiring about scholarships
in the United States.
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Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 19:46:51 +0000
From: Lea and Robert Sanford
Subject: Information summary
This is a beginning of a summary of information (somewhat edited) that
I recieved from my "please help request". I recieved over 30 responses
and was inundated by good information. Since I recieved several
requests to pass on the information, this is an attempt. I don't know
how much of this was sent to the mailing list, so some of it may
duplicate.
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I would suggest web surfing starting with this URL:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wicehock/
A close friend of our family plays hockey for Dartmouth and created this page.
Her name is Sarah Hood and she is also from Upper Michigan. Last year she led
Dartmouth in league scoring and was named ECAC player of the week once.
Sarah Hood's e-mail address is at the bottom of the first page.
Other schools are adding women's hockey. For example, the University of
Minnesota will begin varsity status in the fall of 1997. Because of the
explosion of girls' hockey in high schools (50 teams last year), players from
out of state will probably receive little consideration.
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| standard disclaimers Dave Strong Michigan Tech University |
| drstrong@mtu.edu 1400 Townsend Houghton, MI 49931 906/487-2223 |
| "Who ARE those guys?" - Sundance Kid |
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I would like to suggest that your friend call the Cornell
Women's Hockey coach, Julie Andeberhan. 607-255-6675. Julie has been
picked to coach the olympic team (Asst. I think), played in the world
championships in 90 or 92, played for the Harvard women's hockey team,
and is a very friendly helpful person. She runs a camp here in the
summer, and I'm sure is very familiar with other camps. She could
also give advice in the women's college hockey arena.
Also, check out andria hunter's home page, I think there is a section
on colleges that offer women's scholarships.
(ed. Andria wins for most often sugested reference!)
Joy Veronneau
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. . .to think about Chatham College here in Pittsburgh. They're not
giving academic scholarships, but they do give merit-based ones.
Susan Helene Gottfried
One neighborhood over from Mr. Rogers
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I'm sure you've been directed to check out the directories via Andria
Hunter's women's hockey web site. These will list all varsity teams
(i.e. those who have scholarships), as well as all clubs. Both types
of teams are strong, especially in the Northeast and Midwest.
.....simply needs to write to the coach at each institution expressing
her interest, and the process should take off from there. Of course,
input from persons at USA Hockey would be a bonus.
And finally, I've got to put in a plug for my university, Boston University,
which has a growing club program (but alas, no athletic scholarships).
Laurel Beverley
labever@bu.edu
(617) 277-1989
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I have been following college women's
hockey since I live in New Hampshire very close to the University of New
Hampshire. The UNH Women's Hockey Team won the Eastern Collegiate Athletic
Conference hockey tournament this year. They are an excellent hockey team
and I watch them play all the time.
The really good and really well established women's hockey teams are here on
the East coast especially in the New England area - Providence College, UNH,
Boston College, the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Brown, Yale,
Northeastern, Saint Lawrence to name a few. Women's hockey in Canada is
also well established.
Maureen Angelini
angelini@xtdl.com (Maureen L. Angelini)
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The elusive "hockey scholarship" may or may not be an option. Only a
few(4) colleges ahve them and they are only for absolute stars. The majority
of the colleges in the ECAC and all of those in the alliance do not. What
they do have is need based financial aid. This is what I administer here at
Deerfield. You pay what you can afford, based on the college's formula.
The combination of academic and athletic(hockey) skills are what get you
admitted! The Ivy league, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, and
Brown have NO athletic scholarships. Neither do Colby, or St. Lawrence. They have need
based aid. The same is true of the alliance schools; Bowdoin, Middlebury, Wesleyan,
Amherst, Williams, RIT.
For a list of schools, see andria hunters home page and follow the women's
university hockey links.
One option would be to look at her spending a year or two in a new englang
boarding school where she would play in the backyard of the colleges. If
this is of interest let me know. More that half of the players in the
college ranks come from "prep" schools.
William G. Cumming Voice: (413)772-0241
wcumming@k12.oit.umass.edu
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..you might want to have her look into some of the colleges that are just
starting up their programs. For example, the University of Minnesota and the
University of Wisconsin (Madison) have good teams and have been club teams
for several years now, but as of the next hockey season will be starting
as a Varsity team. These schools that are just starting out their
programs will be looking for very talented girls - so that they can
attract fans for the long run (vs. having people come out and see some
fairly average players and not taking it seriously...).
I don't know if going to the midwest is something she'll be
interested in, but she could always transfer once she gets her name out
there....
Becki Rowan #1
President
St. Cloud State Women's Hockey
Womhock@condor.stcloud.msus.edu
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I posted a list of the prep schools in New England on women-in-hockey a
while ago and also sent it to Zoe Harris in Seattle. I know some of the
schools still have spaces open for next year. We are full, and have been
since April 15.
Another option is that of what we call a postgraduate year. That is, a high
school diploma has already been received, but you do another year at a prep
school to raise SAT scores and mature. You also have three seasons of sports
and an opportunity to play in the coaches back yard.
William G. Cumming Voice: (413)772-0241
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More on Chatham College. . .
As for an address, write to "Chatham College, Woodland Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15213"
and mark it "attention women's ice hockey." Or just "ice hockey" -- it's
a woman's college (and close enough to the two big ones that you'll never
notice the difference...). I think the program is going to be very exciting.
I'm working on a series of books about a girl who plays guys' hockey the
whole way up through college (for a forward, that's not very feasible, which
is why I made her a forward!) and I want to make the books as realistic
as possible. If you need me to, I'll send you a US mail address... :)
Susan Helene Gottfried
One neighborhood over from Mr. Rogers
Susan Gottfried
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I keep a list on the world wide web of all the universities that
have women's hockey programs. The address is:
http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~andria/University_Hockey.html
.contacts the coaches of the universities that she's
interested in, so that they can come to have a look at her. The
addresses for each team can be found from the web page that
I listed above. Some even have email addresses.
I attended the University of New Hampshire on a women's hockey
scholarship. It was a great experience!
Andria
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 09:04:57 PST
From: Peggy.Cunha@ccmailsmtp.ast.com
Subject: Re: College Hockey
My daughter (Anais) and I are currently in the college search
also. Being in California, we are out of the mainstream and are
learning what is available. Ana wants to play hockey in college,
but also what she studies is also important. It is a big job to
sort through all the options and at first we didn't know where to
begin.
I stumbled on the women-in-hockey pages last year and found them
a great beginning, until that time I had little idea what
colleges were available. Thanks to these pages I now have names
and address of all the colleges and coaches.
Luckily two years ago my daughter attended the Elite hockey camp
at Dartmouth and returned again this last summer. The exposure
at camp was very helpful.
Coach Crowe would evaluate your playing during the camp if
requested and suggest the level of college play that you would be
most likely to succeed in. Ana also attended Rinksports camp and
Coach Kay from UNH did a similar evaluation for the players.
Unfortunately, if you will be going into college next year, this
is not an option.
These evaluations were a good guideline then to direct us to
certain colleges. Since Ana plays primarily on boys' teams it is
hard to know or judge her playing ability to other girls and to
have an unbias evaluation helped us narrow the field. We are now
concentrating our search to schools in the ECAC Alliance and
evaluating the curriculums of those schools.
We have written to each of the schools and coaches to obtain more
information on the programs and are planning a trip to visit a
few of the top prospects. All the coaches and schools have been
very helpful. They have suggested that Ana come and spend a day
or overnight, if possible, to see the college and meet the team
and get feel for the school.
It is one thing to want to play hockey in college, but remember
the primary reason you are going to college is to get an
education. My best advice is to sit down and determine all the
factors that should make up your decision; major area of study,
tuition, finanical aid, location, type of school (urban or rural,
large or small), and their hockey team. The internet has been a
fantastic resource, every college we are evaluating has extensive
web pages on every aspect of the school including admission
forms, use it!
Good luck in your selection and I hope my message is helpful to
others in the hunt.
Peggy
This page is maintained by © 1998
Andria Hunter
(andria@cs.toronto.edu).
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