Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

2013-14: Captain ... Played 31 games ... Five goals and team-high 14 assists for 19 points ... Two power play goals ... Fourteen penalties for 28 minutes ... Tied for team lead with 10 assists in conference play, finished with 13 points ... Goal and assist in wins over Brown (11/16) and Union (1/18) ... Two assists in wins over St.Cloud St. (11/29) and Union (1/17) ... ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward Award finalist ... Team's Most Valuable Player ... 

2012-13: Played all 36 games ... Nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points ... Second on team in assists and points ... Two power play goals ... One game-winning goal ... Five goals and six assists for 11 points against conference opponents ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... 

2011-12: Played all 34 games ... Led team in scoring with 10 goals and 16 assists for 26 points ... Two power play goals ... One shorthanded and one game-winning goal ... Five goals and nine assists for 14 points against conference opponents ... Team-high 25 penalties for 50 minutes ... Two assists in  4-0 win at Vermont (10/8) ... One goal and two assists in 5-0 win at Yale (11/12) ... One goal and one assist in 3-1 win at Union (1/27) ... Two-time ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Team's Bob Conway Scholar-Athlete Award ...

2010-11: Played all 35  games ... Second on team in points (20) and goals (10) ... Eleven assists ... Team-high four power play goals ... Assessed 15 penalties for 30 minutes ... First collegiate goal in 1-1 tie against Vermont (10/9) ... Hat trick in 4-1 win over Yale (11/12) ... Among ECAC Hockey leaders, eighth in freshman scoring and 14th in power play goals ... Three-time ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll ... Team's Rookie of the Year ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ...

Before Rensselaer: Played for Team Alaska 19U ... Led team in points ... Team Alaska 16U in 2009 ... Team's MVP ... Attended Service High School ... Three seasons of hockey ... Captain ... 2008-09 Anchorage Daily News Female High School Athlete of the Year ... All-Conference ... Team set record for wins en route to championship in 2009 ... Finalist for 2008 Anchorage Daily News Female High School Athlete of the Year ... Led conference in points in 2007-08 ... All-Conference ... Conference's second leading scorer in 2006-07 ... All-Conference ... Two years of tennis ... Third in singles at Alaska High School State Championships ... Track & field one season ... Second in state in 200-m dash and fourth in 100-m dash ... One season on cross country ski team ... Played for Alaska Firebirds U14 ... Assistant captain ... Led team in points and goals ... Scored game-winning OT goal at Pacific District Competition to send team to Nationals ... Pacific District representative at Select 15 USA Hockey Development Camp ... 2008 Anchorage Daily News Girls' Prep Hockey Player of the Year ... 2007 USA Women and Girls National Easton Skills Competition Catch and Shoot winner ... Attended 2009 U17 USA Hockey Selects National Development Camp ... Honor Roll student ...

Personal: Biomedical Engineering major ... Dean's List ... Graduate thesis project studying effects of mechanical loading on integration of polymer scaffold ... Mentorship at veterinary clinic ... Shadowed radiologist at medical center ... Participated in numerous U.S. Women's National Team Camps ... Daughter of Jennie and Hogan Smelker ... Grandfather, Steve Knowlton, was member of 1948 Olympic Downhill Ski Team.

Benefits of undergraduate community at Rensselaer: "There are a ton of resources available to students from career resources, to opportunities participate in athletics." - March 2014