Anne Schleper

Anne Schleper
Born	(1990-01-30) January 30, 1990 (age 35) St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
NWHL team	Buffalo Beauts
National team	United States
Playing career	2008–present
Medal record Women's ice hockey Representing   United States Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Team IIHF World Women's Championships 2011 Switzerland Team 2013 Canada Team 2015 Sweden Team 2012 United States Team

Anne Kathryn Schleper (born January 30, 1990) is an American women's ice hockey player for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League. She played college hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program and made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. She was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Playing career

From April 4 to 12, 2011, she was one of 30 players that took part in a selection / training camp. She was named to the final roster that participated at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. ^[1]

Awards and honors

• WCHA co-Offensive Players of the Week (Week of October 27, 2010) ^[2]
• 2010–11 WCHA First Team ^[3]
• 2010–11 WCHA All-Academic Team
• 2011 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award ^[4]
• 2012 Big Ten Medal of Honor ^[5]

Personal life

Schleper is a Christian. Schleper has spoken about her faith saying, "Any time you get in the athletic environment, it’s challenging as a Christian. It’s easy to have an ‘it’s about me’ attitude. That's why it's important to be around other Christians who can lift you up and pray for you. It's good to stay connected, and that's where I’ve seen those Bible studies at camps be so huge. God is opening the eyes of teammates who I would never have thought would come. He's building it into something bigger and better." ^[6]

On January 27, 2017, Schleper married MLB outfielder Denard Span. ^[7] They welcomed their first child, son DJ, in October 2017.

References

1. "Local player makes U.S. Women's hockey squad". April 13, 2011. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
2. Archived copy Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Kessel Named League's Rookie; Raty/Schelper First Team - Gophersports.com - Official Web Site of University of Minnesota Athletics". www.gophersports.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
4. 2010-2011 Big Ten Sportsmanship Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Pachuta and Schleper Earn Big Ten Medal of Honor - GOPHERSPORTS.COM - the Official Athletic Site of the Minnesota Gophers". Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
6. "USA Women's Hockey Player Using Platform to Share Faith". Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
7. Schulman, Henry (February 17, 2017). "Giants' Denard Span marries Olympian after adorable proposal". SFGate.com. San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.