Makenna Newkirk | |||
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Born | Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | August 11, 1995||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | Right | ||
PWHPA team | New England | ||
Played for | Boston College Eagles | ||
Playing career | 2019–2021 |
Makenna Newkirk is an assistant D-1 women's hockey coach at Penn State University. Her additional coaching experience includes time with the North American Hockey Academy at the U16 and U19 levels, a season coaching at the Milton Academy in 2019-20, and a season coaching at Brown University in 2021-22.
As a youth player, she played for a travel team in Pittsburgh while living in Arizona, before eventually moving to Connecticut to attend Pomfret School. [1]
Across 154 NCAA games, Newkirk put up 189 points, fifth highest in program history. [2] [3] She served as Boston College captain from 2017 to 2019. [4] [5] In her final year, she was named Hockey East Best Defensive Forward and a Hockey East Honorable Mention All-Star. [6] [7]
She was drafted 7th overall by the Connecticut Whale in the 2018 NWHL Draft. [8] After graduating, she joined the PWHPA. [9] [10] She captained a team in the Dream Gap Tour exhibition in Tempe, Arizona. [11]
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