Makenna Newkirk

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Makenna Newkirk
Born (1995-08-11) August 11, 1995 (age 28)
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position Forward
Shot Right
PWHPA teamNew 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.

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Career

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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References

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  2. ↑ "Makenna Newkirk – Women's Hockey". Boston College Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Makenna Newkirk". teamusa.usahockey.com.
  4. ↑ "Makenna Newkirk Strikes a Balance of Humble, Intense – The Heights". October 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ Scifo, Dan (January 31, 2018). "Kaz Watch: BC's Makenna Newkirk Thriving in Leadership Role". Patty Kazmaier Award.
  6. ↑ Fundaro, Gabriella (October 25, 2018). "Game Day Skate: Getting to Know Makenna Newkirk and Boston College".
  7. ↑ Murphy, Mike (September 28, 2018). "2018–19 NCAA Preview: Seniors to Watch". The Ice Garden.
  8. ↑ "Scottsdale native Newkirk chosen seventh overall in first round of NWHL Draft". 19 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Profile". PWHPA.
  10. ↑ News, Jenna Ortiz/Cronkite (March 19, 2020). "'You can't become what you can't see': Women's hockey comes to Tempe".{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ↑ "Coyotes Announce PWHPA Dream Gap Tour Coming To Tempe March 6–8". NHL.com. 30 January 2020.
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