Wisconsin Badgers

Honors: WCHA Forward of the Week (Dec. 11)... WCHA Forward of the Week (Nov. 26)... 2018-19 Preseason All-WCHA... 2016 NCAA Elite 90 recipient... 2016 All-USCHO Second-Team member... 2016 and 2017 Second-Team All-American... All-WCHA First Team (2015-16, 2016-17)... WCHA All-Academic Team (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)... Named a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (2015-16, 2016-17)... WCHA Scholar Athlete (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)... WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 6, Dec. 8, 2015, Nov. 22 2016, )... American Sports Network National Player of the Week (Dec. 8, 2015, Dec. 6, 2016)... 2015 USCHO Rookie of the Year ... 2015 National Rookie of the Year ... 2015 WCHA Rookie of the Year ... All-WCHA Second Team (2014-15) ... named WCHA Rookie of the Week (Oct. 1, Nov. 18, Jan. 27)

2018-19: A captain of the 2019 National Championship team and a Patty Kazmaier Top-Three Finalist, Pankowski lead UW with 50 points off 28 goals and 22 assists. Tallied 13 postseason points, scoring at least one goal (11 total) in each of UW's seven playoff contests. Recorded her ninth short-handed score of her career, setting a new UW school record during the Mar. 24 National Championship victory over Minnesota. The senior had two-consecutive game-winning overtime goals against Harvard Nov. 23-24. Pankowski had two goals from that weekend's series vs. Harvard featured on ESPN's Sportscenter Top 10.The senior was named a finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian award after volunteering more than 2000 hours with Occupaws. UW was 30-0-0 when Pankowski tallied at least a point. Finished her senior campaign with a +37 rating while leading 

2017-18: Olympic redshirt season

2016-17: Played in 36 games for UW ... led team and WCHA with 25 goals, adding 30 assists ... two-time recipient of WCHA Scholar-Athlete honors... finished second on the team in plus/minus rating with +42 ... named a top-10 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Finalist for the second consecutive year... earned WCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors (Nov. 22, 2016)... tallied the game-winning assist in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinal against Boston College (Mar. 17, 2017) ... tallied a career-high five points against St. Cloud State (Jan. 13, 2017)... had two hat tricks, most recently against St. Cloud State (Jan. 13, 2017)... recorded first natural hat trick for the program since Brooke Ammerman in 2014... accumulated four assists and one goal against Minnesota State on Feb. 25 ... had four game-winning goals this year

2015-16: Played in all 40 games for Wisconsin, leading the team in scoring for the second season... notched 22 goals and 36 assists for 58 points... finished the season with a +45 plus/minus rating... scored her third career hat trick during the Badgers' series sweep of Providence College (Oct. 2-3)... tallied three goals and three assists in UW's shutout sweep of Ohio State (Oct. 10-11)... collected a goal and an assist in the team's sweep at St. Cloud State (Oct. 16-17)... scored a goal and two assists in the shutout sweep of Bemidji State (Oct. 23-24)... scored both game-winning goals during the Badgers' historic sweep of Minnesota (Dec. 4-5)... tallied three points (1 G, 2 A) in the team's 3-1 win over North Dakota (Jan. 24)... had a four-point weekend (1 G, 3 A) against Minnesota State (Feb. 13-14)... had a penalty shot goal and an assist in the overtime loss to Minnesota (Feb. 20)... scored a goal in the Badgers' 6-0 WCHA first-round victory over Minnesota State (Feb. 27)... tallied a goal in the team's 5-0 win over Minnesota Duluth in the WCHA Final Face-Off semifinals (March 5)... Skated with Team USA at the 2016 IIHF World Championships

2014-15: Led Wisconsin with 21 goals and 43 points, while ranking third on the team with 22 assists ... her points per game average of 1.08 ranked 16th in the country and led all NCAA rookies ... scored Badgers' lone goal in NCAA semifinal loss to Minnesota (March 20) ... tallied two goals in the Badgers' 5-1 win over Boston University in the NCAA quarterfinals (March 14) ... collected a goal and two assists in UW's 5-0 win over Minnesota Duluth (Feb. 7) ... recorded a hat trick against reigning NCAA champion Clarkson (Jan. 25) ... scored twice in UW's 5-0 win at New Hampshire (Nov. 29) ... recorded a goal and an assist in UW's 8-0 win against Minnesota State (Nov. 14) ... tallied her first career hat trick against Minnesota State (Nov. 13) ... score her first career goal while adding a pair of assists in UW's 6-0 win against Ohio State (Oct. 10) ...  collected four assists at Lindenwood (Sept. 27) ... represented the United States at the Four Nations Cup and the 2015 IIHF World Championships, where she scored in the gold medal game for the U.S.

Prep: A member of the 2013 United States National Team, she recorded a point while appearing in three games during the U.S.'s Bring on the World Tour prior to the 2014 Olympic Games ... in 2014, she tallied 32 points (16 goals, 16 assists) in 16 games at NAHA ... recorded 102 points (58 goals, 44 assists) in 31 games during the 2012-13 season at NAHA while serving as captain ... invited to USA National Festival ... in 2011-12, posted 90 points (66 goals and 24 assists) in 70 games while serving as captain and helped NAHA to the JWHL title ... won silver with USA U18 Worlds Team ... had 94 points (50 goals, 44 assists) in 2010-11 and led NAHA to the JWHL championship ... named to USA U18 Select Team to play three-game series vs. Canada ... during the 2009-10 season, playing with U16 AAA Anaheim Lady Ducks, scored 43 goals and assisted on 28 for 71 points ... earned bronze medal at Tier 1 U16 USA Hockey Nationals ... invited to National Camp and was selected to all-star team ... U18 National Team member ... attended IIHF International Development Camp... Named to the USA Hockey 2016 IIHF World Championship roster

Personal: Parents are Richard and Diane ... has one brother and one sister, John and Ali ... sister Ali played for Princeton women's hockey team ... also participated in soccer, softball and outrigger racing ... AP Scholar with Honors ... volunteered at local food kitchen ... enjoys listening to music and playing the guitar ... started playing hockey at the age of 4

Why Wisconsin?
"Unmatched coaching and facilities."

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