Wisconsin Badgers

Records: Set NCAA record for most career shutouts regardless of gender or division with 55  ... broke Jessie Vetter's shutout record, setting the new NCAA record with 543:53 consecutive shutout minutes... set a program record with 21 shutouts in the 2015-16 season, breaking the NCAA single-season shutout record in the process... set new NCAA single-season records for save percentage (.960) and goals-against average (0.76) 

Honors: 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner ... 2016 USCHO Player of the Year... All-USCHO First-Team member... First-Team All-American (2015-16, 2016-17)... 2016 WCHA Final Face-off Most Outstanding Player... WCHA Final Face-off All-Tournament Team (2015-16)... All-WCHA First Team (2015-16)... 2016 WCHA Player of the Year... Named a top-three finalist for the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award... WCHA All-Academic Team (2015-16, 2016-17)... WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 27, Nov. 4, Dec. 8, 2015; Jan. 26, Feb. 2, March 8, 2016)... WCHA Defensive Player of the Month (Oct. 2015, Jan. 2016)... American Sports Network National Player of the Week (Oct. 27, 2015; Feb. 2, 2016)

2016-17: Protected the net in 35 games for the Badgers, compiling a 29-2-4 record ... Ranked first nationally in shutouts (17), wins (29), goals-against average (0.71), and save percentage (.963)... was named WCHA Defensive Player of the Month for January and February ... also named WCHA Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 14 after limiting No. 2 Minnesota Duluth to one goal... recipient of the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for the top player in women's college hockey ... broke the NCAA record for career shutouts on Nov. 6 and now has 56 blank slates... earned a spot on Team Canada's senior-team roster for its series against the U.S. in December ... named HCA National Player of the Month for February ... ended career at Wisconsin with 99 career wins, second-most in program history. 

2015-16: Played in 38 games for Wisconsin, finishing the season with a 33-4-1 record... shut out opponents in 21 of her games, a .552 percent shutout rate... recorded back-to-back shutouts in the Badgers' sweep of Ohio State, recording 29 saves (Oct. 10-11)... notched her third-consecutive shutout, as well as an assist, in the team's 5-0 win over St. Cloud State (Oct. 16)... registered shutouts in each of her five starts between Oct. 23 and Nov. 13, earning the NCAA men's and women's hockey shutout record... made nine saves in Wisconsin's 4-0 win over Dartmouth (Nov. 28)... played both games of Wisconsin's home sweep of Minnesota (Dec. 4-5)... shut out North Dakota for 65 minutes of play and a shootout (Dec. 12)... earned her 11th shutout in Wisconsin's 1-0 win over Bemidji State, making 28 saves (Jan. 16)... earned five shutouts in the Badgers' next seven games, allowing only two goals in that span as well... shut out opponents in all four games of the WCHA playoffs and in the NCAA quarterfinals, making 97 saves (Feb. 26-March 12)

2014-15 : Started 37 games for Wisconsin, posting a 1.15 goals-against average and a .941 save percentage ... her 14 shutouts tied a program record and were the second-most in the country ... also recorded three assists ... notched back-to-back shutouts in the Badgers' sweep of Ohio State (Oct. 10, 12) ... recorded back to back shutouts in consecutive weekends, blanking St. Cloud State (Nov. 21, 22) and New Hampshire (Nov. 28, 29) ... stopped 21 shots in UW's 2-0 win over UND (Dec. 7) ... saved 24 shot attempts in the Badgers' 4-0 shutout win against Clarkson (Jan. 25) ... earned a pair of shutouts during the Badgers' series win against Minnesota Duluth, stopping all 43 shots she faced (Feb. 6-7) ... saved 26 of 27 shots faced in UW's 4-1 win over UND in the WCHA Final Faceoff semifinals (March 7) ... collected 15 saves in UW's 4-0 win against Bemidji State in the WCHA Final Faceoff title tilt (March 8) ... saved 20 of 21 shots faced in the Badgers' 5-1 win over BU to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four (March 14)

2013-14: Forced a shutout in her debut for the Badgers during the team's 6-0 defeat of St. Cloud State (Oct. 19) ... made a game-high 22 saves in Wisconsin's 4-1 defeat of Lindenwood, her second game for Wisconsin (Oct. 26) ... recorded her second career shutout in the team's 5-0 win over Bemidji State (Dec. 8) ... stopped 28 shots to mark her third career shutout in Wisconsin's 4-0 defeat of St. Cloud State (Jan. 4) ... made a career-high 32 saves in the team's 4-1 loss to North Dakota (Jan. 11) ... tallied another shutout during the Badgers' 6-0 blank of Bemidji State (Jan. 17)

Prep: Played for the Team Canada U-22 squad in a three-game series against the U.S. team in August of 2012 ... named the best goaltender in the Quebec Midget AA League for her performance with the Beaubourg Seigneurs AA team during the 2012-13 season ... recorded a 1.91 goals against average during the 2011-12 season with the Seigneurs while helping the CWHL's Montreal Stars claim the Clarkson Cup title that same season ... earned a silver medal for her play with the Canadian U-18 Team at the 2011 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship in Sweden.

Personal: Parents are Raynald and Claire Desbiens ... has three older brothers, Martin, Dominic and Vincent, and an older sister, Sabrina ... hobbies include reading and gymnastics ... her intended major is business.

Why Wisconsin:
"It is an amazing hockey program with a nice location and a great coach."

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