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Honors: WCHA Defenseman of the Week (Feb. 4, 2020) (Jan. 5, 2021) (Jan. 19, 2021) (Feb. 9, 2021) (Feb. 16, 2021) (March 1, 2021) (Nov. 22, 2021) ... WCHA Scholar-Athlete (2018-19, 2019-20 2020-21)... WCHA Defenseman of the Month (Feb. 2021)... First Team All-WCHA (2021)... USCHO Second Team All-American (2021)... AHCA First Team All-American (2021)... Preseason All-WCHA (2021)... Academic All-Big Ten (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)
2020-21: Co-captain of the National Championship team, Bowlby earned First Team All-WCHA, AHCA First Team All-American and USCHO Second Team All-American. She was named WCHA Defenseman of the Week five times during the season and averaged 1.00 points per game... finished first in WCHA for assist scoring with 18 assists... tied eighth in point scoring for WCHA... named WCHA Defenseman of the Month for February and was named a WCHA Scholar Athlete
2019-20: Despite a playoff schedule that ended early before the Badgers’ 2020 NCAA quarterfinal game against Clarkson, Bowlby played in all 36 games this season helping UW to a WCHA regular season title … recorded three goals and 17 assists for a 20-point season … scored a power-play goal in UW’s 4-1 win over Minnesota Duluth (Feb. 21) to help UW set a program record of 35.2 power-play goals … earned her first ever league honors as WCHA Defenseman of the Week Feb. 4 with a five-point weekend in UW’s sweep over St. Cloud (Feb. 1-2), scoring a blueliner in UW’s 5-0 shutout over St. Cloud State (Feb. 1) … scored her first career goal and had one assist in UW’s 12-0 win over LIU (Oct. 19) … tallied three assists in UW’s 7-0 shutout over Penn State (Oct. 4) … had a +23 rating
2018-19: A member of the 2019 National Championship team, Bowlby appeared in all 41 games in 2018-19 with 12 assists, one shy of her season high. Her +29 plus/minus rating was the No. 5 mark in the WCHA among defensemen.
2017-18: Appeared in all 38 games... tallied 13 assists... seventh on team in blocks with 26... registered a +21 rating... had a career-high four blocks against Mercyhurst on Sept. 28, 2017. The sophomore helped the UW defensive unit that allowed zero goals in the NCAA postseason, a playoff schedule that included games against No. 4 Clarkson and No. 2 Minnesota.
Prep: Played four years of varsity hockey for Edina High School, scoring 20 or more points every season from the blue line … four-time All-Conference honoree … scored 32 points as a senior, leading her team to the Class 2A state title … served as team captain while making first-team All-State and being named a Ms. Hockey finalist … named to the All-State team, as well as the Minnesota State All-Tournament team as a junior … member of the state tournament team as a sophomore, as well as earning all-state honorable mention … three-time member of the A Honor Roll … two-time USA Hockey Women’s National Festival invitee (2014, 2015) … won a gold medal with Team USA at two IIHF Under-18 World Championships (2015, 2016) … also played for the US Women’s Under-18 Select Team at the U-18 series against Canada in both 2014 and 2015
Personal: Parents are Scott, a Wisconsin alum, and Meggan Bowlby … has one brother, Henry (19), and two sisters, CC (16) and Lucy (15) … intends to major in business … also played soccer and flag football … started playing hockey at age six … enjoys yoga and spending time with family and friends … best sports memory is winning a gold medal in two U18 World Championships with Team USA
Why Wisconsin?
“The awesome college atmosphere, strong academics, hockey programs history and school spirit.”
