Wisconsin Badgers

A three-year captain for the Wisconsin women's hockey team, Sis Paulsen enters her seventh season as the Badgers' director of hockey operations and equipment manager after joining the team in the fall of 2017. 

Her duties as director of hockey operations include the coordination of all elements of team travel and scheduling. She also handles the purchase and maintenance of equipment.

Paulsen also has experience with USA Hockey as she was an equipment manager at the 2022 Winter Olympics for Team USA. She also worked the 2021, 2022 and 2023 IIHF Women's World Championships with the U.S. and the 2020 Rivalry Series against Canada. 

Paulsen arrived at UW from Morristown, New Jersey where she served as the Director of Girls Hockey for the New Jersey Colonials organization as well as a USA Hockey Girls/Women's Section Representative for the Atlantic District.
 
Paulsen also served as an assistant coach with the New York Riveters in Newark, New Jersey during the 2016-17 season, and a head coach for New England College from 2009 to 2013.
 
A member of UW's inaugural team in 1999, Paulsen is no stranger to the WCHA, as Paulsen served as an assistant coach at Minnesota State for a season following a three-year stint at Bemidji State.
 
During her UW career, Paulsen was a three-year team captain, the only player in program history to serve as the team's captain for three-straight years. The Eau Claire, Wisconsin native was a member of the WCHA All-Rookie team in 2000 and an All-WCHA selection in 2003.
 
The blueliner ended her UW career with 130 points on 42 goals and 88 assists, a program best by a defenseman. In addition, her 130 points rank 16th in school history among all skaters.
 
Paulsen received a degree from Wisconsin in human development and family studies before earning a master of science in sports and recreation management from New England College in 2011.