Annie Chamberlain, a native from Hopkins, Minnesota
will earn her undergraduates degree in Psychology this spring. Annie played
three seasons with the club team as she took one year off to play for the inaugural
Badger's Varsity squad. Annie Chamberlain and Anne Woll will be completing their academic degrees this spring and will not be returning to next years team. Each player was recognized at this years banquet with high honors as both players were announced with their selections to the ACHA All-American 1st Team. More importantly, they helped their team stand proud in Atlanta by winning the 2002 National Tournament.
Annie Chamberlain, a native from Hopkins, Minnesota
will earn her undergraduates degree in Psychology this spring. Annie played
three seasons with the club team as she took one year off to play for the inaugural
Badger's Varsity squad.
Chamberlain is a talented defensemen with good hands and puckhandling skills. She was an honored mention in the 2002 ACHA-All Tournament Team; However, her overall season play earned her honors as an 2002 ACHA All-American - 1st team defense.
Her teammates
also honored her as the Best Defenseman and Penalty Killer for this season.
Annie was a +38 (+/- on the ice when a goal is scored) which is fifth best in
overall +/- statistics. With over 51 games played in her career, Annie tallied
19 points and was +65 in goal differenctial. These numbers exemplify her contributions
to the team.
Coach Uschan
submitted this summary of Annie for the 2002 All-American awards.
Annie really carried our team in the first half of the season. If I had to pick a Team MVP in December, it would have been her. With the loss of All-American defenseman, Roseanne Meyer, Annie picked up her game to a new level. Her mature style of play made her the core of our defensive crew.
Annie is not the player who stands out because she has a great shot, is a fast skater or scores a ton of goals. It is because she is so consistent, her solid defensive efforts game in and game out get overshadowed by great standout players like Anne Woll and Goaltender Arner. She is a great overall player who knows how to quarterback a breakout and work the puck behind her own net. She really understands how to regroup the puck. Every once and a while she would surprise the other teams with a end-to-end solo attack.
In comparing her talents to other great defenseman in this league, I feel would categorize her as one of the league's most solid defenders. It will not be until next year (she graduates in May 2002), will our team really understand how much Annie contributed.
Anne Woll, a native from Eden Prairie, Minnesota will earn her Masters
degree in Curriculum and Instruction this spring. Woll earned her undergraduates
degree at Lake Forest College in Illinois before joining the Badgers. Anne only
played two seasons with the Club, but will go down as the probably the most
decorated player ever. She will graduate holding seven club records (most goals,
assists, points, hat tricks, short-handed goals, game-winning goals, and power-play
goals) as well as having led the team in scoring two years in a row.
She has been honored by her teammates last season as Team MVP, best penalty killer and best forward as well as best forward again this season. The ACHA has recognized Anne with All-American 1st Team Honors two years in a row. On top of her athletic performances, Woll also carried a 3.89 grade point average.
In Anne's two years, she only missed one game due to a class conflict. She played 56 games and tallied 64 goals and 28 assists totaling 92 points (currently 41 points ahead of any other player).
Coach Uschan submitted this summary of Annie for the 2002 All-American awards.
Although her offensive numbers are impressive, I liked her more for her defensive zone awareness. She was smart enough to know how and when to take an icing or a whistle. When it came to blocking shots, she was not shy about going down to get anything in front of the shot. Anne could play any position confidence. With only four defenseman on our team, I would often rotate Anne to the defense spot when our defense got a penalty to keep even defensive pairs because she could play that position just as good as she was a forward.
Most importantly, her positive attitude, extreme modesty, and "lead-by-example" efforts on the ice made her a natural leader. When we lost our Captain, Kelly Vruwink in November to an injury, Anne stepped up without a "C" on her jersey to the lead team and make them believers.
During games, she was also an excellent resource to point out opponent strategies to me. Such as "they are running 2 forwards high, we can't pinch D or they lock centers on face-offs and send a wing through to get the puck." Her feedback helped me make immediate adjustments to our game.
As a graduating player, her record-breaking season that comprises 30% of our total offense will be hard to replace.