2014-15 Women's Ice Hockey

23 Aurora Kennedy

  • Height 5-85
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Mildred’s Lightbourn
  • Hometown Mississauga, Ont.

Biography

2014-15 (Senior): Elected captain by her teammates ... Won team''s Bingham Award for leadership ... Established career highs in goals and points (5-9-14) ... Scored first goal since 2010-11 season (she missed all of 2011-12 and part of 2012-13 due to injury) and had season-high five points (3-2-5) Nov. 21, 2014 in 13-0 win vs. Sacred Heart ... Appeared in all 31 games.

2013-14 (Junior): ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Earned team''s Coaches'' Award, given by the staff based on work ethic, attitude and commitment to the core values of the Yale women''s ice hockey program ... Second on team with a +5, the best +/- of her career ... Tied for third on team in assists with 12, a career high ... Appeared in all 32 games.

2012-13 (Sophomore): ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Tied for third on team in assists with six ... Came back from injury to play in 20 games.

2011-12: Missed season with injury.

2010-11 (Freshman): First career points came on a pair of assists in 3-3 tie at Harvard Oct. 29 ... First career goal was at Clarkson Jan. 21 ... Finished with one goal and three assists in 17 games.

Hockey Canada: Team Canada U-18 strength and conditioning camp May 2009 … Team Canada U-18 selection camp July 2009 … Played on Team Ontario - Blue, earning silver medal at the U18 National Championship.

Before Yale: Toronto Ontario - Blue 2008 and 2009 … Runner-up in Nationals 2009 … Won Provincials and PWHL league championship with Toronto Junior Aeros 2010 … Had 35 points in 62 games, was +71 and was in top four on team … Championship runner-up and regular season champions with Toronto Junior Aeros 2009 … In 2008-09, PWHL rookie season, ranked third among league defensemen in points … Third at Ontario Winter Games with Toronto Midget Aeros 2008.

High School (St. Mildred’s Lightbourn): Captained hockey team and was named MVP … Also played soccer and was team captain … 2010 High School Athlete of the Year … Toronto Star Regional Athlete of the Year … Academic Honor Roll eighth grade through 12th grade … Elected Prefect and House Head.

Notes: Summer intern at The Andriole Group in wealth management sector ... Committee member for Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale … Traveled to Melbourne, Australia to teach fourth graders ... Sister, Whitney, played for Harvard.

Why Yale? “Why not Yale? Yale has everything I was looking for in a college; great campus, great school, great people and the list could go on endlessly.”

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Historical Player Information

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    2011-12Sophomore

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    2012-13Junior

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    2013-14Junior

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    2014-15Senior

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