2023-24 Women's Ice Hockey Roster

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4 Elle Hartje

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Detroit Country Day
  • Hometown Detroit, Mich.

Biography

2023-24 (Senior Year):
  • Appeared in all 32 games
  • Led the team in assists (28) and points (40)
  • Broke the school record for career assists (116) and points (168)
  • First Team All-Ivy
  • Second Team All-Ivy
  • Mandi Schwartz Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • NEWHA Division I All-Star
  • Sarah Devens Award
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • ECAC All-Academic
2022-23 (Junior Year):
  • Appeared in all 33 games
  • Scored 13 goals and had 39 assists
  • Averaged two points per game
  • Notched a season high five points in the win versus Harvard
  • Broke her own previous record for assists in a season (35), now 39
  • Reached her 100th career point
  • Named national co-player of the month (February)
  • ECAC All-Academic 
  • CSC Academic Honors
  • Scholar All-American
  • First Team All-Ivy
  • First Team All-ECAC
  • Picked up her first All-American honor of her career
  • Second Team All-USCHO selection
  • Named a New England Division One All Star
  • Named Ivy League Player of the Year
  • Tied for third in program history with career points (128)
  • Selected to participate in the 2023 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival 
  • Named captain for the upcoming 2023-24 season
2021-22 (Sophomore Year):
  • Broke school record for assists (35) in a season
  • Her 51 points are the most for a Bulldog in 38 years and the second most ever
  • Led ECAC in points per game with 1.42, while she was fifth and 10th nationally in assists and goals per game
  • Had 1-1-2 in conference championship weekend
  • Finalist for ECAC Forward of the Year
  • All-ECAC First Team
  • ECAC Hockey Player of the Month for January with 5-6-11 in 8 games
  • Opened 2021-22 with a 2-2-4 weekend
2020-21: Played for club team in Slovakia.

2019-20 (First Year): 
  • Led team in +/- with a +23
  • ECAC Rookie of the Week
  • NCAA 3 Stars
  • ECAC Top Plays - Oct. 28 after 4-2-6 week began career
  • Hat trick in first career game, a 9-2 victory over Long Island University on 10/25/2019
  • Fourth on the team with 11 goals and 25 points
  • Missed the last four games with an injury
  • Fourth among ECAC rookies for scoring in conference play
  • American Hockey Coaches All-American Scholar
  • ECAC All-Academic Team.
At USA U18 Women’s National Team:
  • Member of the U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team at the Under-18 Series vs. Canada (2018) in Calgary, Alberta
  • Participated in two USA Hockey Women's National Festivals in Lake Placid, NY and two Girls’ Select U18 Player Development Camps Biddeford, Maine (2017, 2018)
  • Leading scorer 2016 Girls’ Select U15 USA Hockey Player Development Camp.   
At Belle Tire 19U:
  • Team captain and scoring leader 2017-2018 and 2018-2019
  • Led national championship tournament in scoring
  • USA Hockey National Championship Silver Medal 2018 and Bronze Medal 2019
  • Led team to back-to-back Michigan Tier I Girls AAA state championships (2018, 2019)
  • State Championship leading scorer (2018, 2019) 
At USA Eagles: USA Hockey Bantam Boys National Champion (2016). 
 
Notes: Pronounced Har-CHEE… First name is Danielle but goes by Elle… Michigan High School Athlete of the Year Award… Four-time tennis individual and team state champion at Detroit Country Day School … Four-time All-State selection in tennis… Tennis team MVP…Four-time All-State selection in soccer at Detroit Country Day… Tennis and Soccer Team Captain…Midwest Soccer Player of the Year Award (Elite Clubs National League) and Team Captain (Vardar Soccer Club)… Four-year Summa Cum Laude at Country Day School…Works as a personal tennis instructor… Loves photography… President of Skate to be Great youth hockey program which provides affordable equipment and ice time for local kids… One of four siblings … Father, Tod, played hockey and won a national championship in 1989 with Harvard … Mother, Nicole, captained tennis team at Harvard.
 
Why Yale? “I chose Yale because there is an emphasis on both athletics and academics. The campus and facilities are so beautiful. I fell in love immediately after I visited.”

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Historical Player Information

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    2019-20First Year

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    4
  • 4

    2020-21Sophomore

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    5'5"
    4
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    2020-21Sophomore

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    4
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    2021-22Sophomore

    F
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    4
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    2022-23Junior

    F
    5'5"
    4
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    2023-24Senior

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    4