Annie Pankowski

In 2014 Annie turned the page, leaving behind a highly decorated youth and junior career as she embarked on her collegiate hockey journey with the University of Wisconsin. She amassed 43 points in 39 games in her rookie season with the Badgers and was named the 2015 National Rookie of the Year. She was also deemed WCHA Rookie of the Year and selected for the All-WCHA Second Team in the same season. The international stage came calling once again, and Annie joined the USA Women’s National Hockey Team and helped propel them to gold at the 2015 World Championships. The next three years of Annie’s collegiate and international hockey career were filled with various accolades including winning gold in the 2016 and 2019 World Championships, and capping off her time in collegiate hockey by captaining her team to winning the NCAA National Championship in 2019.

After her historic tenure at University of Wisconsin, she was drafted 1st overall by the Metropolitan Riveters of the NWHL in 2018. Annie currently stays busy on the ice by advocating for women’s hockey through participating in events such as the PWHPA Dream Gap Tour, the 2019-2020 USA vs Canada Rivalry Series, and the 3-on-3 Women’s Game at the 2019 NHL All-Star Game. She does this all while continuing her training to make the USA Women’s Olympic hockey team for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. When Annie is not playing hockey she can be found at the University of Wisconsin, where she pursues her love for animals and is currently completing a veterinarian degree.