Jessie Vetter
| Jessie Vetter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
December 19, 1985 Cottage Grove, Wis. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 169 lb (77 kg; 12 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| Playing career | 2006–present | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's ice hockey | ||
Representing the  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2010 Vancouver | Ice hockey |
| IIHF World Women Championships | ||
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2009 Finland | Tournament |
Jessie Vetter (born December 19, 1985) is a member of the 2009–10 USA Hockey national women's team. She was also a member of the 2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team, which won an NCAA title.
Playing career
Vetter played as a goalkeeper on the boys team at Monona Grove High School and won three state soccer championships. While in high school, she was a four-time all-conference selection and a three-time all-state pick in soccer. [1]
Wisconsin Badgers
In her four year NCAA career, Vetter won an NCAA record 91 games during her four-year career and posted a NCAA-record 39 career shutouts. [2]
In her senior year at Wisconsin, Vetter went 30-2-5 with a 1.33 GAA, (2nd NCAA) and 0.936 Save percentage, (2nd NCAA). She also finished second in the NCAA in minutes played with 2162:16. She is a 2009 WCHA first team honouree, an all-tournament honoree, and the WCHA Final Face-Off MVP as Wisconsin won the League championship and garnered the top seed going into the NCAA championships.[3]
- In 2006, she became the first goalie to record a Frozen Four shutout when she notched two.[4]
- In 2006-07, Vetter and Christine Dufour combined for 15 shutouts. Vetter was voted the top goalie and had a 1.24 goals-against average and a save percentage of .932. [5]
- Vetter broke the NCAA single-season goals-against average record with a mark of 0.83 in 2006-07. As a result, that made her the first goalie in NCAA history to post a GAA below 1.00. [6] In that same season, Vetter recorded a shutout streak that reached 448 minutes and 32 seconds - the longest not only in NCAA women’s hockey history but also in men’s history.
- Vetter won 31 games and had 13 shutouts during the 2008-09 season.[7]
- She was the first ice hockey player to be named the Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation.[8]
International career
Vetter was hoping to win a gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and fetched for the final tips by former NHL Goalie Mike Richter.[9]
Awards and honors
- WCHA Goalie of the Year (2007)
- All-WCHA First Team (2007)
- All-WCHA Academic Team (2007)
- WCHA Top 10 Players from the 2000's[10]
- Patty Kazmaier Award[11]
- Sportswoman of the Year at the Women's Sports Foundation's 30th Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Dinner: (Awarded Oct. 14, 2009)[12]
References
- ^ http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/athletes/jessie-vetter_ath1023942YA.html
- ^ http://www.wcha.com/about/wcha-about.html
- ^ http://www.insidehockey.com/columns/3261
- ^ http://www.usahockey.com/patty_kazmaier/default.aspx?NAV=AF_10&id=219728&DetailedNews=yes
- ^ http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/030107aaa.html
- ^ http://hockey.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/3000
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/03/21/sp-hockey-college-female-mvp.html
- ^ http://insideprofessionalsports.blogspot.com/2009/12/jayna-hefford-leads-team-canada-to-6-2.html
- ^ Jessie Vetter - Athlete - 2010 Vancouver Olympics
- ^ http://www.wcha.com/about/wcha-about.html
- ^ http://www.usahockey.com/patty_kazmaier/default.aspx?NAV=AF_09&ID=191330
- ^ http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/101409aaa.html
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Female ice hockey goaltenders
- Female ice hockey players
- American ice hockey goaltenders
- Patty Kazmaier Award winners
- People from Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players
- American ice hockey players
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States