A. J. Mleczko

A. J. Mleczko played in high school at The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, and played her college hockey at Harvard, leading the Crimson to the NCAA title in 1999. She was the captain of that team, ending her college career with 37 goals, 77 assists, and 114 points in only 34 games in her senior season, the most prolific scoring season in women’s college ice hockey history. In 1999 she was also named only the second winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the top women’s college hockey player. For the US Team, she was a defenseman, but was an offensive-minded one, leading the US women’s defensemen in scoring every year she was on the team. She competed at two Winter Olympics and skated for the US at the 1997, 2000, and 2001 World Championships. After marrying, she and her husband settled in the Boston area, where she is a stay-at-home mom.