Makenna Newkirk Explained

Makenna Newkirk
Birth Date:August 11, 1995
Birth Place:Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Height Cm:171
Position:Forward
Shoots:Right
Team:New England
League:PWHPA
Played For:Boston College Eagles
Sex:f
Career Start:2019
Career End:2021

Makenna Newkirk is an assistant D-1 women's hockey coach at Penn State University. Her additional coaching experience includes time with the North American Hockey Academy at the U16 and U19 levels, a season coaching at the Milton Academy in 2019-20, and a season coaching at Brown University in 2021-22.

Career

As a youth player, she played for a travel team in Pittsburgh while living in Arizona, before eventually moving to Connecticut to attend Pomfret School.[1]

Across 154 NCAA games, Newkirk put up 189 points, fifth highest in program history.[2] [3] She served as Boston College captain from 2017 to 2019.[4] [5] In her final year, she was named Hockey East Best Defensive Forward and a Hockey East Honorable Mention All-Star.[6] [7]

She was drafted 7th overall by the Connecticut Whale in the 2018 NWHL Draft.[8] After graduating, she joined the PWHPA.[9] [10] She captained a team in the Dream Gap Tour exhibition in Tempe, Arizona.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Auston Matthews vs. Makenna Newkirk: The case against USA Hockey. Baseball. Annie. March 20, 2017. Pension Plan Puppets.
  2. Web site: Makenna Newkirk – Women's Hockey. Boston College Athletics.
  3. Web site: Makenna Newkirk. teamusa.usahockey.com.
  4. Web site: Makenna Newkirk Strikes a Balance of Humble, Intense – The Heights. October 17, 2018.
  5. Web site: Kaz Watch: BC's Makenna Newkirk Thriving in Leadership Role. Dan. Scifo. January 31, 2018. Patty Kazmaier Award.
  6. Web site: Game Day Skate: Getting to Know Makenna Newkirk and Boston College. Gabriella. Fundaro. October 25, 2018.
  7. Web site: 2018–19 NCAA Preview: Seniors to Watch. Mike. Murphy. September 28, 2018. The Ice Garden.
  8. Web site: Scottsdale native Newkirk chosen seventh overall in first round of NWHL Draft. 19 December 2018 .
  9. Web site: Profile. PWHPA.
  10. Web site: 'You can't become what you can't see': Women's hockey comes to Tempe. Jenna Ortiz/Cronkite. News. March 19, 2020.
  11. Web site: Coyotes Announce PWHPA Dream Gap Tour Coming To Tempe March 6–8. NHL.com. 30 January 2020 .

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