Anne Schleper

Anne Kathryn Schleper (born January 30, 1990) is an American women's ice hockey player for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League. She played college hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program and made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. She was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Anne Schleper
Born (1990-01-30) January 30, 1990
St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NWHL team Buffalo Beauts
National team  United States
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
2014 SochiTeam
IIHF World Women's Championships
2011 SwitzerlandTeam
2013 CanadaTeam
2015 SwedenTeam
2012 United StatesTeam

Playing career

From April 4 to 12, 2011, she was one of 30 players that took part in a selection / training camp. She was named to the final roster that participated at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.[1]

Awards and honors
  • WCHA co-Offensive Players of the Week (Week of October 27, 2010)[2]
  • 2010–11 WCHA First Team[3]
  • 2010–11 WCHA All-Academic Team
  • 2011 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award[4]
  • 2012 Big Ten Medal of Honor[5]

Personal life

Schleper is a Christian. Schleper has spoken about her faith saying, "Any time you get in the athletic environment, it’s challenging as a Christian. It’s easy to have an ‘it’s about me’ attitude. That's why it's important to be around other Christians who can lift you up and pray for you. It's good to stay connected, and that's where I’ve seen those Bible studies at camps be so huge. God is opening the eyes of teammates who I would never have thought would come. He's building it into something bigger and better."[6]

On January 27, 2017, Schleper married MLB outfielder Denard Span.[7] They welcomed their first child, son DJ, in October 2017.

References
  1. http://pressrepublican.com/0300_sports/x1041534858/Steadman-makes-US-Womens-National-Team
  2. http://www.wcha.com/women/presarch/201010/oct27wpw.php
  4. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wis/genrel/auto_pdf/2010-11_Big_Ten_Sportsmanship.pdf
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-06-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "USA Women's Hockey Player Using Platform to Share Faith". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21.
  7. Schulman, Henry (February 17, 2017). "Giants' Denard Span marries Olympian after adorable proposal". SFGate.com. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 26, 2017.


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