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Jennifer Botterill, OM (born on May 1, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 as the youngest player on the Canadian team. Later, she won the gold medal in the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, Utah and at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, playing forward.
[edit] Career biographyThe Botterill family tree of service to Canada is on to its 4th decade in the sporting world and in Botterill's case she looks to have quite a few more before she relinquishes her spot. As a member of the Canadian Women’s National Team since 1997, she has had the ride of her life helping to build the build the team into the #1 ranked team in the world heading to Vancouver. As a 17 year old from Winnipeg, Botterill was able to make the jump to the senior team (and was the youngest member of the ‘98 Olympic Team) and has truly had a stellar career to date winning Gold an incredible 7 times in 10 major events (Olympics & World Championships). Most athletes couldn’t event begin to fathom Botterill's success, but for her it is really a family success as opposed to a singular one. Botterill started playing hockey at only the age of 13. Botterill's mom you might say has had a lot to do with her skating ability, being a former Canadian champion speedskater with 2 Olympic experiences herself, her father is a pre-imminent sports psychologist who has been helping Canadian athletes for decades now and her brother made it to the NHL, was a member of the Canadian Jr National Team; won multiple Golds himself and has been lending advise to Botterill for many years as well. All of this though has culminated with the family lending back to Canada through a variety of ways. In between Botterill's time playing for Hockey Canada, she had an outstanding scholar-athlete career at Harvard University, where she led the school to a NCAA Championship, became the leading NCAA scorer ever and won the player of the year award (Patty Kazmaier Award) twice and was the first and only player ever to do so. Additionally, Botterill was the Team Captain twice at HU interrupted only by the fact that she took the 2001-02 season off to play for Team Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Botterill graduated from Harvard with Honors in Psychology and may have a future in her father’s family business when her playing days are over and continuing to help current and future Canadian athletes succeed off the field of play with the techniques that her father has crafted. While she is 29 and Vancouver is on the horizon ahead, with good health and the ability to compete for Canada at a continued high level, Botterill should be able to play for Canada for many more years in the future. But before the future comes, Botterill knows that this will be her only chance to bring home an Olympic Gold, playing in front of the home crowds in Vancouver and will do whatever it takes to win it. The National Team will make final selections in 2009 for the 2010 Games and being mentally and physically prepared for it is all part of my equation to lean upon the family for guidance and to be the best player that Botterill can be to not only make the team, but to come home happy after the experience is over. Outside of hockey, Botterill enjoys the broadcasting world and has been an online host for Wayne Gretzky’s www.Gretzky.com for the past 2 years and additionally uses her voice as an athlete ambassador for Right To Play. Botterill lends her time to the Right To Play along with other Canadian charities (such as Special Olympics, Kidsport, Children’s Wish Foundation & Canadian Cancer Society amongst others) that request her for celebrity outings. Botterill currently has deals with Royal Bank of Canada and has been a part of their RBC Olympians Program since 2005, Bell Canada (again since 2005) and USANA since 2009. As part of the RBC program Botterill speaks throughout the nation and shares her sports experiences with members of the company and the community. One of the topics Botterill brings up often comes from some advice she got and that is to “Enjoy the journey (success is a journey, not a destination)”, “Have no regrets (never have to say I wish I would have)” & “Why not you (Believe in yourself)?” [edit] World Championship biography1999, 2000. 2001, 2004, 2007 World Champion 2005 & 2008 Silver Medallist The IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship is the premier international tournament in Women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The official world competition was first held in 1990. With the inception of women's hockey in the Winter Olympics in 1998, the tournament is not held in Olympic years. [edit] Collegiate biographyBotterill attended Harvard University from 1998-2003 where she played hockey from 1998 to 2003. She holds the NCAA career scoring record (149 goals, 170 assists, 319 points).[1] She scored at least one point in 106 of her 107 career NCAA games (including a streak of 80 consecutive games). She was the first player to win the Patty Kazmaier Award twice as the top player in NCAA women's hockey. [edit] Pro hockey biographyCurrently, Botterill plays for the Mississauga Chiefs of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. In 2007-08, she won the Angela James Bowl after winning the league scoring title with 61 points. She was voted the CWHL Top Forward and a CWHL Central All-Star; she won CWHL Top Scorer of the Month honours in February. [edit] Accomplishments and notes2007-08 Leading Scorer in the Canadian (pro) Women's Hockey League 2007-08 ESSO Canada Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year 2006 Winter Olympic All Tournament Team - Awarded by the International Ice Hockey Federation 2001 & 2004 MVP of the World Championships - Awarded by the International Ice Hockey Federation 2004 Named to the Media All Star Team at the World Championships 2001 Named Top Forward at the World Championships 2001-02 & 2002-03 Winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award (NCAA W Ice Hockey equivalent to Heisman) Only 2-time winner of the Award 2000-01 & 2002-03 Team Captain of Harvard University 2001 Female Athlete of the Year Award - Awarded by the Province of Manitoba (Botterill's mother won the same award 36 years before) 1999 Captain of Canada's National Women's Under 22 Team which defeated the United States in a three game series 1999 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Champion 1999 NCAA Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player 1996 Attended Canada's National Junior Basketball selection camp All Time Leading Scorer at Harvard University In high school she attended the National Sport School (Canada) [1] Bilingual - French and English [edit] MediaBotterill is an online host for Gretzky.com. [edit] Charitable EndeavorsBotterill is an Athlete Ambassador for Right To Play (formerly Olympic Aid). [edit] Personal2003 graduate of Harvard University, B.A. Psychology (with Honors) Mom - Doreen, Dad - Cal, Brother - Jason Doreen competed for Canada in the 1964 & 68 Winter Olympics for Canada in Speed Skating Jason competed for Canada in the World Junior Championships (3 Gold Medals) and played in the National Hockey League. Jason Botterill is now the Assistant GM for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Cal is a noted sports psychologist and has advised NHL teams and works with current and former Canadian Olympic athletes. [edit] Career statistics - Team Canada
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