Princeton University Athletics
Mackenzie Alexander, Angelina and Lucia DiGirolamo, Hannah Fetterolf, Rosie Klein and Brooklyn Nimegeers will join the women's hockey team from the Class of 2028.
Six Players to Join Women's Hockey Program from the Class of 2028
April 24, 2024 | Women's Ice Hockey
Six players, including those with U.S. and Canadian youth national team experience among them, will join a Princeton women's hockey program coming off a season in which it finished ranked No. 12 in the nation.
Here's a look at the incoming class:
Mackenzie Alexander
Position: Forward
Height: 5-6
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Etobicoke, Ont.
Previous School: Newton's Grove School
Previous Team: Etobicoke Dolphins
Before Princeton
Competed with Canada at the 2023 and 2024 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in Sweden and Switzerland, scoring a goal and an assist across the five games as Canada won gold in 2023, including a goal in the 10-0 gold medal game win over Sweden, and scored two goals and four assists as Canada won bronze in 2024, getting a goal and an assist in the bronze medal game win against Finland … played with the Etobicoke Dolphins at the club level … helped the Etobicoke Junior Dolphins to a 40-0-0-1 regular-season record in the 2023-24 season, scoring 58 goals and adding 45 assists for 103 points in 39 games played … won a provincial championship with the Junior Dolphins in 2021-22 … at the 2023 Canadian U18 women's national championships, scored five goals and added four assists for nine points in six games with Ontario Red, including the game-winning goal in overtime against Quebec to win the gold medal.
Personal
Parents are Linda Leung and Dennis Alexander … brother, Reid, studies in the Ivey Honours Business Administration program at the University of Western Ontario … considering majoring in neuroscience.
Angelina DiGirolamo
Position: Forward
Height: 5-3
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Woburn, Mass.
Previous School: Bishop Kearney (N.Y.)
Previous Team: Bishop Kearney Selects
Before Princeton
Since the U14 level, has competed for Woburn High School, the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite (U14), Selects Hockey Academy (U16) and Bishop Kearney Selects … took part in Team USA's U18 camp during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons … was the Bishop Kearney Rookie of the Year in 2021 and the team's Unsung Hero Award winner in 2022 … named to the U-19 All-Tournament Team at the Chipotle USA Hockey National Championships … at Woburn, was a 2020 Middlesex League all-star, state champion, an all-scholastic honoree, and team MVP.
Personal
Daughter of Michelle and David DiGirolamo … sister Lucia is in the Princeton hockey Class of 2028 and has an older brother Massimo and a younger brother Diego.
Lucia DiGirolamo
Position: Forward
Height: 5-6
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Woburn, Mass.
Previous School: Bishop Kearney (N.Y.)
Previous Team: Bishop Kearney Selects
Before Princeton
Won a bronze medal at the 2023 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in Sweden with USA Hockey, scoring two goals and adding an assist over the five-game tournament, including the lone goal in the 2-1 U.S. loss to Sweden in the semifinals … since the U14 level, competed for Woburn High School, Pittsburgh Penguins Elite, and Bishop Kearney Selects … was a Massachusetts state champion in 2020 at Woburn, earning league all-star honors … four-time New York state champion with Bishop Kearney Selects.
Personal
Parents are Michelle and David DiGirolamo … sister Angelina is in the Princeton hockey Class of 2028 and has an older brother Massimo and a younger brother Diego.
Hannah Fetterolf
Position: Forward
Height: 5-8
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Sewickley, Pa.
Previous School: Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn.)
Previous Team: Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn.)
Before Princeton
Played for the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite program, winning a 14U national title in 2018-19, before heading to Shattuck St. Mary's for three seasons prior to Princeton … scored 49 goals and added 46 assists for 95 points over the three seasons at Shattuck St. Mary's … helped Shattuck St. Mary's to Chipotle-USA Hockey 19U national titles in 2023 and 2024 … took part in USA Hockey camps at the U16/17 level during the 2021-22 season and U18 during the 2022-23 season.
Personal
Parents are Jennifer and Brian Fetterolf … mother played basketball at Boston College, where both parents are alums and father studied law … considering economics and English as majors.
Rosie Klein
Position: Defense
Height: 5-6
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Previous School: Whitney Young
Previous Team: Chicago Mission
Before Princeton
Participated with USA Hockey's U-18 Select Team at the Under-18 Series vs. Canada in 2022 and was invited to participate at the 2022 USA Hockey Women's National Festival, the 2022 USA Hockey Girls U18 Select Player Development Camp, and the 2021 USA Hockey U16/17 Player Development Camp … competed in the Chicago Mission program from the U14 through U19 levels, serving as a captain at the U16 and U19 levels and helping her teams win four state championships … helped the Chicago Romans to an Illinois state title in 2022, earning championship MVP honors … was the 2023 Illinois Girls High School Player of the Year.
Personal
Parents are Joe and Colleen Klein … father played football and lacrosse at Tufts.
Brooklyn Nimegeers
Position: Defense
Height: 5-5
Shoots: Left
Hometown: Moose Jaw, Sask.
Previous School: Vanier Collegiate
Previous Team: Regina Rebels
Before Princeton
Played for the Regina Rebels from 2020-24, scoring 26 goals and adding 69 goals for 95 points across her final three seasons with the Rebels … took part in Canada's U-18 selection camp ahead of the 2023-24 season … entered Princeton holding the all-time single-season and career scoring records for defenders in the Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League, with 40 points in 2023-24 on 10 goals and 30 assists and 96 career points on 26 goals and 70 assists.
Personal
Parents are Natalie and Jody Nimegeers.
Here's a look at the incoming class:
Mackenzie Alexander
Position: Forward
Height: 5-6
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Etobicoke, Ont.
Previous School: Newton's Grove School
Previous Team: Etobicoke Dolphins
Before Princeton
Competed with Canada at the 2023 and 2024 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in Sweden and Switzerland, scoring a goal and an assist across the five games as Canada won gold in 2023, including a goal in the 10-0 gold medal game win over Sweden, and scored two goals and four assists as Canada won bronze in 2024, getting a goal and an assist in the bronze medal game win against Finland … played with the Etobicoke Dolphins at the club level … helped the Etobicoke Junior Dolphins to a 40-0-0-1 regular-season record in the 2023-24 season, scoring 58 goals and adding 45 assists for 103 points in 39 games played … won a provincial championship with the Junior Dolphins in 2021-22 … at the 2023 Canadian U18 women's national championships, scored five goals and added four assists for nine points in six games with Ontario Red, including the game-winning goal in overtime against Quebec to win the gold medal.
Personal
Parents are Linda Leung and Dennis Alexander … brother, Reid, studies in the Ivey Honours Business Administration program at the University of Western Ontario … considering majoring in neuroscience.
Angelina DiGirolamo
Position: Forward
Height: 5-3
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Woburn, Mass.
Previous School: Bishop Kearney (N.Y.)
Previous Team: Bishop Kearney Selects
Before Princeton
Since the U14 level, has competed for Woburn High School, the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite (U14), Selects Hockey Academy (U16) and Bishop Kearney Selects … took part in Team USA's U18 camp during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons … was the Bishop Kearney Rookie of the Year in 2021 and the team's Unsung Hero Award winner in 2022 … named to the U-19 All-Tournament Team at the Chipotle USA Hockey National Championships … at Woburn, was a 2020 Middlesex League all-star, state champion, an all-scholastic honoree, and team MVP.
Personal
Daughter of Michelle and David DiGirolamo … sister Lucia is in the Princeton hockey Class of 2028 and has an older brother Massimo and a younger brother Diego.
Lucia DiGirolamo
Position: Forward
Height: 5-6
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Woburn, Mass.
Previous School: Bishop Kearney (N.Y.)
Previous Team: Bishop Kearney Selects
Before Princeton
Won a bronze medal at the 2023 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in Sweden with USA Hockey, scoring two goals and adding an assist over the five-game tournament, including the lone goal in the 2-1 U.S. loss to Sweden in the semifinals … since the U14 level, competed for Woburn High School, Pittsburgh Penguins Elite, and Bishop Kearney Selects … was a Massachusetts state champion in 2020 at Woburn, earning league all-star honors … four-time New York state champion with Bishop Kearney Selects.
Personal
Parents are Michelle and David DiGirolamo … sister Angelina is in the Princeton hockey Class of 2028 and has an older brother Massimo and a younger brother Diego.
Hannah Fetterolf
Position: Forward
Height: 5-8
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Sewickley, Pa.
Previous School: Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn.)
Previous Team: Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn.)
Before Princeton
Played for the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite program, winning a 14U national title in 2018-19, before heading to Shattuck St. Mary's for three seasons prior to Princeton … scored 49 goals and added 46 assists for 95 points over the three seasons at Shattuck St. Mary's … helped Shattuck St. Mary's to Chipotle-USA Hockey 19U national titles in 2023 and 2024 … took part in USA Hockey camps at the U16/17 level during the 2021-22 season and U18 during the 2022-23 season.
Personal
Parents are Jennifer and Brian Fetterolf … mother played basketball at Boston College, where both parents are alums and father studied law … considering economics and English as majors.
Rosie Klein
Position: Defense
Height: 5-6
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Previous School: Whitney Young
Previous Team: Chicago Mission
Before Princeton
Participated with USA Hockey's U-18 Select Team at the Under-18 Series vs. Canada in 2022 and was invited to participate at the 2022 USA Hockey Women's National Festival, the 2022 USA Hockey Girls U18 Select Player Development Camp, and the 2021 USA Hockey U16/17 Player Development Camp … competed in the Chicago Mission program from the U14 through U19 levels, serving as a captain at the U16 and U19 levels and helping her teams win four state championships … helped the Chicago Romans to an Illinois state title in 2022, earning championship MVP honors … was the 2023 Illinois Girls High School Player of the Year.
Personal
Parents are Joe and Colleen Klein … father played football and lacrosse at Tufts.
Brooklyn Nimegeers
Position: Defense
Height: 5-5
Shoots: Left
Hometown: Moose Jaw, Sask.
Previous School: Vanier Collegiate
Previous Team: Regina Rebels
Before Princeton
Played for the Regina Rebels from 2020-24, scoring 26 goals and adding 69 goals for 95 points across her final three seasons with the Rebels … took part in Canada's U-18 selection camp ahead of the 2023-24 season … entered Princeton holding the all-time single-season and career scoring records for defenders in the Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League, with 40 points in 2023-24 on 10 goals and 30 assists and 96 career points on 26 goals and 70 assists.
Personal
Parents are Natalie and Jody Nimegeers.
Angelina DiGirolamo's Goal vs. Quinnipiac, 3-6-26
Friday, March 06
Women's Hockey Goals vs. Harvard, 3-1-26
Sunday, March 01
Issy Wunder's Goal vs. Harvard, 2-28-26
Saturday, February 28
Inside Baker Rink: Maggie Johnson
Wednesday, February 25