Dina McCumber

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
North Tonawanda, N.Y.

Kampersal on McCumber:
“Dina is a versatile player. She can play both defense and forward equally well. She has great knowledge of the game and plays with intensity.”

At Princeton:
2005-06 - appeared in all 33 games, setting a career-high with 24 points to lead all Tiger defensemen … was named second-team all-ECACHL and second-team All-Ivy … ranked second among league defensemen in scoring … scored three goals and added 21 assists … opened the season with multiple-point games in three of the first five games … assisted on both of Princeton’s goals in a 2-1 overtime win against Vermont … had a goal and an assist in a loss at Harvard … assisted on two goals, including the game winner, at Ohio State … had two goals and an assist in a win against Mercyhurst and was named to the ECACHL Honor Roll … earned assists in back-to-back games against Wayne State … had four assists in a weekend sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth … collected two assists in Princeton’s Ivy League clinching win against Yale … had assists in both wins against Colgate in the ECACHL quarterfinals … named to the ECACHL All-Academic Team … selected to the ECACHL All-Star team that faced the U.S. Olympic team in an exhibition game.

2004-05 - skated in all 31 games, posting 21 points on three goals and 18 assists … ranked fifth in the ECAC Hockey League in scoring among defensemen … led the team in assists … was named a second-team All-ECACHL and honorable mention All-Ivy selection … received academic honors from the ECACHL, Ivy League and the American Women’s Hockey Coaches Association … opened the season with points in three of the first four games, including two apiece in wins over Providence and Vermont … tied her previous career high of two points in a game six times … had assists in back-to-back wins at Northeastern and Boston College … had an assist on Princeton’s lone goal in a tie at Harvard and a goal and an assist in a win over Brown the next day … received ECACHL Player of the Week honors following the Harvard/Brown weekend, becoming the only league defenseman to claim the honor all season … assisted on both goals in a 2-1 overtime win over Clarkson … completed the season with points in four of the final five games, including two assists in both wins over Union.

2003-04 - appeared in all 31 games during her freshman season … notched 10 points, all coming on assists … ranked second among Princeton defensemen in scoring … assisted on four game-winning goals … registered an assist in her collegiate debut in Princeton’s season-opening win at Connecticut … added a helper on Susan Hobson’s game-winning goal at Vermont … set up Gretchen Anderson’s first goal in a 3-2 win at Yale … posted her only multiple-point game in a 4-2 win at Cornell, assisting on Alison Ralph’s game winner and Laura Watt’s insurance tally … picked up a shorthanded assist in a win at Union and an even-strength assist in Princeton’s next game against Cornell … assisted on both game-winning goals in a weekend sweep of Vermont and Dartmouth in late February … tallied an assist on Princeton’s first goal in a 6-3 win at Brown.

Before Princeton:
attended The Nichols School ... played senior AAA hockey for the Oakville Ice of the National Women’s Hockey League ... won a USA Hockey national championship with the 19-and-under Syracuse Stars ... invited to USA Junior National Camp in 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... also played soccer, lacrosse and softball in high school ... soccer team won New York state championship her sophomore season ... earned academic honors all four year at Nichols.

Personal:
full name is Dina Lynn McCumber ... daughter of Kevin and Debbie McCumber ... father works as an insurance appraiser; mother is a hairdresser ... has an older brother Dan who graduated from Springfield College ... enjoys music, movies, working out and coaching youth hockey … majoring in psychology … birthday is Dec. 12, 1984.