Laura Watt

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ajax, Ont.

Kampersal on Watt:
“Laura has great skill and vision. She is a clever playmaker and the type of player who will make her teammates better.”

At Princeton:
2005-06 - played in all 33 games … was named first-team All-ECACHL and first-team All-Ivy … scored seven goals and added 14 assists for 21 points … ranked second among Tiger defensemen and third among ECACHL defensemen in scoring … had a goal and an assist in a win at Ohio State … scored a goal in a home win against Clarkson and assisted on Kim Pearce’s game-tying goal the following day against No. 1 St. Lawrence … those games started a seven-game point-scoring streak … had three assists in a weekend series against Mercyhurst … scored a goal and added an assist in a win against Cornell … had the game winner and an assist against Quinnipiac … scored the game-tying goal at Yale … added assists in wins against Dartmouth and Union … scored the game winner late in the season against Brown … had an assist against Colgate during the ECACHL quarterfinal series.

2004-05 - appeared in all 31 games … ranked third on the team in scoring with 26 points on nine goals and 17 assists … had points in 18 of 31 games played … had three assists in the season-opening series at Providence … notched two assists in a win over Vermont … scored the game-winning goal in a home win over Brown … was named to the ECACHL Honor Roll after scoring points in three straight games (two goals, two assists) against Yale and UConn … notched a career-high three points in a win at Northeastern … had a goal and two assists on a weekend trip to St. Lawrence and Clarkson and was named to the ECACHL Honor Roll for the second time … had six points in a four-game stretch late in the season, including three goals and an assist against Union and two assists at Yale.

2003-04 - skated in all 31 games as a freshman ... tied for fourth on the team in scoring and first among with 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points … scored three power-play goals … posted four multiple-point games … picked up her first career point, an assist on Sarah Butsch’s game-winning goal, in Princeton’s second game of the season at Connecticut … tallied her first collegiate goal in a win at Vermont … tallied points in six of seven games from late November through early January … picked up assists in back-to-back games against Boston College and St. Lawrence … had two goals and two assists for a four-point weekend in Princeton’s sweep at Findlay and was named to the ECAC Honor Roll … had a power-play goal and an assist at Colgate and Cornell … had a six-game scoring streak in February … scored three goals in a weekend sweep at Union … had a power-play goal and assisted on a game winner as Princeton swept Cornell and Colgate at home … netted a power-play goal and added an assist in a 5-2 win over Dartmouth … had three points in a weekend split with Mercyhurst, including a goal and an assist on Angela Gooldy’s game winner which led to her first ECAC Rookie of the Week recognition… notched an assist on Katharine Maglione’s goal in the ECAC quarterfinals at Brown … attended Canadian Hockey’s Under-22 evaluation camp..

Before Princeton:
attended Ajax High School ... played hockey for the Durham West Lightning Intermediate AA team ... scored 54 goals and added 50 assists in 68 games with the Lightning in 2002-03 ... served as the team’s captain for the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons ... also played soccer, basketball and volleyball in high school ... was named the school’s senior athlete of the year ... won a gold medal playing hockey for Ontario at the 2003 Canada Winter Games ... won a silver medal at the USA Cup in soccer.

Personal:
full name is Laura Emily Watt ... daughter of Randy and Darlene Watt ... father attended Queen’s and is an engineer ... mother attended Cambrian and is a registered nurse ... older brother Derek attends Queen’s for mechanical engineering … majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering … birthday is Nov. 22, 1985.