Jennifer Olnowich

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Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Chatham
Hometown:
Madison, N.J.

Awards
2023 ECAC All-Academic Team
2022 ECAC All-Academic Team

At Princeton
2024-25
Led the team in minutes in goal playing 1530:54…Worked to a 2.51 GAA and a .918 save percentage…Had wins against Robert Morris, Harvard, Dartmouth, No. 5 Colgate, No. 13 Boston University, No. 9 Quinnipiac, RPI, Union, and Yale…Win against Yale was a shutout with 34 saves…Win against Harvard was second shutout of the season with 21 saves…Recorded 44 saves against Boston University…Had a career high 45 saves against Colgate

2023-24
Led the team in minutes played between the pipes, playing 950:58 ... finished with a 2.27 GAA and a .914 save percentage ... had wins against Dartmouth (Nov. 4), Cornell (Nov. 18), Rensselaer (Dec. 1), Providence (Jan. 6) and in the ECAC Hockey Opening Round against Dartmouth (Feb. 24) ... win against Rensselaer was a shutout ... set a career high with 36 saves in a 1-1 tie against Dartmouth (Jan. 12) ... earned ECAC Hockey MAC Goaltender of the Week honors after the Dec. 1 win against Rensselaer and a 1-1 tie against Union on Dec. 2.

2022-23
Played 871:07 minutes over the season with a 6-7-0 record in 15 games ... turned in back-to-back shutouts, first against Syracuse on Nov. 12 in a 1-0 win and then against St. Lawrence on Nov. 18 in a 1-0 win, making a career-high 30 saves.

2021-22
ECAC All-Academic Team ... played in four games on the season, making starts at Union (Jan. 16), making 18 saves in a 5-0 win, and at Dartmouth (Feb. 13), making 26 saves in a 4-1 win ... played 45 minutes in a 4-4 tie at Syracuse, allowing two goals and making 23 saves as Princeton rallied from down 2-0 ... saw nine minutes of play in a loss at Clarkson (Feb. 5), making three saves.

Before Princeton: Was a three-sport athlete at Chatham, competing in soccer and track and field in addition to hockey ... was an all-conference and all-county honoree in hockey while earning team MVP honors ... had a career save percentage of 91 percent, allowing 40 goals on 44 shots while competing with both the Chatham boys and girls teams ... competed with the Ironbound club program ... was an all-conference, all-county, all-state and team MVP honoree in soccer, scoring 20 goals and adding 14 assists during her career as a midfielder ... competed in the 400 meters in track and field.

Personal: Daughter of Patricia Olnowich ... sister, Allie, was in the hockey Class of 2020 at Syracuse University before joining the NWHL's Metropolitan Riveters ... interested in majoring in economics.