Kim Pearce

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Taft School
Hometown:
Ottawa, Ont.

Kampersal on Pearce:
“Kim has natural goal scoring ability. She has the height, toughness and skill to create her own scoring chances.”

At Princeton:
2005-06 - named the Ivy League Player of the Year … appeared in all 33 games and scored 11 goals and added 30 assists for a team-high 41 points … ranked fourth in the league in scoring and second in assists … was a first-team All-Ivy and first-team All-ECACHL selection … earned academic honors from the ECACHL, Ivy League and the American Women’s Hockey Coaches Association … was twice named the ECACHL’s Player of the Week and was a three-time honor roll member … scored both goals in a 2-1 overtime win against Vermont … named the league’s Player of the Week after scoring the game winner against Clarkson and the game-tying goal against top-ranked St. Lawrence … assisted on six of Princeton’s goals in a 7-0 win against Cornell … named the league’s Player of the Week and the USCHO Offensive Player of the Week runner up after that performance … games were part of a 14-game point-scoring streak … collected two assists in a win at Quinnipiac … scored the game winner and set up another score at Union … had two goals and an assist in a home win against Dartmouth … had a goal and four assists during Princeton’s ECACHL quarterfinal series against Colgate.

2004-05 - appeared in all 31 games for the Tigers … had 15 goals and 15 assists for 30 points to lead the team in scoring … notched 10 power-play goals and five game winners … received the team’s unsung hero award … earned academic honors from the ECACHL, Ivy League and the American Women’s Hockey Coaches Association … opened the season with a career-high four goals in a 4-4 tie at Providence and was named to the ECACHL Honor Roll for that performance … had goals in back-to-back games against Yale and Connecticut, including the power-play game winner against UConn … had six points in three games in early December, including a goal and two assists at Northeastern and two goals, including the overtime game winner, at Boston College … earned a spot on the league honor roll that week … had a five-game point streak in early February, highlighted by one-goal; one-assist games against Brown and Clarkson, and a one goal-three assist performance at Cornell … tallied the overtime game winner against Clarkson, which helped place her on the ECACHL Honor Roll for the third time during the season … notched three points on a goal and two assists in the first game of the ECACHL playoffs at Yale.

2003-04 - became the fourth Princetonian to be named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year … skated in all 31 games as a freshman ... tied for fourth on the team in scoring and first among freshman 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points … of the 10 goals, one was shorthanded, one came on the power play and two were game winners … was named to the ECAC All-Rookie team … posted six multiple-point games and two-three point games … picked up her first career point, an assist, in Princeton’s second game of the season … tallied her first collegiate goal in a win over Boston College … added Princeton’s lone goal in a loss to St. Lawrence … had a five-point (2G-3A) weekend in Princeton’s two-game sweep at Findlay and was named the ECAC Rookie of the Week following that performance … posted her second three-point performance, scoring two goals, including the game winner, and added an assist in Princeton’s 6-3 win over Harvard … earned her second ECAC Rookie of the Week honor after the Harvard weekend … posted a shorthanded goal in a win at Union … assisted on Sarah Butsch’s game winner against Cornell … posted three consecutive two-point games in February … added assists on two of Princeton’s three goals in a win over Colgate … notched Princeton’s second and third goals against Vermont … assisted on two goals in a 5-2 win over Dartmouth … named ECAC Rookie of the Week for the third time following the Vermont and Dartmouth games … assisted on Liz Keady’s goal in a 3-0 shutout of Mercyhurst … earned an assist in an ECAC quarterfinal loss to Brown.

Before Princeton:
attended The Taft School ... earned eight varsity letters in high school, three apiece in hockey and lacrosse and two in field hockey ... was the New England MVP her senior season ... also played hockey for the Connecticut Polar Bears.

Personal:
full name is Kimberly Dawn Pearce ... daughter of Jim Pearce and Donna Greenslade ... father attended Queens and Wisconsin and works for Telus ... mother works as a finance officer for the Canadian Government ... has an older brother Chris who attended Algonquin College ... enjoys lacrosse and golf … majoring in sociology … birthday is July 23, 1984.