Marykate Oakley

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Nichols School
Hometown:
Buffalo, N.Y.

Kampersal on Oakley:

“Marykate has offensive savvy. Her hands are quick which make her elusive in the offensive zone.”

At Princeton:

2006-07 - appeared in 30 games ... ranked second on the team in scoring with 15 goals and added 14 assists for 29 points, equaling her total from the previous season ... led the team with a +12 rating ... named to the ECACH All-Academic Team ... opened the season with points in seven of eight games ... scored both Princeton goals in a season-opening 2-2 tie at Boston College ... scored two goals and added an assist in a win over St. Lawrence ... scored on the power play at Yale ... recorded three points in a win over Union ... scored the game winner against Rensselaer ... had a goal and an assist against Dartmouth ... scored the shorthanded game winner at Wayne State ... assisted on Laura Watt’s game winner against Ohio State ... had an eight-game scoring streak late in the season, which included a two-assist game at Quinnipiac, a two-goal game at Union and a two-assist game at St. Lawrence ... named to the league honor roll after posting five points against Rensselaer and Union ... recorded both Princeton goals in a 3-2 loss to Colgate in the ECACH quarterfinals.

2005-06 - appeared in 29 games, missing four due to injuries ... scored a 29 points (13 goals and 16 assists) ... was selected as a second-team All-Ivy and third-team All-ECACHL selection ... scored her first goal of the season in a win at Dartmouth ... started a seven-game point-scoring streak with a goal against Mercyhurst ... had the game winner and added two assists in a home win against Cornell ... assisted on both goals in a 2-1 win against Quinnipiac ... had a goal and an assist in a win against Wayne State ... had four points in a weekend sweep at Colgate and Cornell ... was named the ECACHL Player of the Week after scoring three goals and adding an assist in a sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth ... had points in each of the final six games of the regular season.

2004-05 - saw action in all 31 games ... posted four goals and five assists for nine points to rank second among Princeton freshmen in scoring ... made her collegiate debut in the season opener at Providence ... scored her first career goal in a win at Northeastern ... assisted on Sarah Butsch’s game-tying goal in a 1-1 tie at New Hampshire ... was named to the ECACHL Honor Roll following that game ... had an assist in Princeton’s win at Clarkson ... had a pair of three-point games in Princeton’s weekend sweep of Union ... was named the ECACHL’s Rookie of the Week following that performance.

Before Princeton:

attended The Nichols School ... won 13 varsity letters in high school (five in hockey and four in both soccer and softball) ... co-captained the varsity hockey team with Princeton teammate Brittany Salmon as senior and also captained the soccer and softball teams ... won MVP awards in all three sports ... led hockey team to the CISSA championship in 2002 and 2004 ... had 98 career points (48 goals and 50 assists) ... won the school’s Alumni Cup and the Cottle Award for academics and character ... was a Cum Laude Society inductee as a senior ... also played hockey for the Buffalo Bisons.

Personal:

full name is Marykate Therese Oakley ... daughter of Edward and Maureen Oakley ... parents attended Buffalo ... father works for the Buffalo News ... mother is a grant coordinator for the Buffalo Police ... has a younger brother Connor at Boston College and a younger sister Nora ... enjoys golf and movies ... majoring in psychology ... birthday is March 9, 1986.