Anne Schleper
Born (1990-01-30) January 30, 1990 (age 34)
St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NWHL team Buffalo Beauts
National team  United States
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Team
IIHF World Women's Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Switzerland Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Canada Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sweden Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 United States Team

Anne Kathryn Schleper (born January 30, 1990) is an American women's ice hockey player for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League. She played college hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program and made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. She was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Playing career

From April 4 to 12, 2011, she was one of 30 players that took part in a selection / training camp. She was named to the final roster that participated at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.[1]

Awards and honors

Personal life

Schleper is a Christian. Schleper has spoken about her faith saying, "Any time you get in the athletic environment, it’s challenging as a Christian. It’s easy to have an ‘it’s about me’ attitude. That's why it's important to be around other Christians who can lift you up and pray for you. It's good to stay connected, and that's where I’ve seen those Bible studies at camps be so huge. God is opening the eyes of teammates who I would never have thought would come. He's building it into something bigger and better."[6]

On January 27, 2017, Schleper married MLB outfielder Denard Span.[7] They welcomed their first child, son DJ, in October 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Local player makes U.S. Women's hockey squad". 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  2. ^ Archived copy Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Kessel Named League's Rookie; Raty/Schelper First Team - Gophersports.com - Official Web Site of University of Minnesota Athletics". www.gophersports.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ^ 2010-2011 Big Ten Sportsmanship Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Pachuta and Schleper Earn Big Ten Medal of Honor - GOPHERSPORTS.COM - the Official Athletic Site of the Minnesota Gophers". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  6. ^ "USA Women's Hockey Player Using Platform to Share Faith". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21.
  7. ^ Schulman, Henry (February 17, 2017). "Giants' Denard Span marries Olympian after adorable proposal". SFGate.com. San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.


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