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Quick Stats: Katie King Ice Hockey |
| school/year: | Brown/1997 | |
| birth date: | May 24 | |
| height: | 5′9″ | |
| weight: | 170lbs | |
| hometown: | Salem, NH | |
| major: | Organizational Behavior and Management | |
| training area: | Lake Placid | |
| coach: | Ben Smith | |
| personal best: | N/A | |
| ranking: | n/a | |
| outstanding achievement: | Olympic Gold & Silver Medalist | |
| career goals: | Teacher and Hockey Coach | |
General Information: (Click to read)
Katie King started playing ice hockey when she was four, following in the footsteps of her brother David, three years her senior. “I played hockey with the boys pretty much the whole time I was growing up,” says Katie. “It wasn’t until high school that I joined a local girls hockey club.”
It was around this time that Katie recognized her special talents - or rather, that others recognized her. At age fourteen, she was invited to attend a girls’ hockey development camp, and did so well at the high school level that Katie was recruited by Brown University, where she majored in Organizational Behavior and Management. She twice led her team in winning the Ivy League Championships. In 1997, Katie made the National Team in 1997, which placed second in the World Championships.
Katie’s first Olympic performance at the Women’s Ice Hockey Team’s first Olympic performance was outstanding. She tied for first in team scoring, with eight points. She also was one of the team’s key players in the 2002 Olympics.
Her training regimen during the season will keep her on track to repeat and better her performance, but she is concerned about how to maintain her routine during the five-month off-season, without adequate funding. With support from the U.S. Athletic Trust, however, Katie would be able to train at the level she needs to in order to have a command performance at the Olympics in 2006.
That final game was just amazing. To think back now, it was like a dream. Everyone was ready when their line went out, everyone was focused on their job. Nobody cared about anything but the team and our goal, the gold medal! And for it to be the first gold medal in women’s hockey in the olympics, made it even better! The sacrifices that we were willing to give up for the time that we were together was incredible. Some gave up their husbands and everyone gave up a “normal life” to train together and be with the team. Now, after playing on 2 different olympic teams I realize how special our team in 1998 really was. I think now, some of us may have taken that for granted more recently, but when you think about this team that we had in 1998, it was probably the team that had the most desire and heart than any team that I have played on!
Katie King


