Colgate University Athletics

2008 Women's Ice Hockey Roster


Kimberly Sass
Kimberly Sass
#1 Kimberly Sass

Position: Goaltender
Height: 5-5
Class: Freshman
Hometown: East Amherst, N.Y.
High School: Buffalo Bison

Freshman Year (2008-09) :  Played in 24 games ... Set new school record for most wins in a season at 14 games ... Earned ECAC Rookie of the Week five times and ECAC Goaltender of the Week once ... Recorded season- and career-high 46 saves in win against Princeton on Nov. 8th ... One shutout game on Jan. 24th against Yale ... Surpassed 40 saves in three different games, more than 30 saves in ten games ... Finished season with .941 save percentage (1st in ECAC), 1.85 goals against average (6th in ECAC), and a .656 win percentage (4th in ECAC) ... Earned ECAC Goaltender of the Year, ECAC First Team, and ECAC All-Rookie Team honors.
 
Before Colgate: Played club hockey with the Buffalo Bison organization for nine years ... in 2007-08 she played in 42 games and earned a 24-7-3 record with nine shutouts with the U19 ... credited with a 1.10 goals against average and a .948 save percentage ... in 2006-07 with the U16, she collected a 30-2-4 record with 14 shutouts ... mposted an impeccable 0.89 goals against average and a .949 save percentage in 43 games ... helped the Bison to New York State championship titles in 2008, 2007, 2005, 2003 and 2000 ... the team was quarterfinalists in the USA Hockey Nationals in 2008, 2006, 2005 and earned the bronze medal in 2007 and 2003 ... in the Empire State Games, the Bison earned gold in 2005, silver in 2006 and bronze in 2007 ... played on the JV boy’s team at Williamsville North High School during her sophomore and junior years ... the Spartans posted a 25-10-3 record ... the squad won the league championship in 2006 ... was a member of the varsity boy's team senior year helping the team to a 17-7-2 record ... selected to attend the 2006 USA Hockey Girls’ Select 15/16 Player Development Camp ... chosen for the USA Hockey Nationals Easton Skills Competition, where she was declared the winner of the U16 overall goaltender competition ... a 2008 graduate of Williamsville North High School in the spring.
 
Personal: Full name is Kimberly Allison Sass ... parents are Robert and Brenda Sass ... has one sister ... born November 5, 1990 in Buffalo, New York ... major is undeclared.
 




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