Brianna Decker

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Brianna Decker

Born	(1991-05-13) May 13, 1991 Dousman, WI, USA
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	148 lb (67 kg; 10 st 8 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
WCHA team	Wisconsin Badgers
National team	United States
Playing career	2009–present

Brianna Decker
Medal record

Women's ice hockey
Competitor for the United States
Women's World Championship Medals
Gold	2011 Switzerland	Ice hockey
Gold	2013 Canada	Tournament
Silver	2012 United States	Ice hockey
Women's 4 Nations Cup
Gold	2011 Sweden	Tournament

Brianna Decker (born May 13, 1991) is a women's ice hockey player for the Wisconsin Badgers. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She was awarded the 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award, recognizing the best female ice hockey player in NCAA Division I play.^[1]

Playing career

NCAA

In her freshman season (2009–10) with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program, Decker scored the Badgers' first goal of the season in a game against North Dakota (October 3). During the season, she accumulated seven multi-point games and four multi-goal games. She was third in team scoring despite missing almost half of the first part of the season. On September 25, 2011, Decker scored her third career hat trick in a 13-0 defeat of the Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey program.^[2] Her 12 game winning goals during the 2010-11 season are a program record. She holds the Badgers longest scoring streak at 32 games (February 11, 2011 to January 6, 2012). During the streak she accumulated 77 points (33 goals, 44 assists).

USA Hockey

She won gold at the 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. On January 28, 2011, it was announced that Decker was named to the preliminary roster for the U.S. Women's National Team. From April 4 to 12, 2011, she was one of 30 players that took part in a selection / training camp and was named to the final roster that participated at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. At the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship, Brianna Decker was among the tournament's top five scorers. Decker's 11 points (four goals, seven assists) placed her second.^[3]

Career stats

NCAA

Season	GP	G	A	Pts	Shots	Shot %	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
2009-10	27	15	12	27	134	.112	20	+10	4	1	3
2010-11	41	34	46	80	207	.164	18	+66	7	3	12

WCHA

Season	GP	G	A	Pts	Shots	Shot %	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
2009-10	22	12	11	23	110	.109	18	+9	3	1	3
2010-11	28	23	28	51	138	.167	14	+45	3	1	9

Awards and Honors

Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner (2012)^[4]
RBK Hockey/AHCA Division I second-team All-American (2010–11) ^[5]
All-WCHA First Team (2010–11)
WCHA Final Face-off Most Valuable Player (2010–11)
All-WCHA Rookie Team (2009–10)
three-time WCHA Rookie of the Week (2009–10)
WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year (2009–10) ^[6]
Badgers Rookie of the Year (2009–10)
All-WCHA Academic Team (2010–11)
WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 5, 2009)^[7]
2012 Wisconsin Offensive Player of the Year Award^[8]
Inductee into the 2014 Winter Olympics for the US team

References

Preceded by Meghan Duggan (2010)	*2012 Patty Kazmaier Award winner* (2012)	Succeeded by Amanda Kessel (2013)

v t e Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey

Arena	LaBahn Arena

Coaches	Julie Sasner (1999–2000) Trina Bourget (2000–2002) Mark Johnson (2002–2009, 2010–present) Tracey DeKeyser (2009–2010)

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Olympians	Meghan Duggan Molly Engstrom Hilary Knight Erika Lawler Carla MacLeod Meaghan Mikkelson Jessie Vetter Kerry Weiland Jinelle Zaugg

Patty Kazmaier Award	Sara Bauer (2006) Jessie Vetter (2009) Meghan Duggan (2011) Brianna Decker (2012)

National Championships	2006 2007 2009 2011

Italic denotes national championship season

v t e Patty Kazmaier Award

1990s	Brandy Fisher (1998) Allison Mleczko (1999)

2000s	Ali Brewer (2000) Jennifer Botterill (2001, 2003) Brooke Whitney (2002) Angela Ruggiero (2004) Krissy Wendell (2005) Sara Bauer (2006) Julie Chu (2007) Sarah Vaillancourt (2008) Jessie Vetter (2009)

2010s	Vicki Bendus (2010) Meghan Duggan (2011) Brianna Decker (2012)

Persondata
Name	Decker, Brianna
Alternative names
Short description	American ice hockey player
Date of birth	May 13, 1991
Place of birth	Dousman, WI, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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