As the youngest of four kids growing up in British Columbia, Micah Zandee-Hart ’19, BA ’20, would go all out to keep up with her older siblings in the street hockey games they’d play in front of their house.
Today, the Arts & 鶹Ƶ alum is not only an ice hockey star—an Olympic gold medalist who plays in the Professional Women’s Hockey League—but a seasoned leader, having served as a captain for the Big Red and now for the .
She landed on the Hill eager to make her mark on the program, and earned the rare honor of being made a team captain as a sophomore.
“Even before she arrived at Cornell, Micah stood out as mature beyond her years; she is an old soul,” says head coach . “I found her to be someone who saw beyond her own self-interest and wanted what was best for her teammates.”
Zandee-Hart finished her with a school record of 225 blocks, was ranked fourth in the nation among defenders, and was named second-team All-Ivy and All-ECAC, among other accolades.
Her junior and senior years, she also played for the Canadian National Team. And in 2022, she was tapped to represent her nation at the Beijing Olympics—coming home with a gold medal.
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