Lucianna Szczubiala '24 Recruiting Profile

Thank you to my family and coaches for helping me achieve my goal of playing NCAA DIII hockey this past season on the East coast. It’s been an incredibly rewarding journey. I maintained straight A’s as a science major and now look forward to pursuing engineering with an interest in continuing college level play. 

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Coaches and players look to me for my leadership and strong work ethic on and off the ice. I play with a lot of grit and give 100% to my teammates every time. I win battles in corners and in front of the crease. Coaches have told me I am a good communicator, very coachable and have a high hockey IQ. I am determined, disciplined and self-reflective. I work hard to improve myself and look forward to new challenges.

I am very competitive, especially in academics and sports. I am a senior at a magnet high school with a 4.76 GPA. I take honors, AP and CTE classes. Academic honors include A-honor roll and LA Kings HS Hockey League Royal Recognition. I am a member of BSA Venturing and Girls Scouts.  In the off season I am active in camping, rock climbing and hiking. I am a very good time manager as I also volunteer and work part-time.

I started skating at five and playing boys hockey at six with my goalie brother. To improve my game, I double-rostered the past four years and attended skills sessions with boy players. I train in CrossFit and yoga to gain strength, endurance and flexibility. My family travels 700 miles RT weekly for practices and games in Southern California. As a Lady Duck, our team competed at the USA Hockey Nationals in 2023 and 2022. We swept the Pacific District Championship in 2022 where I scored unassisted from the point and assisted on the game winning goal in OT. Sports honors include player of the month, multiple game MVP’s and serving as a girl’s team Captain from 2018-2021 and Alternate in 2017.

The past few seasons I had opportunities to group interview with women hockey players from ACHA, NCAA DIII and DI universities. Their stories inspired me to reach toward my goal of playing college hockey for an academically strong school.