Annabel Levinson '19 Recruiting Profile

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved to be on the ice. When I was little, my parents used to take me to our town ice rink while my two older brothers had skating lessons. I enthusiastically attended these hour-a-week periods at the rink, much to my parents exhausted dismay. I loved the idea of whizzing around the ice so much that I used to run on the ice, without skates, my parents frantically hurrying after me. This continued to the point where, when I was about one and a half, my parents bought a very, very small pair of skates and got me on the ice. Four years later, I began to play ice hockey and I’ve only grown to love the game more and more as I’ve played. It’s been my greatest dream to be able to have the opportunity to play college ice hockey. 

It’s very important to me that I always work hard and give 110%. I never am satisfied with the skill level that I have, but rather, I work to improve my game every time I get on the ice. Even when I go to a local stick-and-puck to work on my skills, I work hard and maintain focus so as to keep up a consistent, habitually great work ethic. I’m very coachable, a good listener, and am always able to take what a coach is telling me and apply it to my game in a short amount of time. I also am supportive of my teammates and have a positive attitude on the bench whether we are winning or losing because being positive helps me and my team be better.

In school, I maintain a high GPA and work hard in all of my classes. In college, I’m very interested in potentially studying engineering or another scientific field, but I’m also open to explore other options. In addition, I volunteer at the Mamaroneck Child Development Center in Mamaroneck, NY which provides the opportunity for low-income families to send their children to pre-school. I also am involved in a club at my high school called Students For Senegal, a student-run charity that strives to provide education for children in Lambaye, Senegal. Currently, we are raising money to build a learning center so the children have a place to study, learn, and have opportunities that can change their lives. I feel very lucky that I have had so many opportunities in my life that these children have not had, and I think it’s important that people with opportunities help others who may not have those same chances.

I want to attend a college that provides academic opportunities as well as a high level women’s ice hockey team. I am very open to all options but very strongly want to find the best fit for my academic and athletic level. I’m excited to try to continue my hockey career beyond the youth level and live the dream that fueled my one-year-old self to joyfully run on the ice, without skates.