2025-26 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned AHA Defenseman of the Week honors on October 7.
Season: Appeared in all 39 games for Penn State... Scored three goals while assisting on 17 others for 20 points... Blocked 32 shots... Posted a plus/minus of +29... Named an Alternate Captain.
No. 9 St. Lawrence (9/26): Tallied two assists, one on Taya MacDonald's second period goal and one on Tessa Janecke's goal in the third period. at Vermont (10/4): Named one of the game's three stars after recording a goal and an assist... Assisted and then scored on goals in the second period. at Delaware (10/11): Picked up an assist in the 7-0 win. at Robert Morris (11/1): Assisted on two power play goals. Syracuse (11/14): Notched a goal in the third period. at RIT (11/21): Scored a goal in the first period. at No. 7 Northeastern (11/29): Blocked three shots in the 4-1 victory. Delaware (1/23): Collected a pair of assists, including one on Grace Outwater's opening goal. Robert Morris (1/30): Earned an assist on the first goal scored at West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium by McKenna Walsh in the 3-0 shutout. at Lindenwood (2/7): Recorded an assist on Outwater's goal in the third period, finishing the game with a +2. Syracuse (2/27, AHA Semifinals Game One): Assisted on Janecke's powerplay goal in the second period of the 7-0 triumph. No. 12 Mercyhurst (3/7, AHA Championship): Assisted on Nicole Hall’s goal in the second period of the 3-2 AHA Championship victory. No. 2 Wisconsin (3/20, Frozen Four): Blocked a season-high five shots.
2024-25 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Selected to AHA Women’s Ice Hockey Championship All-Tournament Team.
Season: Appeared in all 38 games for Penn State... Scored four goals while assisting on 14... Blocked 24 shots... Tied for fourth on the team with a plus/minus of +24.
at Union (10/12): Earned her first point of the season with an assist on Maddy Christian’s power play goal... Blocked two shots. Syracuse (10/31): Tallied a season-high two assists, including a feed to Brianna Brooks who scored the overtime game-winner. Syracuse (11/1): Scored her first goal of the season in the third period after assisting on Christian’s goal in the first period. vs Merrimack (11/29): Blocked a season-high four shots. vs Bemidji State (1/3): Assisted on Grace Outwater’s goal in the first period before scoring a goal of her own in the second frame... Blocked one shot. at Robert Morris (2/1): Assisted on a power play goal by Brooks in the second period then notched her own power play goal in the third period. at RIT (2/15): Scored the game winning goal in overtime to secure an AHA record 19 conference victories... Recorded a blocked shot.
2023-24 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Played in all 38 games for the Nittany Lions... Tallied four goals and seven assists on 41 shots on net.
at Northeastern (9/24): Recorded her first goal of the season in narrow Penn State win. at Syracuse (10/28): Scored an even-strength goal in the second period to increase the lead. at Lindenwood (11/4): Only a minute into the second period, scored to add to a dominant Nittany Lion win. Mercyhurst (2/3): Put Penn State’s first point on the board in the third period in the comeback overtime win.
2022-23 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in 36 games...Totaled one goal and seven assists on 11 shots.
at Boston College (10/14): Recorded her first collegiate goal to put the Nittany Lions ahead. Franklin Pierce (10/23): Assisted a goal late in the second period to contribute to the shutout victory.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Played for the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers of the AAA and high school hockey for Morristown-Beard...Tapped to be a captain during her senior season...Named to First Team All-State four times...Selected as the New Jersey Girls Ice Hockey Player of the Year and the New Jersey Devils Player of the Year in 2019-20...Won the 2020 Girls State Championship...Four-time New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJISAA) Prep Champion.
PERSONAL
Parents are Steven and Karen Stecker...Has two older sisters, Jill and Alison...Steve played tennis at Franklin & Marshall College...Majoring in Marketing.