Abby Niewchas

Class:
Senior
Position:
Defense
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Cochrane, Alberta
High School:
Edge School for Athletes

2018-19: Played in all 29 games dressing as a captain while recording one goal and seven assists for eight points at defense ... Ranked second on the team in blocked shots with 66 ... Recorded an assist in two upset wins over Colgate (Nov. 2) and Cornell (Nov. 3) ... Registered an assist on the game-tying goal at Union on Nov. 10 ... Also added helpers versus Holy Cross (Oct. 19), Boston University (Nov. 27), Dartmouth (Feb. 1) and Cornell (Feb. 15) ... Scored the game-tying goal against Harvard on Feb. 22.

2017-18: Appeared in 27 games as an assistant captain, totaling five points on one goal and four assists from the blueline ... Finished the season with an assist in back-to-back games against Quinnipiac (Feb. 16) and Princeton (Feb. 17) ... Also tallied an assist at Harvard (Nov. 10) and versus Dartmouth (Jan. 26) ... Scored a goal against No. 7/7 St. Lawrence on Nov. 3 ... Ranked fourth on the team in blocked shots with 42 on the year.

2016-17: Appeared in 28 games on the season, contributing six points on one goal and five assists ... Recorded a goal versus Sacred Heart on Oct. 21 ... Tallied assists against Sacred Heart (Oct. 22), Providence (Nov. 26), No. 9/9 Princeton (Feb. 4), Dartmouth (Feb. 17) and Harvard (Feb. 18) ... Assisted the game-winning goal in a 3-1 victory at Harvard on Feb. 18 ... Blocked a team-high 51 shots ... Represented Brown as the team’s Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year Award winner from the ECAC.

2015-16: Appeared in 27 games … Finished the season with six points on one goal and five assists … Recorded 43 shots on the season … Tallied one multi-point game … Ranked second on the team in blocked shots with 50.

Before Brown: Played for the Notre Dame Hounds from 2012-15 and for the Edge Mountaineers in 2014-15 … Played for head coach Carla MacLeod … Helped her team finish in third place in the JWHL in both 2013-14 and 2014-15 … Competed with Alberta’s U18 team at the 2015 Canada Winter Games … Tallied nine points on four goals and five assists over 23 games for Edge in 2014-15 … Earned Academic Honor Roll honors from 2012-14 and a Mountaineer Award in 2014-15.

Personal: Abby is the daughter of Lori June King and Wally Niewchas … Has two siblings, Mac and Olivia … Born on July 30, 1997 … Concentrating in Health and Human Biology.

Niewchas' Career Highs
Goals: 1 (4x - last 2/22/19 - Harvard)
Assists: 2 (1/22/16 - RPI)
Points: 2 (1/22/16 - RPI)