Akane Hosoyamada is a junior defenseman.
Meet the Orange: Akane Hosoyamada
10/29/2012 2:03:00 PM | Ice Hockey
This season, the Orange ice hockey team will feature one student-athlete a week in attempt to Meet the Orange. This week's feature is on junior Akane Hosoyamada (Banff, Alberta). Hosoyamada notched a goal and an assist on Saturday in SU's 2-0 win at Connecticut. She has also totaled a team-high eight blocks.
Name: Akane (AK) Hosoyamada
Hometown: Banff, Alberta, Canada
Position: Defense
Number: 4
Why you chose that number: Four years to wear a Syracuse University jersey
Major: Health and Exercise Science  Â
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Why you chose that major: Interest in sports and the human body        Â
Favorite ice hockey memory: Winning the Junior Women's Hockey League Championships (2010)
Favorite movie: Shakespeare In Love
Dream job: Work with a hockey equipment company, Bauer.
Coolest place you have traveled to: Japan
Favorite food: Anything my mom makes
Why you chose Syracuse: Sport focused school with great academics
Favorite TV show: Friends
Hidden talent: I'm a ninja
Favorite place on campus: Quiet area at SCHINE student center
What sport would you play if you didn't play ice hockey: Table tennis
Who has had the biggest influence in your life: My minor hockey coach from my hometown, Dik Walmsley.
One thing you cannot live without: sweatpants
Pregame rituals: Listening to music and death-ball
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