Three Veterans Elected Captains
9/24/2023 3:11:00 PM | Ice Hockey
Seniors Tatum White and Rayla Clemons and graduate student Marielle McHale will wear letters for the 2023-24 Orange ice hockey team. White will serve as the team captain after being an alternate captain last season. Clemons will lead as an alternate captain for the second season in a row and McHale will wear an A in her sixth season with the program. The trio was part of Syracuse's 2022 College Hockey America (CHA) regular season and tournament championships.
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A native of Kingston, Ont., White has scored 34 points, including 12 goals and 22 assists, in 84 games at Syracuse. She is the second-leading returning scorer after tallying 14 points (five goals and nine assists) in 2022-23. The forward ranks ninth in program history in faceoff wins with 478 victories in the circle. White is a medicinal chemistry major earned 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors. She is a three-time American Hockey Coaches Association All-America Scholar and has earned College Hockey America CHA All-Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll honors every year at Syracuse.
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Clemons returns for her second season as an alternate captain. The forward has tallied 26 points, including 10 goals and 16 assists, in 83 games in her three-year Orange tenure. Clemons had a personal-best 11 points (four goals and seven assists) last season. As a sophomore, the Franklin, Mich. native finished fifth in the country in short-handed goals. A medicinal chemistry, Clemons earned CHA All-Academic Team honors in 2021 and 2022.
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In her sixth season in the Orange program, McHale will serve as an alternate captain. McHale, who redshirted the 2019-20 season due to injury, has scored 19 points (seven goals and 12 assists) in 131 games at Syracuse. A native of Clifton Park, N.Y., McHale earned her undergraduate degree in communications and rhetorical studies and is pursuing a master's degree in higher education and a Certificate of Advanced Study in intercollegiate athletic advising and support. She is a five-time CHA All-Academic Team honoree.
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A native of Kingston, Ont., White has scored 34 points, including 12 goals and 22 assists, in 84 games at Syracuse. She is the second-leading returning scorer after tallying 14 points (five goals and nine assists) in 2022-23. The forward ranks ninth in program history in faceoff wins with 478 victories in the circle. White is a medicinal chemistry major earned 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors. She is a three-time American Hockey Coaches Association All-America Scholar and has earned College Hockey America CHA All-Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll honors every year at Syracuse.
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Clemons returns for her second season as an alternate captain. The forward has tallied 26 points, including 10 goals and 16 assists, in 83 games in her three-year Orange tenure. Clemons had a personal-best 11 points (four goals and seven assists) last season. As a sophomore, the Franklin, Mich. native finished fifth in the country in short-handed goals. A medicinal chemistry, Clemons earned CHA All-Academic Team honors in 2021 and 2022.
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In her sixth season in the Orange program, McHale will serve as an alternate captain. McHale, who redshirted the 2019-20 season due to injury, has scored 19 points (seven goals and 12 assists) in 131 games at Syracuse. A native of Clifton Park, N.Y., McHale earned her undergraduate degree in communications and rhetorical studies and is pursuing a master's degree in higher education and a Certificate of Advanced Study in intercollegiate athletic advising and support. She is a five-time CHA All-Academic Team honoree.
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