Amanda Bäckebo

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Gagnef HC
Hometown:
Gagnef, Sweden

Senior Season (2019-20): Tallied three points on the season (1 G, 2A) … Skated in 28 of 36 games… Tied for second highest +/- on the team at +9…)… Recognized as Syracuse University Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Feb. 12 ... CHA All-Academic Team.

Junior Season (2018-19): Skated in 37 games for the Orange…Scored her first career goal against Robert Morris (3/2)…Finished the year with a career high in blocks (4)...CHA All-Academic Team... Awarded 2018-19 American Hockey Coaches Association All-American Scholar.

Sophomore Season (2017-18): Recorded her first assist of the season against No. 1 Wisconsin (10/7)...Tallied an assist vs. RIT (2/9)...Two semester member of the athletic director's honor roll ... AHCA All-America Scholar.

Freshman Season (2016-17): Made her debut in Syracuse’s first game of the season against Bemidji State on Sept. 30…Tallied an assist on Brooke Avery’s goal against Mercyhurst (11/12)…Had the second most blocks among Orange freshmen with six, including four against Lindenwood (10/29)…Had three shots in her rookie campaign ... AHCA All-America Scholar.

Before SU: Played on the Swedish U18 National Team from 2013-15 as a defenseman...Bäckebo participated in several camps, including the International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s High Performance camp held in Sheffield, Great Britain in 2013 and in Vierumaki, Finland in 2014, and the Swedish U-20 Russincamp in 2014 and 2015...Bäckebo also played in the Riksserien National League from 2011 on through high school.

Personal: Born in May of 1997 in Borlange, Sweden... Communications and Rhetorical Studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.