Colgate University Athletics

Senior Year (2009-10): Played in 35 games … recorded three assists … had an assist on the game-winning goal against Syracuse on Nov. 24 … finished third on the team in penalty minutes with 40 … had 10 blocks … took 18 shots … recorded a plus/minus of -4.

Junior Year (2008-09): Saw action in all 36 games … Recorded two points (one goal, one assist) … Finished with 34 penalty minutes … Tallied the game winning a goal in a 3-1win over Princeton on Nov. 8 … Recorded an assist in the 4-3 win over Syracuse on Oct. 1.

Sophomore Year (2007-08): Saw action in 33 games … scored two goals … finished with 22 penalty minutes … tallied a goal in a 5-5 draw with Providence on Oct. 19 … notched a power-play goal in a loss to Princeton on Nov. 30 … earned a place on the ECAC Hockey all-academic team.

Freshman Year (2006-07): Skated in 32 games … had two goals and two assists for four points … had a +3 rating … Colgate was 4-0 when McDonald had a point … recorded her first collegiate point on Jan. 25 when she assisted on classmate Beth Rotenberg’s goal against Wayne State … assisted on Tara French’s goal against Cornell on Jan. 12, a 6-0 Raider win … scored the game-winning goal against Rensselaer on Jan. 26, a 3-0 shutout … collected a goal in Colgate’s 9-0 shutout of Union on Jan. 27 ... named to the ECACHL all-academic team.

Before Colgate: Spent the past three seasons with the Bowriver Bruins of the Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League ... in 26 games she totaled seven goals and seven assists as a defenseman ... as an assistant captain she helped guide her team to a third-place finish in the league ... named the MVP during a game in the MAC Tournament ... was a member of the U18 Team Alberta squad in November 2005 ... a 2006 graduate of Central Memorial High School.

Personal: Full name is Nicole Marie McDonald ... parents are Ian and Karen McDonald of Calgary, Alberta ... has one brother and one sister ... born in Calgary, Alberta ... major is geology.