The Clarkson University Women's Hockey team’s leader as the Golden Knights’ captain, Katelyn Ptolemy provides a veteran presence on the blueline. A mainstay on the Clarkson defense since her freshman campaign, Ptolemy has been a key reason the Knights’ have boasted one of the top team defenses in the country throughout her four years. She entered her senior campaign having skated in 111 career games along with logging ample time with Canada’s national team program.  Ptolemy is also a strong student having been named to ECAC Hockey’s All-Academic team in each of her first three seasons at Clarkson. Ptolemy helped to lead the Green and Gold to a very productive 2011 portion of the schedule. The Knights enter the New Year with a 12-4-4 overall record and a second-place 6-3-1 ECAC Hockey mark.

KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS

Name: Katelyn Ptolemy
 

Hometown: Dinsmore Saskatchewan

Clarkson Major: Biology Pre-Physical Therapy

Why Clarkson?
The incredible hockey atmosphere and small-town feeling.

What made you choose to play hockey and when did you start playing?
I started playing hockey when I was 7.  All my friends were playing hockey with the boys and I didn’t want to be the only girl in my class who wasn’t.

What’s the best part of playing?
When you feel on top of the world after a hard fought victory, but are too tired and sore to move.

Most Memorable Clarkson Hockey moment?
Making it to NCAAs.

Funniest person on your team?  
Brittany Styner…

Person who had the biggest influence on your life?
Carlee Eusepi.

The most famous person you have met is?
Vincent Lecavalier.

Person in history you most like to meet?
Cleopatra.  She was married to King Ptolemy.. who knew, I’m royalty!

 
On what people would be surprised to know about you?
I’m a fish in the water

What’s the one thing you can’t live without?
Sweatpants.

Its 2020 – where are you and what are you doing?
Working in the real world and taking vacas to Cancun.

Favorite Food: A good steak!
Favorite Movie: 8 Seconds
Favorite TV Show: How I Met Your Mother
Favorite Book: ALL the Harry Potter books
Favorite Musician: Mix of everything, but really into the oldies lately!
Favorite Athlete: Secretariat (yes, he’s a horse) Human choice- Bobby Orr
Fantasy Job: A dolphin trainer

Post a question for our next Knight?
If you could play one sport professionally, other than hockey, what would it be?

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