Athletes

A nine-time member of the U.S. National Women's Ice Hockey Team, Cammi Granato is the leading scorer in the history of the U.S. Captain of the 2002 U.S. women's Olympic ice hockey team, Granato led the team to a silver medal at the Olympic Games and led the U.S team in goals scored. As captain of the 1998 team, she led the United States to a gold medal in Nagano, Japan, in the first-ever Olympic competition in women's ice hockey. That victory played a large role in the rise in popularity and increased visibility of women's ice hockey. Granato also captained the 1997 U.S. national team to its sixth silver medal in International Ice Hockey Federation competition at the 1997 Women's World Championship. In 1996, she earned the USA Women's Ice Hockey Player of the Year Award and completed her fourth season as a member of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey team. Granato graduated from Providence College in 1993 as the Friars' all-time leading scorer. She was also awarded the prestigious Bob Johnson Medallion as the top female hockey player. Granato led the U.S. National Women's Ice Hockey Team to the gold medal at the 1993 Olympic Festival. That same year, she was selected to the New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team and was named Player of the Year. In June 1997, Granato was invited to attend a training camp with the National Hockey League's (NHL) New York Islanders, becoming the first female position player to earn an invite to NHL training camp. In 1998, Granato was hired as an analyst for the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL to do radio broadcasts on KRLA in Los Angeles. By joining play-by-play announcer Nick Nickson, Granato became the second female NHL broadcaster. In 1999, Granato founded the Cammi Granato Golen Dreams for Children Foundation, which provides support for children with special needs. She also runs the Cammi Granato Gold Medal Hockey Camp for Girls and Women. (8/03)