Caitlin Cahow (born May 20, 1985 in New Haven, CT, grew up in Short Beach

Short Beach

Short Beach is a beach neighborhood situated in Branford, Connecticut and a small part of East Haven, Connecticut. It is the westernmost of Branford's seven neighborhoods, the others being: The Hill, The Center, Pine Orchard, Stony Creek, Indian Neck, and Brushy Hill. Short Beach's population is...

, CT and now spends much of her time in Vinalhaven, Maine

Vinalhaven, Maine

Vinalhaven is a town located in the Fox Islands in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,235 at the 2000 census. It is home to a thriving lobster fishery and hosts a summer colony...

) is an American ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player. She attended the Foote School

Foote School

The Foote School is a private K-9 co-ed day school founded in 1916, located in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, United States near Yale University.- History :...

, where she graduated in 2000 and then attended the Hotchkiss School

Hotchkiss School

The Hotchkiss School is an independent, coeducational American college preparatory boarding school located in Lakeville, Connecticut. Founded in 1891, the school enrolls students in grades 9 through 12 and a small number of postgraduates...

 where she graduated in 2003 after playing soccer, field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse. She is also a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

While Cahow’s mother was a professor at Yale University, her first exposure to the ice rink was through figure skating. After one figure skating practice, she saw hockey players take to the ice and noticed that the players had ponytails. From there, Cahow gave up figure skating and attended a kids hockey clinic. Most of the students at the clinic were boys. Cahow’s mother forced her to play her first year in hockey by wearing figure skates.

USA Hockey

She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

. She plays defense and is left-handed. Before the Olympics, Cahow Captained the United States Under-22 Select Team in 2006 after the USA Hockey National Women's Festival in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Awards and honors

• 2006-07 ECAC Coaches Preseason All-League Selection
• 2008 ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player,
• First Team All-Ivy League, 2007–08, Defenseman, Harvard (Senior), Unanimous selection
• 2008 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award)
• Media All-Star team, 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship

Personal

Cahow was named after figure skater Caitlin Carruthers, who won a silver medal for pairs skating with her brother, Peter Carruthers, at the 1984 Olympics. Cahow's mother, Barbara Kinder was a professor of surgery at Yale University. One of Cahow's heroes was Manon Rheaume. The two got the opportunity to play together for the Minnesota Whitecaps.

Cahow’s father, Elton, was a surgeon and he died of cancer when she was only 11 years old. Cahow graduated from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 in 2008 with a degree in anthropology

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...

. Cahow also studied the French language at Harvard and used it for an interview with French-Canadian media. As a student at Harvard, Cahow met Boston Lobsters tennis player Nicole Pratt

Nicole Pratt

Nicole Pratt is a retired professional female tennis player from Australia.She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior player. She attended school in Calen and received a tennis scholarship to the Australian...

. Cahow and Pratt developed a hockey-tennis dry-land workout which helped Pratt make a comeback at the French Open tennis tournament.

External links

• Caitlin Cahow's U.S. Olympic Team bio
• http://www.gocrimson.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&SPID=4044
• http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=70862&SPID=4044&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=523177