Erika Lawler is a member of the 2009–10 United States national women's ice hockey team which participated in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Lawler played prep hockey at Cushing Academy where she won the Betty Davis Award as the top athlete in her class three times. She then played collegiately for the Wisconsin Badgers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and won three NCAA titles (2006, 2007 and 2009). Erika is frequently referred to by many as The Greatest One or the Wayne Gretzky of Women's Hockey. Erika was also the shortest athlete competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Wisconsin Badgers

Won 3 NCAA titles in Four Seasons

Played in 163 career games, the most in school history

Ranks 7th for career Goals with 55

Ranked 2nd in career Assists with 119 and 2nd for most assists in a season with 44

Ranks 3rd all time in Points at UW with 174 and 4th in season points with 64

Holds UW Record for most assists in a Period and most assists in a single game

In 28 post season games played compiled 14 goals and 18 assists for 32 points most in history

Academic All WCHA Honors

Captioned the Badgers as a Senior

(2008–09):
Captained the Badgers to the 2009 NCAA National Championship

Led the NCAA with 44 assists

Named Beyond the Dashers National Player of the Year

Earned All-WCHA Second Team honors

Top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.

Lawler received the Badger Award for being the most inspiring player on her UW team

Played in 40 of 41 games

(2007–08):
Helped the Badgers to the NCAA title game

Led the team with 28 assists and ranked third with 40 points

tied for third on the team in points (38) and sixth in goals (11)

Ranked fourth in the WCHA with 21 assists in conference games

Her 27 assists tied her for 11th in the country

Tied for the team-lead with four multi-assist games

Ranks fourth on the team with 10 multi-point games

Played in all 41 games

Lawler received the Badger Award for being the most inspiring player on her UW team

All-WCHA Second Team honoree

(2006–07):
Helped lead the team to the NCAA National Championship for the second consecutive year

Led all UW sophomores with 38 points

Third on the team with 13 multi-point games

Recorded seven multi-assist games and one multi-goal game

Tied for 14th in the nation with 28 assists

Played in all 41 games

All-WCHA Third Team selection

(2005–06):
Sixth in team scoring with 13 Goals, 19 Assists and 32 Points

15th Badger ever to have more than 30 points in a season

Played in all 41 games

Helped the Badgers win the NCAA title

Season	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	PPG
2005-06	41	13	19	32	1
2006-07 2006–07 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season The Badgers were led by Mark Johnson, who was in his fifth season with the Badgers. The club had a 31-1-4 overall record, and a 23-1-4 conference record. The Badgers won their second straight WCHA regular season title and NCAA title.-Regular season:...	41	10	28	38	1
2007-08	41	12	28	40	3
2008-09 2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season The 2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team was the Badgers' 9th season. Led by head coach Mark Johnson, the Badgers went 21-2-5 in the WCHA.-Regular season:...	40	20	44	64	7

USA Hockey

Three-time member of the United States Women’s National Team for the
International Ice Hockey Federation World Women’s Championship (gold-2008-09, silver-
2007) … Four-time member of the United States Women’s Select Team for the Four Nations Cup
(1st-2008, 2nd-2006-07, 2009) … Member of the United States Women’s National Team in 2009-
10 (Qwest Tour) … Three-time member of the United States Women’s Under-22 Select Team for the
Under-22 Series with Canada (2006–08). Cocaptained the team in 2008 … Four-time USA
Hockey Women’s National Festival participant (2006–09) … Four-time USA Hockey Player
Development Camp attendee (2002–05).

2010 Olympic team

Received Silver Medal in the XXI 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Erika and the USA Women's Hockey Team lost 2-0 against Canada on February 25, 2010.

External links

• On the Ellen DeGeneres Show