Anne Kathryn Schleper (born January 30, 1990) is an American women's

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player for the

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of the

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. She played college hockey for the

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program and made her debut for the

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at the

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. She was born in

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Playing career

From April 4 to 12, 2011, she was one of 30 players that took part in a selection / training camp. She was named to the final roster that participated at the

Awards and honors

* WCHA co-Offensive Players of the Week (Week of October 27, 2010) * 2010–11 WCHA First Team * 2010–11 WCHA All-Academic Team * 2011 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award * 2012 Big Ten Medal of Honor

Personal life

Schleper is a

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. Schleper has spoken about her faith saying, "Any time you get in the athletic environment, it’s challenging as a Christian. It’s easy to have an ‘it’s about me’ attitude. That's why it's important to be around other Christians who can lift you up and pray for you. It's good to stay connected, and that's where I’ve seen those

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studies at camps be so huge.

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is opening the eyes of teammates who I would never have thought would come. He's building it into something bigger and better." On January 27, 2017, Schleper married MLB outfielder

Denard Span Keiunta Denard Span (born February 27, 1984) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays and Seattle Mar ...

. They welcomed their first child, son DJ, in October 2017.

References

1990 births American women's ice hockey defensemen Buffalo Beauts players Ice hockey players from Minnesota Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey players Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Sportspeople from St. Cloud, Minnesota {{US-icehockey-bio-stub