Kelsey Koelzer
Kelsey Koelzer (born June 16, 1995) is an American ice hockey defender, currently serving as head coach of the Arcadia University women's ice hockey program, the first black female head coach in NCAA ice hockey history, as well as the Advisor to the Commissioner on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the NWHL. She was drafted 1st overall by the Metropolitan Riveters in the 2016 NWHL Draft, the first black player to be the first overall pick in a professional North American hockey league draft. She played two seasons in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) with the Riveters before joining the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) in 2019. Playing career Across 128 NCAA Division I games with the Princeton Tigers, Koelzer scored 100 points and was a Patty Kazmaier Award finalist in 2016 and 2017. She was named ECAC Hockey Best Defender of the Year in 2016. She was the first-ever Princeton's women's hockey first team All-American. The New York Riveters selected her 1st overall in the 2016 NWHL Draft, the first black player to be the first overall pick in a professional North American hockey league draft. She signed her first professional contract at the end of the