Women’s ACHA Division 1 Hockey Announce Captains for 2025-26 Campaign; Tyla Turnbull to Lead the Charge

ADRIAN, Mich. — The Adrian College Women’s ACHA Division 1 hockey team announced its Team Captains for the upcoming 2025-2026 season, naming five Bulldogs to wear letters, including Tyla Turnbull, who will lead the way as Captain.

Head Coach, Brendan Ramboer, announced his team’s leadership group on Friday, naming Senior Forward, Tyla Turnbull as Team Captain, along with her four assistants in Hailey Wiltshire, Ashlynn Stitt, Genessie Williams, and Chloe Gregory.

Turnbull, a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, enters her Senior season in the Fall of 2025. Over her first three campaigns, the winger has produced 26 goals and 50 assists for 76 points over 113 games played. Turnbull was also an instrumental piece to the puzzle in bringing a national championship victory to the Bulldogs back in 2024 and has been a key contributor to the team’s special teams units in each of her three seasons to date.

Stitt returns to the Bulldogs for her Senior season in 2025 and will wear a letter for the first time. The Calgary, Alberta, Canada native has tallied 39 goals and 54 assists, equaling 93 points in 109 games played for the Bulldogs up front on the wing. Stitt was named an ACHA All-American First Team and a CCWHA All-Conference First Team honoree after her first season in 2023. She was also selected to the ACHA All-Rookie and CCWHA All-Rookie Teams as a freshman.

Wiltshire, a fellow Calgary, Alberta native enters her Fifth-Year season this coming Fall and her fourth with the Bulldogs, after transferring from Johnson & Wales (NCAA DIII) in 2022. The speedy forward has been one of Adrian’s top scorers since coming over from the NCAA, registering 47 goals in 113 games to date. Wiltshire has also added 57 helpers for a total of 104 points during that span, not to mention a whopping 17 power-play goals over three seasons.

Williams transferred to the Bulldogs prior to the 2024-25 season from Indiana Tech (ACHA D1) and made an immediate impact with the team, leading the squad in goals with 17 in 40 games played last season. Over her ACHA career, the Stavely, Alberta, Canada native has produced 45 goals, 38 assists, and 83 points in 105 total games. She’ll be relied on as one of the team’s key producers again next season as a Senior.

Gregory rounds out the group as the only Junior within the leadership group, wearing a letter for the first time in her career. The Cambridge, Ontario, Canada native has appeared in 39 games over her first two seasons, collecting 7 markers and 10 assists for 17 points up front.

“We’ll have a well-rounded, diverse group of leaders and leadership styles in the upcoming season,” stated Ramboer. “I look forward to watching this group step up to continue the tradition of success that this program has established over the past several seasons.”

The Adrian College Women’s ACHA Division 1 hockey team advanced to the ACHA national semifinal but fell short of a national title appearance this past season. The team will return to the ice in September.