Women’s Hockey Announces Highly Touted Incoming Recruiting Class

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women’s ice hockey will officially welcome seven new faces to the program next season as a part of its highly touted recruiting class. The strong class, made up of three forwards, three defenders and one goaltender, gives the Crimson balance across the ice and will help the team continue to develop under the Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey, Laura Bellamy.
 
This exciting group of incoming student-athletes will join the Harvard class of 2029 when it arrives on campus this Fall and will look to make an immediate impact when they join the program for the upcoming 2025-26 season. Learn more about each of the seven new players who pull on the Crimson and White below.
 

Emi Biotti

Defense | Cambridge, Mass. | Buckingham, Browne and Nichols | East Coast Wizards
Before Harvard

• Skated at the 2025 IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship.
• Represented Team USA in the Under-18 Series vs. Canada in 2024.
• Helped lead BB&N to its first ISL Championship since 1991 in her senior season.
• 2023-24 ISL League All-Star Selection.

Bella Finnegan

Defense | Orono, Minn. | Minnetonka High School | Elite League
Before Harvard

• Earned a spot on the All-State Tournament Team in 2023-24 season.
• Named Second Team All-Metro in 2024.
• Two-time All-Conference selection in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.
• Named to the All-State team in Minnesota after the 2024-2025 season.
• Ms. Hockey honorable mention selction after the 2024-25 season.
• Helped lead Minnetonka to three consecutive State Tournament appearance in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
• Recorded 90 points with 36 goals and 54 assists in her high school career.

Morgan McGathey

Forward | Braintree, Mass. | Thayer Academy | East Coast Wizards
Before Harvard

• Member of the IIHF USA U-18 Member of Gold Medal Team in Switzerland in 2024.
• Played on the USA U-18 Team in the series vs. Canada in 2023.
• Recipient of Prestigious Boston Bruins John Carlton Memorial Trophy in 2025.
• Two-time ISL League MVP in 2024 and 2025.
• Four-time ISL All League First Team selection (2022-2025)
• Three Time All- NEPSAC First Team Selection (2023-2025)
• Thayer Team MVP- 2021 in all four years of varsity hockey.
• Holds Thayer Academy Record for Most Points (169) and Goals (116)

Carla McSweeney

Forward | Chicago, Ill. | The Latin School of Chicago | Chicago Mission Hockey
Before Harvard

• USA Hockey National Development Camps attendee from 2021-2024.
• Attended the USA Hockey Women’s National Festival in 2023
• Member of the USA Hockey U-18 Select Team in 2023
• Named All-State in Illinois during all four years of high school 
• Awarded the Illinois Girls High School Ice Hockey Player of the Year for the 2024-25 season.
• Named the World Selects Invitational MVP in 2019.

Alex Paulsen

Defense | Orono, Minn. | Orono High School | Elite League
Before Harvard

• Recorded 131 points in five seasons with the Orono varsity hockey team.
• Named a team captain in her junior and senior seasons at Orono.
• Helped lead Orono to the State Tournament in her first-year season.
• Selected to the All-State team after her senior season in 2024-25.

Elle Sproule

Forward | Old Greenwich, Conn. | Shattuck St. Mary’s
Before Harvard

• Member of a National Championship winning U19 Girls Hockey team in 2024.
• Minnesota State Champion for the U19 Shattuck Girls Prep team in 2024 and 2025.
• U18 Girls National USA Hockey camp selectee in 2023 and 2024.
• Scored 63 goals and notched 126 points in three seasons at Shattuck.
• Uncle Doug Sproule played hockey at Harvard and graduated in 1998.

Izzy Whynot

Goaltender | Newmarket, Ontario | Sir William Mulock Secondary | Central York Panthers
Before Harvard

• Posted 12 shutouts and 31 wins in two seasons as a starter.  
• Recorded a 1.51 goals against average (GAA) and a .937 save percentage to lead her team to the playoffs in her senior season.
• Played club hockey with the Central York Panthers (2017-2025) and the Newmarket Renegades (2012-2017).
• Also lettered in flag football and badminton in high school.