Grace Zumwinkle

Zumwinkle began her collegiate career for the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the 2017–18 season. During her freshman year, she recorded 17 goals and 21 assists in 38 games to lead the team in scoring. She tied for the team lead with eight multi-point games. She was named the WCHA Rookie of the Week for the week ending December 12, 2017. She led all rookies with five points and recorded two goals and three assists in two games during the weekend.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1718/201712/dec12wpw.php |title=BSU's Mack And Joyce, And UMN's Zumwinkle Named Players of the Week, Powered By GoodWood Hockey |website=wcha.com |date=December 12, 2017 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131719/http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1718/201712/dec12wpw.php |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2017/12/12/Zumwinkle_Earns_WCHA_Weekly_Award.aspx |title=Zumwinkle Earns WCHA Weekly Award |website=gophersports.com |date=December 12, 2017 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131718/https://gophersports.com/news/2017/12/12/Zumwinkle_Earns_WCHA_Weekly_Award.aspx |url-status=live }} She was also named the WCHA Offensive Player of the Month for December 2017. In four games in December, she led all WCHA players with four goals and four assists, including one game-winning goal.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1718/201801/jan3wpw.php |title=UMN's Zumwinkle, BSU's Joyce And Langei, And UW's Campbell Named WCHA Players Of The Month, Powered By GoodWood Hockey |website=wcha.com |date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131721/http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1718/201801/jan3wpw.php |url-status=live }} Following an outstanding season, she was named to the All-WCHA First Team, WCHA All-Rookie team and WCHA Scoring Champion. She became the first freshman to be named WCHA Scoring Champion since 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1718/201802/feb23as.pdf |title=WCHA Announces 2017-18 All-League Teams |website=wcha.com |date=February 23, 2018 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131721/http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1718/201802/feb23as.pdf |url-status=live }}

During the 2018–19 season, she ranked second on the team in scoring with 41 points in 39 games and led the team with six multi-goal games. She led Minnesota and ranked second in the WCHA with 25 goals, and led the WCHA and tied for second in the nation with seven power-play goals. She also ranked second in the WCHA with 0.64 goals per game and fifth in the WCHA with 1.05 points per game. On November 30, 2018, she recorded a career-high five points with her first career hat-trick and two assists in a game against Yale.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/recaps19.php?wminyal1.n30 |title=Zumwinkle's Five Points Lead Minnesota Past Yale, 7-1 |website=wcha.com |date=November 30, 2018 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131724/http://www.wcha.com/women/recaps19.php?wminyal1.n30 |url-status=live }} She was subsequently named the WCHA Forward of the Week and NCAA Second Star of the Week for the week ending December 4, 2018. She was also named WCHA Forward of the Month for November 2018 after leading the league with seven goals and 11 points.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2018/12/umns-zumwinkle-msus-wilgren-and-levy-and-bsus-bench-named-wcha-players-of-the-week.php |title=UMN's Zumwinkle, MSU's Wilgren And Levy, And BSU's Bench Named WCHA Players Of The Week, Powered By GoodWood Hockey |website=wcha.com |date=December 4, 2018 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131723/http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2018/12/umns-zumwinkle-msus-wilgren-and-levy-and-bsus-bench-named-wcha-players-of-the-week.php |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2018/12/umns-zumwinkle-and-heise-osus-dunne-and-msus-levy-named-wcha-players-of-the-month.php |title=UMN's Zumwinkle And Heise, OSU's Dunne And MSU's Levy Named WCHA Players Of The Month, Powered By GoodWood Hockey |website=wcha.com |date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131725/http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2018/12/umns-zumwinkle-and-heise-osus-dunne-and-msus-levy-named-wcha-players-of-the-month.php |url-status=live }} She was named WCHA Forward of the Week for the week ending January 29, 2019, and she tied for the WCHA lead with four points and three goals over the weekend.{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2019/1/28/womens-ice-hockey-duo-earns-wcha-weekly-honors.aspx |title=Duo Earns WCHA Weekly Honors |website=gophersports.com |date=January 29, 2019 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131719/https://gophersports.com/news/2019/1/28/womens-ice-hockey-duo-earns-wcha-weekly-honors.aspx |url-status=live }} She was also named WCHA Forward of the Month for January 2019 after leading the league with 12 points, eight goals, three power-play goals, and four power-play points during January.{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2019/2/4/womens-ice-hockey-duo-picks-up-wcha-monthly-honors.aspx |title=Duo Picks Up WCHA Monthly Honors |website=gophersports.com |date=February 4, 2019 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131728/https://gophersports.com/news/2019/2/4/womens-ice-hockey-duo-picks-up-wcha-monthly-honors.aspx |url-status=live }}

During the 2019–20 season, she ranked second on the team with a career-high 45 points. She led the team, and ranked third in the WCHA with 25 goals, ranked second in the WCHA, and 10th in the nation with a +37 plus/minus rating. She was named WCHA Forward of the Week for the week ending October 29, 2019. She scored four of Minnesota's seven goals against Ohio State with a pair of two-goal games during the series. She also recorded her 50th career goal as a Gopher.{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2019/10/28/womens-hockey-zumwinkle-garners-wcha-weekly-honors |title=Zumwinkle Garners WCHA Weekly Honors |website=gophersports.com |date=October 29, 2019 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131717/https://gophersports.com/news/2019/10/28/womens-hockey-zumwinkle-garners-wcha-weekly-honors |url-status=live }} The following week she was again WCHA Forward of the Week for the week ending November 5, 2019, after leading Minnesota with four points on two goals and two assists during the weekend series against the top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers.{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2019/11/4/womens-hockey-wcha-honors-gophers-duo |title=WCHA Honors Gophers Duo |website=gophersports.com |date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131721/https://gophersports.com/news/2019/11/4/womens-hockey-wcha-honors-gophers-duo |url-status=live }} On November 16, 2019, she recorded her 100th career point with an assist in a game against Bemidji State. She became the 35th player in program history to reach the milestone.{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2019/11/16/womens-hockey-gophers-shut-out-beavers.aspx |title=Gophers Shut Out Beavers, 3-0 |website=gophersports.com |date=November 16, 2019 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131726/https://gophersports.com/news/2019/11/16/womens-hockey-gophers-shut-out-beavers.aspx |url-status=live }} On February 29, 2020, she recorded her second career hat-trick in a game against St. Cloud State.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/recaps20.php?wminstc1.f29 |title=Zumwinkle Hat Trick Leads Minnesota Into WCHA Semifinals After 7-3 Win Over St. Cloud State |website=wcha.com |date=February 29, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131721/http://www.wcha.com/women/recaps20.php?wminstc1.f29 |url-status=live }} She was subsequently named WCHA Forward of the Week for the week ending March 3, 2020.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2020/03/minnesotas-zumwinkle-minnesota-duluths-flaherty-and-rooney-and-bemidji-states-hunt-earn-wcha-player-of-the-week-nod.php |title=Minnesota's Zumwinkle, Minnesota Duluth's Flaherty And Rooney, And Bemidji State's Hunt Earn WCHA Player Of The Week Nod |website=wcha.com |date=March 3, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131717/http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2020/03/minnesotas-zumwinkle-minnesota-duluths-flaherty-and-rooney-and-bemidji-states-hunt-earn-wcha-player-of-the-week-nod.php |url-status=live }} Following an outstanding season, she was named to the All-WCHA Second Team.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2020/02/wcha-announces-2019-20-all-league-teams-presented-by-sterling-trophy.php |title=WCHA Announces 2019-20 All-League Teams, Presented by Sterling Trophy |website=wcha.com |date=February 27, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131718/http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2020/02/wcha-announces-2019-20-all-league-teams-presented-by-sterling-trophy.php |url-status=live }}

On July 14, 2021, she was named captain for the 2020–21 season.{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2020/7/14/womens-hockey-gophers-name-captains-for-2020-21.aspx |title=Gophers Name Captains for 2020-21 |website=gophersports.com |date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131724/https://gophersports.com/news/2020/7/14/womens-hockey-gophers-name-captains-for-2020-21.aspx |url-status=live }} During her senior year she ranked third in the WCHA and eighth in the nation with 24 points, and second the WCHA and in the nation with 17 goals. She was named WCHA Forward of the Week for the week ending December 3, 2020. During the first four games of the season, she led the team with three goals and one assist.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2020/12/minnesotas-zumwinkle-and-bench-and-minnesota-duluths-bell-and-van-wieren-earn-wcha-players-of-the-month-honors.php |title=Minnesota's Zumwinkle And Bench And Minnesota Duluth's Bell And Van Wieren Earn WCHA Players Of The Month Honors Presented By Sterling Trophy |website=wcha.com |date=December 3, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921210236/http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2020/12/minnesotas-zumwinkle-and-bench-and-minnesota-duluths-bell-and-van-wieren-earn-wcha-players-of-the-month-honors.php |url-status=live }} She was also named WCHA Forward of the Month for November 2020.{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2020/12/2/womens-hockey-bench-zumwinkle-pick-up-wcha-monthly-awards |title=Bench, Zumwinkle Pick Up WCHA Monthly Awards |website=gophersports.com |date=December 3, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131723/https://gophersports.com/news/2020/12/2/womens-hockey-bench-zumwinkle-pick-up-wcha-monthly-awards |url-status=live }} On February 19, 2021, she recorded her third career hat trick in a game against Bemidji State.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/recaps21.php?wbmjmin1.f19 |title=Zumwinkle Hat Trick Leads Minnesota Past Bemidji State, 6-1 |website=wcha.com |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131720/http://www.wcha.com/women/recaps21.php?wbmjmin1.f19 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.startribune.com/grace-zumwinkle-gets-a-hat-trick-as-no-4-gophers-rout-bemidji-state-in-women-s-hockey/600025251/ |title=Grace Zumwinkle gets a hat trick as No. 4 Gophers rout Bemidji State in women's hockey |newspaper=Star Tribune |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131720/https://www.startribune.com/grace-zumwinkle-gets-a-hat-trick-as-no-4-gophers-rout-bemidji-state-in-women-s-hockey/600025251/ |url-status=live }} She was subsequently named WCHA Forward of the Week for the week ending February 23, 2021, her ninth WCHA weekly award.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2021/02/minnesotas-zumwinkle-hengler-and-murphy-and-minnesota-states-frank-earn-wcha-player-of-the-week-honors.php |title=Minnesota's Zumwinkle, Hengler And Murphy And Minnesota State's Frank Earn WCHA Player Of The Week Honors Presented By Sterling Trophy |website=wcha.com |date=February 23, 2021 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131718/http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2021/02/minnesotas-zumwinkle-hengler-and-murphy-and-minnesota-states-frank-earn-wcha-player-of-the-week-honors.php |url-status=live }} She was also named WCHA Forward of the Month for February 2021, her fifth WCHA monthly award. She led the WCHA with 11 points, seven goals, 28 shots on goal, and a +9 rating in six games during February.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2021/03/wisconsins-bowlby-and-eden-minnesotas-zumwinkle-and-minnesota-duluths-soderberg-receive-earn-wcha-players-of-the-month-honors.php |title=Wisconsin's Grace Bowlby And Lacey Eden, Minnesota's Grace Zumwinkle And Minnesota Duluth's Emma Söderberg Earn WCHA Player Of The Month Honors Presented By Sterling Trophy |website=wcha.com |date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131722/http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2021/03/wisconsins-bowlby-and-eden-minnesotas-zumwinkle-and-minnesota-duluths-soderberg-receive-earn-wcha-players-of-the-month-honors.php |url-status=live }} Following an outstanding season she was named All-WCHA First Team, AHCA All-America Second Team, All-USCHO Second Team, and a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2021/03/wcha-announces-2020-21-all-league-teams-presented-by-sterling-trophy.php |title=WCHA Announces 2020-21 All-League Teams, Presented by Sterling Trophy |website=wcha.com |date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921195433/http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/2021/03/wcha-announces-2020-21-all-league-teams-presented-by-sterling-trophy.php |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2021/3/18/womens-hockey-zumwinkle-named-patty-kaz-top-three-finalist.aspx |title=Zumwinkle Named Patty Kaz Top-Three Finalist |website=gophersports.com |date=March 18, 2021 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131725/https://gophersports.com/news/2021/3/18/womens-hockey-zumwinkle-named-patty-kaz-top-three-finalist.aspx |url-status=live }}

On September 18, 2023, Zumwinkle was drafted in the third round, 13th overall, by PWHL Minnesota in the 2023 PWHL Draft.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/minnesota-picks-another-minnesota-product-grabbing-grace-zumwinkle |title=Minnesota Picks Another Minnesota Product Grabbing Grace Zumwinkle |publisher=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=September 18, 2023 |access-date=September 18, 2023}} In Minnesota's first home game, on January 6, 2024, Zumwinkle scored the PWHL's first ever hat-trick and was subsequently named the league's inaugural first star of the week.{{Cite web |last= |date=January 8, 2024 |title=Zumwinkle Headlines Inaugural PWHL 3 Stars of the Week |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/zumwinkle-headlines-inaugural-pwhl-3-stars-of-the-week |access-date=January 8, 2024 |website=thepwhl.com |language=en-CA}} During the 2023–24 season, she recorded 11 goals and eight assists in 24 regular season games and one goal in ten playoff games to help Minnesota win the inaugural Walter Cup.{{cite news |url=https://www.startribune.com/pwhl-minnesota-wins-walter-cup-championship-title-boston-womens-hockey/600369584/ |title=PWHL Minnesota lifts Walter Cup as league's first champion with Game 5 win over Boston |newspaper=Star Tribune |first=Rachel |last=Blount |date=May 29, 2024 |access-date=June 9, 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5521052/2024/05/29/pwhl-minnesota-walter-cup-championship/ |title=PWHL Minnesota wins first-ever Walter Cup championship |work=The Athletic |first=Hailey |last=Salvian |date=May 29, 2024 |access-date=June 9, 2024}} Following the season she was named PWHL Rookie of the Year.{{cite web |url=https://www.startribune.com/grace-zumwinkle-pwhl-rookie-of-the-year-minnesota-gophers/600372817/ |title=Former Gophers star Grace Zumwinkle named PWHL rookie of the year |newspaper=Star Tribune |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 11, 2024}}

Zumwinkle represented the United States at the 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships, where she won gold.{{cite web |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2017/6/28/Meet_the_Newcomers_Grace_Zumwinkle.aspx |title=Meet the Newcomers: Grace Zumwinkle |website=gophersports.com |date=June 28, 2017 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825131722/https://gophersports.com/news/2017/6/28/Meet_the_Newcomers_Grace_Zumwinkle.aspx |url-status=live }}

On January 2, 2022, Zumwinkle was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |title=U.S. women with 13 returnees |date=January 2, 2022 |access-date=January 2, 2022 |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044818/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |url-status=live }}

Zumwinkle was born to Mike and Lori Zumwinkle. Her father played college football at St. John's University from 1982 to 1986, and her mother played tennis for College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University from 1983 to 1987.{{cite web |url=https://goterriers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=12379 |title=Grace Zumwinkle Bio |website=gophersports.com |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401133557/https://goterriers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=12379 |url-status=live }}

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