Mariah Keopple

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| name = Mariah Keopple

| image = Mariah Keopple 2025.jpg

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| caption = Keopple with the Montreal Victoire in 2025

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|6|27}}

| birth_place = Menomonie, Wisconsin, U.S.

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

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| league = PWHL

| team = Montreal Victoire

| former_teams =

| sex = f

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| career_start = 2018

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Mariah Maxine Keopple (born June 27, 2000) is an American professional ice hockey defenceman for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She played college ice hockey at Princeton.

Early life

Keopple was born to Aaron and Joy Keopple, and has a younger brother, Remington. She attended Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, Minnesota, where she played varsity ice hockey for four years. Hill-Murray qualified for the Minnesota State High School hockey tournament all four years with, and she won the state championship her freshman year. She served as team captain her senior year.{{cite web |url=https://goprincetontigers.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/mariah-keopple/20426 |title=Mariah Keopple |website=goprincetontigers.com |access-date=December 3, 2024}}

College career

Keopple began her collegiate career for Princeton during the 2018–19 season. During her freshman year, she recorded three goals and 11 assists in 33 games, and led the team with 51 blocked shots. Following the season she was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team.{{cite web |url=https://www.uscho.com/2019/03/07/ecac-hockey-announces-2018-19-womens-all-league-teams-all-rookie-team/ |title=ECAC Hockey announces 2018-19 women’s All-League Teams, All-Rookie Team |website=USCHO.com |date=March 7, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2024}} During the 2019–20 season in her sophomore year, she recorded five goals and 11 assists in 31 games. During the championship game of the 2020 ECAC Tournament she scored the game-winning goal in overtime to defeat Cornell and win their first conference tournament championship in program history.{{cite web |url=https://goprincetontigers.com/news/2020/3/8/womens-ice-hockey-champions-ot-goal-defeats-no-1-cornel-as-no-6-princeton-wins-first-ecac-title |title=Champions! OT Goal Defeats No. 1 Cornell as No. 6 Princeton Wins First ECAC Title |work=The Daily Princetonian |date=March 8, 2020 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/03/princeton-womens-hockey-defeats-cornell-for-first-ecac-title-in-program-history |title=Princeton women's hockey defeats Cornell for first ECAC title in program history |website=dailyprincetonian.com |date=March 8, 2020 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}

The Ivy League cancelled the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2020/11/12_Ivies-Forced-to-Cancel-Hockey.php |title=Ivies Cancel Hockey Seasons |website=collegehockeynews.com |date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=December 3, 2024}} During the 2021–22 season in her junior year, she recorded two goals and five assists in 31 games. Following the season she was named to the All-Ivy League Second Team.{{cite web |url=https://ivyleague.com/news/2022/3/3/womens-ice-hockey-all-ivy-postseason-awards-announced.aspx |title=Women's Ice Hockey All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced |website=ivyleague.com |date=March 3, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024}} During the 2022–23 season in her senior year, she recorded two goals and 13 assists in 31 games.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2023 PWHL Draft, Keopple was invited to PWHL Montreal's training camp, and signed a one-year contract with Montreal on November 21, 2023{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/mariah-keopple-wants-to-show-what-she-can-do-in-montreal |title=Mariah Keopple Wants To Show What She Can Do In Montreal |work=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=December 13, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/professional-womens-hockey-league-signings-update-nov-20-24/n-6034305 |title=Professional Women's Hockey League Signings Update Nov 20-24 |website=oursportscentral.com |date=November 25, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024}} During the 2023–24 season, she recorded three assists in 24 regular season games. On June 17, 2024, she signed a one-year contract extension with Montreal.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/montreal-re-signs-boulier-chuli-and-keopple-ahead-of-free-agency |title=Montreal Re-Signs Boulier, Chuli, and Keopple Ahead Of Free Agency |work=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=June 17, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}

Personal life

Keopple designed clothes for Royalty Sports Performance, and helped them become the official apparel partner for the PWHL. She also designs all of her own game-day outfits.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/mariah-keopple-shines-among-pwhls-most-stylish |title=Keopple Shines Among PWHL’s Most Stylish |work=The Hockey News |first=Vincenzo |last=Mercuri |date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}