Saint Anselm College

ACCOLADES

2023-24: Saint Anselm Fall Dean's List...NEWHA All-Academic Team

2021-22: New England Women’s Hockey Alliance Rookie of the Week (Feb. 1).

AT SAINT ANSELM

2024-25: The senior forward skated in 37 games for the Hawks... Tallied 16 goals and 4 assists for 20 total points on the season... Won 53% of face-offs taken snapping back 128 of 241 draws... Recorded a season high 4 points on 2 goals and 2 assists in a 5-0 win against Saint Michaels (10/18). 

2023-24: Skated in all 37 games for the Hawks during her junior season...Donovan earned 19 points coming from 13 goals and six assists, all marking new career-highs...Produced 104 shot attempts, the fourth most on the team, for a .125 shooting percentage which ranked second best on the squad...Posted a plus-two on-ice rating and was credited with 10 blocks on the year...Won 158-of-274 faceoffs including a season-high 13 faceoff wins at Sacred Heart on Jan. 13...Tallied a pair of power-play goals and game-winners along with her first career short-handed goal on Feb. 10 at Saint Michael's...Netted her first collegiate hat trick as a Hawk on Dec. 1 against Saint Michael's.  

2022-23: Donovan skated in 30 games for Saint Anselm in her sophomore season...She netted four goals and a career-high five assists for nine points...Ripped a total of 32 shots and ended the year with a plus-one on-ice rating...Earned two power-play goals along with one game-winning goal...Called for only two minor penalties and tallied nine blocks...Donovan tabbed two assists on Oct. 28 at Sacred Heart to help lift the Hawks to a 5-3 victory...On Nov. 1 at Post University, she notched a goal and an assist in the 4-0 win for her second multi-point of the season...Helped the Hawks to their fifth consecutive NEWHA Championship game appearance.

2021-22: Skated in 28 games as a freshman for the Hawks…Netted four goals and assisted on four others for eight points…Concluded the season with a plus-three on-ice rating and fired 65 shots…Credited with one power play goal and two game-winning goals…Whistled for just two minor penalties…Made her collegiate debut against Maine on Oct. 2…Scored the lone goal in the Hawks win over Franklin Pierce on Oct. 29, marking the first of her collegiate career…Netted a goal and assist against Post on Nov. 12…Had a pair of assists at Franklin Pierce on Jan. 28…Attempted a season-high five shots in each game of the weekend series with Post on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13…Helped the Hawks to an average of 2.22 goals per game which was fourth in the NEWHA…Aided the Hawks to their fourth consecutive NEWHA Championship game appearance.

BEFORE SAINT ANSELM: Graduate of Nichols High School…Played hockey at Bishop Kearney Selects Academy ... Three-time state champion and two-time national runner-up... Won the Coach Award in 2015 Can/Am Camp... 2x First Team All-Catholic Conference in lacrosse... Four-time honor roll honoree…Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Brian and Donna…Sister of Bryan, Gavin, and Courtney…Sister was a member of Division I rowing team at the University of Buffalo... Brother Bryan attends the University of Tennessee... Brother Gavin is three-sport athlete... Majoring in Communications... Enjoys playing lacrosse, swimming, and hanging out with friends.