Women's Hockey | 12/19/2018 11:20:00 AM

ROCHESTER, NY – Senior forward Kendall Cornine (Kinnelon, NJ/Morristown Beard) of the RIT women's hockey team was selected sixth overall in the 2018 National Women's Hockey League Draft by the Metropolitan Riveters on Wednesday. She is the first Tiger to be selected in the NWHL draft.
 
Cornine, who was the first pick of the second round, is enjoying a strong senior season for the Tigers, with team-leading totals of eight goals and 13 points through 19 games. She has four multiple-point games on the season and leads RIT with 86 shots on goal. Cornine was named College Hockey America's Player of the Week on Oct. 8.
 
"I'm extremely excited to have been selected by the Metropolitan Riveters to further my playing career in the NWHL," said Cornine. "I'm very thankful for my past and current coaches and teammates for helping me get to this point. I'm grateful for the opportunity and look forward to the future."
 
A two-year captain, Cornine has played in 124 career games for the Tigers and is RIT's all-time leading scorer at the Division I level with 35 goals and 58 points. She has nine power-play goals, five game-winning tallies and a shorthanded goal. Cornine, an exercise science major in the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition is a four-time CHA Player of the Week selection.
 
"We are excited for Kendall to have the opportunity to extend her playing career and represent RIT in the NWHL," said Bruce B. Bates Women's Hockey Coach Chad Davis. "She brings a passion and drive which will help her succeed at the next level. On the ice, Kendall has great puck possession skills, ability to create plays in small areas and is a threat to score on every shift."
 
RIT returns to action on Jan. 4-5, 2019 with two games at Brown University.