Career: Finished her RIT career as the university’s leader with 129 games played … her 136 points are fourth most at RIT … fourth with 82 assists and seventh with 54 goals … second at RIT with 24 power-play goals and tied for fifth with 11 game-winning tallies … set a RIT record with 24 points on 11 goals and 13 assists in 17 postseason games ... had a 17-game point-scoring streak that spanned the final six games of 2010-11 and the first 11 games of the 2011-12 season … had 36 points (17-19-36) during that stretch..
2013-14: Finished tied for fourth on the team in scoring with 24 points on 10 goals and 14 assists in 37 games … was among the team leaders with four power-play goals … named to the College Hockey America Championship All-Tournament Team … scored the game-clinching goal and added an assist in RIT’s 4-1 win over Robert Morris in the CHA Semifinal … scored a shorthanded goal in the regular season finale, a 2-1 win over Syracuse … celebrated senior night the evening before with a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win over the Orange … scored a pair of goals in a 6-0 win over Vermont during Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend … had seven points (3-4-7) during a five-game point-scoring streak, Feb. 21 to March 7 … dished out a pair of assists in a 3-2 loss to nationally-ranked Mercyhurst … led the team by winning 344 face-offs (344-for-665) … played in her 100th career game against Brown University … recorded four points (1-3-4) in four postseason games … tallied 12 points on four goals and eight assists in 19 CHA contests … fired 89 shots on goal … blocked 48 shots, including a career-best five in the CHA Championship against Mercyhurst … Tigers were 12-7-1 when she recorded a point. STATS
2012-13: Tied for second on the squad with 24 points on nine goals and 15 assists, while playing in 33 games … 15 assists were tied for second, nine goals tied for third … joined RIT’s 100-point club with an assist on Kim Schlattman’s second period power-play goal in a 2-1 win over Robert Morris on Jan. 4 … tied a career-high with six points on three goals and three assists and was plus-4 in an 11-0 victory over Sacred Heart … named the College Hockey America Player of the Week, Jan. 21 … RIT Female Athlete of the Week, Jan. 21 … had back-to-back two point games in a weekend sweep over Penn State … recorded four assists in a weekend sweep at Sacred Heart … had a four-game point-scoring streak, Dec. 9 to Jan. 4 … recorded six multiple-point contests … added four power-play tallies and seven assists with the man-advantage … had nine points on three goals and six assists in 18 CHA games … second on the team with 193 face-off wins … won 51.2 percent of her draws taken … fired 71 shots on goal … Tigers were 9-2-2 when she recorded a point. 2012-13 STATS
2011-12: Named to NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team … earned CCM/Old Time Hockey Second Team All-American honors … named to the ECAC West Championship All-Tournament Team … garnered All-ECAC West first team honors … named to the Norwich ECAC East/West Challenge All-Tournament Team … led RIT in scoring and fifth nationally with 45 points on 20 goals and 25 assists … her 45 points are tied for the seventh most in one season at RIT … set a RIT single-season record and led all of Division III with 11 power-play goals … … scored six game-winning goals which is tied for the second most in one season at RIT … tied for fifth nationally in that category … tallied a season-high four points on a goal and three assists and was plus-3 in the NCAA Championship, a 4-1 win over Norwich … assisted on Celeste Brown’s game-winner 1:23 into the third period that snapped a 1-1 tie, then scored with 11:21 left to give RIT a 3-1 lead in that contest … scored the game-winning power-play goal that snapped a 1-1 tie with one second left in the second period, lifting RIT to a 2-1 win over Plattsburgh in the ECAC West Championship … opened the season with 22 points (9-13-22) over an 11-game point scoring streak … had a goal and two assists in each game of a weekend sweep over Utica … opened the year with two goals and an assist in a 6-3 win over No. 8 Manhattanville … tallied 13 points (8-5-13) over a nine-game point-scoring streak, Feb. 3 to March 10 … scored game-winning goals in wins over Utica, Potsdam (twice), Adrian, Cortland, and Plattsburgh … had 22 power-play points (11-11-22) … recorded 29 points (12-17-29) in 18 ECAC West games … third in the conference with 29 points … led the conference with eight power-play goals … had three goals and five assists in five postseason games … recorded a point in 25 different games … had 13 multiple-point outings … Tigers were 24-0-1 when she recorded at least a point … named to the ECAC West All-Academic Team. Click HERE for 2011-12 Stats
2010-11: Finished third overall nationally and first among all-first year players in scoring with 43 points (15-28-43) … set a NCAA Championship record with 10 points (5-5-10) in one tournament … set NCAA Championship single game records with her first collegiate hat-trick and six points in RIT’s 10-1 win over Adrian in the National Quarterfinal … scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in RIT’s 5-2 win over Middlebury in the NCAA National Semifinal … added a goal and an assist in the National Championship against Norwich … named the ECAC West Championship Most Valuable Player and was named to the All-Tournament Team … scored the game-winning power-play goal with 2:26 left in regulation, lifting RIT to its first ECAC West Championship, 2-1 over Plattsburgh … scored the game-winner against Utica in the ECAC West semifinal the day before … earned ECAC West All-Rookie Team honors … named the RIT Female Athlete of the Week, March 7 … second nationally with 28 assists … ended the season with a six-game goal and point-scoring streak, with eight goals and six assists during that span … opened the season with eight points (1-7-8) over her first four games … recorded her first collegiate assists in a 3-1 win over Norwich … scored her first collegiate goal the day in a win over New England College … tied season-highs of three assists wins over Cortland and two-time defending National Champion Amherst … tied for sixth in one season at RIT with 28 assists and eighth with 43 points … led RIT with five game-winning goals … second with five power-play goals … tied for second on the squad with a plus-28 rating … tallied 13 multiple-point games … Tigers were 22-1-0 when she recorded a point.
Before RIT: Played for the LA Selects … named MVP at the 2009 District Championships … helped lead squad to the 2009 Manon Rheaume Tournament … teammate of former Tigers Ariane Yokoyama and Laura Chamberlain … also played varsity field hockey, roller hockey, and badminton at Marina High School.
Personal: Motion picture science major … attended Marina High School ... born Nov. 7, 1991, in Anaheim, Calif. … daughter of Natalie and Bruce Kunichika ... has two brothers, Kasey and Cannon, and one sister, Casidhe ... sister Casidhe played for the RIT women's hockey team in 2012-13 ... favorite TV shows are "Suits" and "Criminal Minds" … Favorite movies are "The Lion King" and "The Lion King 2" … favorite actress is Meryl Streep … song that gets her ready for game time is "Hall of Fame" by The Script … concerts she would like to attend are Maroon 5 and Avicii … favorite place to shop is Wegmans … favorite NHL team is the Los Angeles Kings … favorite athlete is Rocco Grimaldi … best personal moment in hockey was winning the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Hockey National Championship … two TV stations she cannot live without are the Food Network and ESPN … celebrity crush is Ryan Reynolds ... vacation spot she would most like to visit is London, England … historic figure she would most like to meet is Jesus … in ten years she would like to be a film editor or producer … dream job is being a food tasting judge … four people (dead or alive) she would like to invite to dinner are Jesus, Ryan Reynolds, Albert Einstein, and Superman.
Career Highs
Goals: 3, twice, most recently Jan. 18, 2013 vs. Sacred Heart
Assists: 3, five times, most recently Jan. 18, 2013 vs. Sacred Heart
Points: 6, twice, most recently Jan. 18, 2013 vs. Sacred Heart
Shots on Goal: 8, Jan. 18, 2013 vs. Sacred Heart
Penalty Minutes: 4, three times, most recently, Feb. 1, 2013 at Lindenwood
