Kim Insalaco
ice hockey player
Kimberly Michelle Insalaco (born November 4, 1980) is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She graduated from Brown University in 2003.
Before Brown
Insalaco was educated at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, where in 1999 she was and played for the Connecticut Polar Bears. She was the 1999 New England Prep School Player of the Year, Boston Globe All-Scholastic Selection, Hockey Night in Boston Most Valuable Forward, and Hockey Night in Boston All-Scholastic Tournament MVP. She was an All-State Soccer Award winner and an All-New England Soccer Team MVP in 1999. Kim is a 3-time New England Champion with the Choate Varsity Track and Field, Soccer, and Ice Hockey teams. Kim set and still holds the ice hockey single-season goal-scoring record at Choate, with 51 goals, during the 1997-98 regular season.
At Brown
Kim played for the Brown University Bears from 1999 to 2003 and was an extremely important factor in Brown's success during those years. She played in one AWCHA National Championship and one NCAA National Frozen Four Final finishing as a runner-up to Minn.-Duluth.
In her freshman season, she was the leading scorer for underclassmen tallying 20 goals and 17 assists, for 37 points.
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