Michela Cava

Height:
5-4
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Thunder Bay Mid
Hometown:
Thunder Bay, Ont.

2013-14: Played in all 35 games and tied for the team lead with 27 points, scoring 10 goals and handing out a UConn-best 17 assists...finished with the seventh-highest single season assist total in program history...also tied for the 10^th most points in a single season all-time at UConn...had a pair of assists vs. RPI (Oct. 26)...scored her first two goals of the season, both on the power play, at Maine (Nov. 3)..had a UConn season-best five-game point streak from Nov. 19-Nov. 30, going for a 3-5-8 line over the span...scored the game-tying goal in a tie at Brown (Nov. 19)...had a three-point outing with a goal and two assists in the Nutmeg Classic against Yale (Nov. 30)...named Warrior WHEA Player of the Week on Dec. 3...had a goal and an assist at New Hampshire (Feb. 9)...finished the year with points in UConn[apos]s final three games...named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team following the season.

2012-13: Appeared in 34 games as a freshman... finished the season as the team[apos]s second leading scorer with 17 points on a team-high 10 goals and seven assists... tallied two points on two goals including a power play goal at Maine (Oct. 20)... recorded two more points the next day off of one goal and one helper at Maine (Oct. 21)... scored the game-winning goal in the next contest against Syracuse (Oct. 26)... added her second game-winning goal of the season against Princeton (Jan. 2).

BEFORE UConn: Played ice hockey at St. Ignatius in Thunder Bay, Ontario...guided team to 2012 provincial championship and silver medal at the ESSO Cup...named team MVP and captain as a senior...team won National Championship at ESSO Cup in 2010 as well as provincial championship.

PERSONAL: Michela Marie...daughter of George and Cathy Cava...has one brother, Jamie...born on March 26, 1994...biological sciences major.