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...sport’s debut in the 1998 Olympics, her membership on the U.S. gold medal team that year naturally leads off her resume. Her return to Harvard to win a national championship the following year, though not as widely publicized as Olympics, was just as special in Mleczko??€™s mind...
Mleczko decided to take two years off from Harvard in 1997 and 1998 to try out for the Olympics. Harvard coach Katey Stone, who earned position prior to Mleczko??€™s second season, was encouraging to her top player. Stone promised that regardless of whether she made the team, stronger Harvard recruits would be awaiting her return...
Stone did not disappoint, bringing in strong classes highlighted by future Canadian Olympian Tammy Shewchuk ’00-’01 in 1996 and Angie Francisco ’01 in 1997, each of whom cracked Mleczko??€™s single-season Harvard scoring records in their freshman seasons. The 1999 recruiting class included two Olympians: current Canadian senior Jennifer Botterill and American junior Angela Ruggiero, who followed in Mleczko??€™s footsteps by interrupting their college years for the Olympics...
...Mleczko??€™s numbers that season—a collegiate record 77 assists and 114 points—only begin to tell of her influence on that team’s results...
...Mleczko??€™s co-captain Claudia Asano ’99, a recent hire as a Harvard assistant coach this year, praised her for her leadership and friendship...