Forward Katie Augustine helped guide the 2017 U.S. Women’s National University Team to a third-place finish at the Winter World University Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Augustine, who served as an alternate captain for the team, is the only player to have represented Team USA at three different Winter World University Games. She also netted five goals to help lead the U.S. to a third-place finish at the 2013 event in Trentino, Italy, and competed in the 2015 competition in Granada, Spain.

The West Chester, Ohio, native played club hockey at Miami University, where she most recently led the RedHawks to back-to-back American Collegiate Hockey Association national championships and their third title in four years. Augustine assisted on the national championship-winning goal in the third period of the title game against Liberty University.

A two-time ACHA All-American, Augustine totaled 77 points (35g, 42a) throughout her four-year career and ranks fifth on the Redhawks’ all-time points list.

Before joining Miami, Augustine played with the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 19U girls team. With Pens Elite, Augustine also had the opportunity to represent the United States in Helsinki, Finland, and St. Petersburg, Russia, with Selects Hockey. She also competed at the 2012 USA Hockey Girls Tier I 19U National Championships in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Augustine graduated in May from Miami with a degree in sports leadership and management. She is the daughter of John and Wendy Augustine, and has one brother, Andrew.

The Adult Player of the Year Award, presented by Labatt Blue, is presented annually to an individual who performed exceptionally during the past year as a member of a U.S. adult hockey team or as a participant at an adult hockey event in the United States.