BOSTON— Northeastern women's hockey legend and Team USA Olympian Shelley Looney '95 is set to be inducted into the Women's Beanpot Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place before the Dunkin' Women's Beanpot Championship game on January 23 at TD Garden.
Looney joins, Taylor Wasylk (BC), Corinne Schroeder (BU) and Sandra Whyte-Sweeney (Harvard) in the Hall of Fame Class of 2024. The Brownstone Township, Michigan native was also named to the 40
th Anniversary All-Women's Beanpot Team in 2018 and was inducted into the Northeastern Hall of Fame in 1999.
Looney was named the 1994 Women's Beanpot MVP after scoring a goal and adding two assists in the final to eclipse Harvard, 6-2, and win the first Women's Beanpot for the Huskies since 1991.
Looney is 16
th on the Huskies' all-time scoring leaders list, posting 127 points, 68 goals and 59 assists across her four-year career. She ranks 10
th in career goals on the Huskies' all-time list.
In 1998, Looney earned a gold medal with Team USA at the Olympics, winning the first-ever women's hockey competition at the Winter Olympics and scoring the game-winning goal.
The Huskies will open the Beanpot against Harvard in the Bright-Landry Hockey Center on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m.