Kevin Wall Season 2019-20

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
 
Career: At the time of his graduation, ranked 10th on the all-time points list with 86 while his 43 goals were good for ninth…Fourth all-time in shots with 447.
 
2022-23 • SENIOR SEASON
 
Awards: Named a 2022-23 Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Earned All-Big Ten honorable mention.
 
Season: Skated in all 39 games…Led the team with a career-best 31 points…Tallied career-highs with 17 goals and 14 assists…His 17 goals tied for the eighth-most in a single-season in Penn State history and were good for ninth in the Big Ten.
 
Canisius (10/7): Netted a goal to cap off a 5-2 victory. Canisius (10/8): Scored the game-winning goal to go along with a career-high three assists for a career-best four points in a 7-5 win. Mercyhurst (10/13): Scored a goal in a 6-3 victory. at Mercyhurst (10/14): Tallied a goal in a 4-1 win to complete the series sweep. at Wisconsin (10/28): Registered a goal in a 2-1 victory. No. 17 Michigan State (11/19): Netted one goal in a 7-3 loss. No. 17 Ohio State (12/2): Tallied two assists in a 2-1 win. at Notre Dame (12/9): Registered the primary assist on the game-winning goal in a 5-2 victory. at Notre Dame (12/10): Scored a goal in a 5-3 loss. at RIT (12/30): Scored two goals with one assist in a 6-1 victory. RIT (12/31): Collected an assist which resulted in a career best six-game point streak in a 3-1 win. at No. 17 Michigan State (1/14): Scored a goal in 4-4 tie. at No. 7 Ohio State (2/3): Picked up two goals including the game-winner in a 4-3 victory. at No. 7 Ohio State (2/4): Registered an assist in a 4-2 loss. Wisconsin (2/24): Recorded two assists in 6-1 victory. Wisconsin (2/24): Had an assist in 2-1 loss. at No. 9 Ohio State (3/4): Scored game-winning goal in overtime in game two of the B1G Quarterfinals.  at No. 9 Ohio State (3/5): Scored lone goal in a 3-1 loss. vs. No. 13 Michigan Tech (3/24): Collected one goal with one assist in an 8-0 victory in the NCAA Tournament opening round.

2021-22 • JUNIOR SEASON

Season: Skated in all 38 games...Tallied career highs in ach offensive category with 16 goals and 13 assists for 29 points....His 16 goals are tied for the ninth-most in a single season in program history.

LIU (10/4): Tallied his first assist of the season in a 5-2 win. Canisius (10/8): Registered his first goal of the season in a 4-1 loss. Niagara (10/21): Scored twice including the game-winner in a 4-0 victory. Niagara (10/22): Recorded his first career hat trick, the 10th in program history, in a 6-2 win...Was named Big Ten First Star of the Week following his five-goal weekend. vs. No. 6 North Dakota (10/30): Contributed one assist in a 6-4 win. at Ohio State (11/5): Tallied one assist in a 5-2 defeat. No. 2 Michigan (11/12): Assisted on both goals in a 6-2 loss. at No. 7 Minnesota (11/19): Notched one assist in a 5-3 win. at No. 7 Minnesota (11/20): Registered one goal in a 4-2 loss. at St. Thomas (11/23): Recorded one assist in a 5-1 win. at St. Thomas (11/24): Scored two goals to complete the series sweep in a 4-1 victory. at Wisconsin (12/11): Scored one goal in a 5-4 overtime win. at Army (1/1): Registered one goal in a 5-3 victory. No. 13/13 Notre Dame (1/8): Tallied two points with one goal and one assist in a 5-4 loss. at No. 4/5 Michigan (1/14): Scored one goal in a 3-2 defeat. Wisconsin (1/21): Tallied two assists in a 4-1 victory. Wisconsin (1/22): Registered two assists, including the primary assist on the game-winning goal, in the 7-2 win. Minnesota (2/18): Assisted on the lone goal in a 3-1 loss. Minnesota (2/19): Tallied one assist in a 6-4 defeat. at Michigan State (2/26): Scored the lone goal in a 2-1 loss. No. 12/12 Ohio State (3/5): Tallied one goal in a 3-2 win.

2020-21 • SOPHOMORE SEASON

Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

Season: Set career marks in every offensive category by scoring eight goals while adding 11 assists to finish second on the team with 19 points...Registered six multi-point efforts...Began the season on a three-game goal-streak.

at Minnesota (11/19-11/20): Recorded goals in back-to-back games to open the season. Wisconsin (11/23): Registered the second multi-point game of his career with one goal and one assist. Michigan (12/3): Picked up one assist in a 9-5 win. Arizona State (12/13): Tallied one assist in a 5-4 victory. at Ohio State (1/8): Recorded two assists in a 6-3 loss. at Ohio State (1/9): Registered the first multi-goal game of his career with a pair in a 5-2 win. Michigan State (1/16): Scored one goal with one assist in a 3-1 win. Wisconsin (1/21): Scored the lone goal in a 4-1 loss. Wisconsin (1/22): Added one goal and one assist in a 5-4 win. Notre Dame (3/14): Collected a pair of assists in a 6-3 Big Ten Tournament victory.

2019-20 • FRESHMAN SEASON

Season: Totalled seven points (2G, 5A) in 26 games...Postseason cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alaska (10/17): Notched an assist, his first collegiate point, in a 7-0 shutout. at Minnesota (11/15-16): Scored his first collegiate goal in the series opener...Added two assists in game two for series sweep. at Robert Morris (1/11): Picked up an assist in a 6-2 victory at PPG Paints Arena. at Wisconsin (2/15): Tallied an assist in a 3-2 victory. Minnesota (2/22): Scored the game-winning goal just 31 seconds after Nikita Pavlychev tied the game in a a 3-2 come-from-behind victory.

BEFORE PENN STATE

Drafted in the sixth round, 181st overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft…Spent 2018-19 with the Chilliwack Chiefs of the BCHL...Ranked second on the team and eighth in the league in goals (31), assists (3) and points (64)…Added a pair of goals and assists in 11 playoff games, helping Chilliwack advance to second round…Prior to departing for Western Canada, played two seasons at the Salisbury School in Connecticut where he scored 33 goals while adding 27 assists for 60 points in 58 games played.

PERSONAL

Son of Ann and Michael Wall...Has one older brother, Brian, who played Division I lacrosse at Bellarmine University...Mother, Ann, played Division I basketball at St. Bonaventure University, while his dad, Michael, was a member of the Bonnies baseball team...Majoring in recreation, park, and tourism management.