Penn State Nittany Lions

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Ranked fifth all-time among defenders with 24 points (7G, 17A).

Season: 2019-20: Set program record for points in a season by a defender with 18 (6G, 12A)…Tied program high for defenders with five power-play goals. 2018-19: Set a single-season program record with a +8 plus/minus rating.

2019-20 SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Played in all 36 games…Scored 18 points with six goals and 12 assists…Netted team-best five power-play goals…Blocked team-high 73 shots…Had five points in a five-game stretch (10/12-10/26)…Notched four points in three games (1/11-1/18). 

Rankings: Tied for fifth in the CHA in power-play goals…Ranked seventh in CHA in points by a defender.

at Providence (10/18-19): Had her first career two-goal game in a 4-2 win. at Vermont (11/29): Recorded an assist in her third-straight game in a 4-0 win. Lindenwood (1/10-11): Scored a game-winning power play goal in a 2-1 win in game one…Notched two assists in second game 3-2 win. at Mercyhurst (1/17): Scored a power-play goal with 1:43 remaining to send the Nittany Lions into overtime and 1-1 tie. Robert Morris (2/8): Recorded her 10th assist, becoming just the third Nittany Lion defender to reach double-digit helpers in a season. at RIT (2/15): Scored a power-play goal and added an assist. Mercyhurst (2/29): Scored a power-play goal in second period in program’s first-ever shutout against the Lakers. 

2018-19 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Selected to CHA All-Academic Team…Named CHA Rookie of the Week twice (10/1 & 2/4). 

Season: Skated in all 36 games…Had six points with one goal and five assists…Set single-season program record with a +8 rating…Finished fourth on the team with 42 blocked shots.

Rankings: Tied with teammate, Anna Promersberger, for 10th in CHA freshman scoring (6 points)…Tied for fourth in among CHA freshmen defenders in scoring.

at No. 5 Colgate (9/29): Scored first career goal in second career game, a 4-2 win. RIT (11/20): Picked up assist on game-winning goal in 3-0 shutout. at No. 4 Princeton: Recorded first career multi-point game with two assists. No. 4 Cornell (1/8): Collected an assist in 3-3 tie. 

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Played for the Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles 19U for three seasons…Named 2017-18 team captain…Posted 69 points on 28 goals and 41 assists to lead the team in scoring as a defender in 2017-18…Scored 59 points on 23 goals and 36 assists to leading the team’s defense in scoring and ranked second overall in 2016-17…Played for the Brighton/HFL/ER Barons for three seasons…Made history as the first girl skater in New York Section 5 boys' varsity high school hockey history to be named an alternate captain, earn a spot in the Senior All-Star Game, and be named a second team all-county honoree…Finished third in scoring in the 2018 New York state tournament with five goals and three assists, tops among all defenders…Led the 2017 New York state tournament in goals (six) and assists (five)…Invited to the USA Hockey Development Camp in St. Cloud, Minnesota three times (2015-17)…Won the 2018 Tyler Putnam Award for exemplifying hard work, commitment and dedication to the game of hockey. 

PERSONAL
Full name is Rene Halla Gangarosa…Parents are Edward and Tammy Gangarosa…Has a pair of younger brothers, Carter and Nolan…Majoring in chemical engineering and toxicology…Born on July 14, 2000, in Rochester, N.Y.