Tessa Janecke Named CCM/AHCA First Team All-AmericanTessa Janecke Named CCM/AHCA First Team All-American
Bryce Mosmen

Tessa Janecke Named CCM/AHCA First Team All-American

Janecke is the first woman in program history to be a First Team All-American

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - No. 3 Penn State Women’s Ice Hockey’s Tessa Janecke was named a CCM/AHCA First Team All-American on Saturday. 

Janecke becomes the first woman in program history to achieve the honor. The CCM/AHCA All-American teams were announced following the conclusion of the 2026 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award ceremony at Alumni Hall inside the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State’s campus. The senior was the program’s first Top-Three Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which is given annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey. 

Tessa CCM AHCA All-American

Janecke concluded her Penn State career as one of the most decorated athletes in school history on Friday night at the program’s first Frozen Four, hosted by Penn State at Pegula Ice Arena. She scored twice in the overtime loss to Wisconsin that saw the program set a new Women's Frozen Four and program attendance record with 5,176 fans.

She is the Penn State hockey, men’s and women’s, all-time leading scorer with 201 points on 89 goals and 112 assists. Janecke is the program’s only three-time Top-10 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. 

The captain helped lead the Nittany Lions to their first NC Women's Ice Hockey Championship win as the team defeated No. 6 UConn, 3-0, on March 14. The Blue & White hosted a regional for the first time in program history after capturing its fourth consecutive AHA Tournament Championship. 

The Orangeville, Illinois native earned a gold medal with Team USA at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, becoming the first gold medalist to take home gold in the Winter Olympics in the history of Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. She has also won gold at the 2023 and 2025 IIHF World Championships with the United States. 

PSU swept the AHA Regular Season and Tournament Championships all four years of Janecke’s career. She is a four-time All-AHA First Team selection and three-time AHA Player and Forward of the Year. This year, Janecke became the first student-athlete to win AHA Player of the Year three years in a row since the award’s namesake, Meghan Agosta (Mercyhurst, 2007-09). 

In addition to her First Team All-American status this season, Janecke earned Second Team All-American recognition by CCM/AHCA and USCHO the previous two years of her career. In 2023, she was the HCA Rookie of the Year, USCHO Co-Rookie of the Year and CHA Rookie of the Year. 

Janecke’s 1.55 points per game and 48 total points rank inside the top 10 nationally. The senior led the AHA in both categories. She scored 0.84 goals per game this season, which is a top five mark in the nation. Her 26 goals place her inside the top 10. Janecke is atop the conference leaderboard for both statistics. 

More than just a scorer, Janecke established herself as a great distributor over her career as well. This season, her 0.71 assists per game ranked inside the top 20 in the country. 

One of the premier centers in America, Janecke owned the faceoff circle all season. She led the AHA in faceoff winning percentage at 65.8% while ranking second in the league and 12th in the country in faceoff wins with 406.  

Janecke excelled in special teams situations this season. Her nine powerplay goals tied for second in the country and led the AHA. The senior scored two shorthanded goals to tie for the best mark in the conference and tie for sixth nationally. Penn State ties for the nation's lead in short-handed goals with eight. 

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