Angela Ruggiero has been inducted into the Women’s Beanpot Hall of Fame.
Angela Ruggiero is the newest inductee into the Women’s Beanpot Hall of Fame for the 2025 season. Ruggiero was a member of Harvard’s hockey team from 1998-2004. At Harvard, she won four Beanpot championships in 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004. In the 2004 Beanpot Championships, she won the Beanpot MVP and the Patty Kazmaier Award for being the top college hockey player in the USA.
At Harvard, she still ranks 3rd overall in career assists (157), 5th in goals (96) and 6th overall in points (253).
Outside of her time at Harvard, she went on to compete with Team USA, making four Olympic appearances. She won gold in 1998, silver in 2002 and 2010 and bronze in 2006. Ruggiero remains the all-time leader in games played for Team USA at 256 games. Angela Ruggiero has previously been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (2015), USA Hockey Hall of Fame (2015) and IIHF Hall of Fame (2017).
Angela Ruggiero is the co-founder of Sports Innovation Lab, which created both the Sports Data Cloud and Women’s Sports Club, combining sports with data and technology.
Ruggiero has continued making her mark in New England, taking part in the Beanpot’s historic first game at TD Garden in 2024.