King's College Athletics

Career Highs:
Goals: 1 at Neumann (11/23/24)
Assists: 1 at Utica (2/14/24); at Stevenson (1/17/25)
Points: 1 at Utica (2/14/24)
Shots: 5 vs Hilbert (2/11/23)

2024-25: Appeared in 23 out of a possible 24 games as a senior forward for the Monarchs... Scored her first career goal at Neumann (11/23/24)... Totaled five blocks and three points from one goal and two assists off 16 shots... King's finished 6-15-3, 6-12-3 in MAC play to notch a new single-season wins record.

2023-24: Skated in 21 out of a possible 26 games as a junior forward for the Monarchs... Totaled one point from one assist, six shots and six shots for a plus-minus of -11... Recorded her first career assist at Utica (2/14/24)... Tallied a season-best two shots twice at Hilbert (10/27/23) and Stevenson (1/06/24)... King's finished with a 5-20-1 overall record and its most single-season wins in program history, a 4-15-1 mark in the UCHC and the program's first conference playoff birth, and a 1-7-0 mark in the MAC.

2022-23: Skated in 14 out of a possible 25 games as a sophomore forward for the Monarchs...Totaled eight shots five blocks for a plus-minus of -5...Recorded a season-high five shots vs Hilbert (2/11/23)...King's finished 2-21-2 overall with a 0-18-2 mark in the UCHC and a 0-8-2 mark in the MAC.

2021-22: Skated in 16 out of a possible 24 games as a first year forward for the Monarchs...Totaled seven shots with four face off wins and five blocks for a plus-minus of -10...Recorded a season-high two shots twice...King's finished 2-22-0 overall with a 2-18-0 mark in the UCHC and a 1-8-0 mark in the MAC.

PRIOR TO KING'S: Played in the National Girls Hockey League for the Philadelphia Little Flyers in Aston, Pennsylvania ... graduated in 2021 from Marple Newton High School in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania where she played lacrosse and ice hockey for the Tigers in the Inter-County Scholastic Hockey League ... was a forward on the ice hockey team while playing defense on the lacrosse squad ... also played lacrosse for Marple Township ... named captain of the MN ice hockey team as a junior and senior and captain of Marple Township lacrosse team as a sophomore ... earned Marple Newton ice hockey Coaches Award as a sophomore

PERSONAL: Daughter of Janell and Larry Besa, has three siblings, Larry, CJ, and Morgan ... an athletic training major ... chose King's over Wilkes and Stevenson because "the atmosphere and people made me feel at home and the ice hockey coach and team made me feel at home before I even made my decision."