Cori Bassett

18 - Cori Bassett

Height: 5-9
Year: Senior
Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
High School: Culver Academy (Ind.)
Position: Defender
Bats/Throws: L
House Affiliation: Eliot

Senior • 2009-10
Team captain ... Tabbed All-Ivy League honorable mention ...  Played in all 33 games ... Ranked tied for fifth on Harvard with a career-high 19 points ... Stood 17th in the nation in scoring among blue liners ... Owned a +11 rating ... Helped Harvard rank fifth in the country in scoring defense ... Named to ECAC Hockey All-Star Team ... Assisted on game-winning goal against St. Lawrence (Nov. 7) ... Handed out an assist against Princeton (Nov. 14) ... Has an assist in win against Quinnipiac (Nov. 15) ... Tallied the game-winning scored on the power play and handed out an assist in victory at Brown (Nov. 21) ... Assisted on a power-play goal in win over Dartmouth (Nov. 25) ... Handed out an assist on a power-play tally in victory over Connecticut (Dec. 8) ... Assisted on a goal for ECAC Hockey All-Stars in exhibition against Team USA (Jan. 3) ... Scored on a shot from the point against Cornell (Jan. 15) ... Netted a goal and assisted on game-winning tally in victory over Colgate (Jan. 16) ... Assisted on game winner against Union (Jan. 22) ... Tallied an unassisted goal against Rensselaer (Jan. 23) ... Collected the 50th point of her career with an assist in victory at Dartmouth (Jan. 29) ... Had an assist in win over Brown (Feb. 5) ... Assisted on two goals on Senior Day win against Yale (Feb. 6) ... Dished out two assists in tie at Clarkson (Feb. 20) ... Handed out an assist in NCAA quarterfinal round against Cornell (March 12).

Junior • 2008-09
Appeared in 27 games at the blue line ... Ranks sixth on the Crimson with 14 points on six goals and eight assists ... Was tied for fifth in ECAC Hockey in scoring among defenders with 12 points ... Stood 32nd in the nation in scoring among defenders with 0.58 points per game ... Sported a +12 rating ... Helped the Crimson rank fifth in the nation in scoring defense (1.69 goals allowed per game) ... Recorded a career-high four points, including two goals and two assists, at Princeton (Nov. 1); one of her two tallies against the Tigers was shorthanded ... Scored on the power play in third period at St. Lawrence (Nov. 15) ... Scored a power-play goal in third period in win at Union (Jan. 30) ... Tallied a power-play goal in Beanpot against Boston University (Feb. 3) ... Scored on the power play in following game against Yale (Feb. 6) ... Collected an assist on a power-play goal against Clarkson, helping Harvard clinch the ECAC Hockey regular-season title (Feb. 21) ... Also picked up assists against Union (Nov. 8), Colgate (Nov. 21), Minnesota (Nov. 29), Rensselaer (Jan. 31) and Cornell (Feb. 13).

Sophomore • 2007-08
Member of a defensive unit that led the country in scoring defense (1.00 goals allowed per contest) ... Scored a second-period goal in 4-0 victory against Dartmouth (Jan. 27) ... Tallied power-play scores in 3-2 win over Princeton (Nov. 3) and in 6-0 victory at Union (Dec. 1) ... Collected assist on Liza Ryabkina's power-play tally in ECAC title game vs. St. Lawrence (March 9) ... Assisted on a goal in 3-1 win against Northeastern in Beanpot opening round (Feb. 5) ... Fired season-high six shots on goal vs. Union (Feb. 8) ... +15 on the season ... +2 rating on three occasions.

Freshman • 2006-07
Part of a defensive unit that ranked fourth nationally in scoring defense (1.52 goals allowed per game) ... In the lineup for all but one game as a rookie ... Tied for sixth on the team, second among defensemen, with 15 assists ... Tied for eighth, second among defensemen, with 17 points ... Scored goals against Quinnipiac and Rensselaer ... Had three assists against Quinnipiac (Nov. 24) ... Recorded two-assist games against St. Lawrence, Brown and Minnesota Duluth.

International
Member of USA Hockey Under-22 Select Team at Women’s National Festival and Under-22 Series in August 2008 ... Named to USA Hockey Women’s Under-22 Camp roster in May 2008.

Before Harvard
Won four varsity letters in hockey - three at Culver Academy and one as a member of the boys team at A.J. Dimond HS ... Also lettered in lacrosse and track and field ... Captained Culver hockey team as a senior ... Led hockey team in scoring as a junior and was team MVP as a senior ... Two-time Cushing All-Tournament selection ... Participated in national development camps in Rochester, N.Y., and Lake Placid, N.Y. ... Member of the Wisconsin Wild U-19 AAA team, which won state and regional titles in 2005 and 2006 ... Helped Culver lacrosse team to 2004 state championship.

Personal
Hobbies include reading and fishing ... Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity.