(USA HOCKEY) – Olympic gold medalist and Wisconsin Badgers hockey player Caroline Harvey (Salem, N.H.) was selected first overall by the Vancouver Goldeneyes, one of nine Americans taken in the first round and the first of 31 U.S. players who were drafted during the 2026 PWHL Draft on Wednesday.
Harvey is the second American in PWHL history to be drafted first overall, following Taylor Heise who was selected first in 2023.
Four other Badgers (bold face) were also selected.
After Harvey, Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill.) was drafted second by the Seattle Torrent, Tessa Janecke (Orangeville, Ill.) third by PWHL Las Vegas, Laila Edwards (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) fourth by PWHL San Jose and Lacey Eden (Annapolis, Md.) fifth to PWHL Las Vegas. Emma Peschel (Edina, Minn.) went to the New York Sirens at seventh overall, before the Toronto Sceptres drafted Kirsten Simms (Plymouth, Mich.) at eighth. Grace Dwyer (Wynnewood, Pa.) and Vivian Jungles (Edina, Minn.) rounded out the first-round Americans at tenth (Boston Fleet) and eleventh (Ottawa Charge), respectively.
In the second round, five Americans were picked with Sydney Morrow (Darien, Conn.) going 14th overall to Seattle, Sloane Matthews (Wayzata, Minn.) 16th to PWHL San Jose, Jamie Nelson (Andover, Minn.) 20th to the Toronto Sceptres, Casey Borgiel (Port Huron, Mich.) 22nd to PWHL Detroit and Jordan Ray (Viera, Fla.) at 23rd by the Ottawa Charge.
The first five picks of the draft and 14 of the first 24 picks were American. Harvey, Murphy, Janecke, Edwards and Simms most recently led Team USA to gold at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in February.
Five Americans were selected across the third and fourth rounds, followed by three in the fifth round and four in the sixth and final round.
To see the full list of American 2026 PWHL draftees, click HERE.
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