Sandra Whyte

The title of this article is ambiguous. For more people with a similar name, see Sandra White .

Sandra Whyte
Date of birth	August 24, 1970
place of birth	Saugus , Massachusetts , USA
size	170 cm
Weight	59 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1988-1992	Harvard Crimson
1993-1994	DHC Langenthal
1994-1998	USA hockey

Sandra Whyte , m. Whyte-Sweeney , (born August 24, 1970 in Saugus , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player . Whyte was from 1992 to 1998 a member of the women's national ice hockey team of the United States and was with this Olympic champion at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .

Career

Whyte spent her college years at Harvard University between 1988 and 1992 . During these four years at college she played for the university team, the Harvard Crimson , in the ECAC hockey and received numerous awards for her achievements. She was appointed three times to the First All-Star Team of the Ivy League and twice in 1991 and 1992 Player of the Year. She was also ECAC Player of the Year in 1991. In total, she scored 85 goals during her studies and prepared 55 more. In addition to ice hockey, she also played field hockey for Harvard and was named Ivy League Player of the Year in 1991 .

After finishing college, Whyte moved to the US hockey association USA Hockey in the spring of 1992 . For the next six years she played at the 1992 , 1994 and 1997 World Championships . The striker won the silver medal in all three tournaments. At the women's ice hockey tournament held for the first time as part of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, Whyte finally crowned her career by winning the gold medal. She scored the Americans' third goal in the final and prepared the other two. She then ended her active career and worked as an ice hockey coach at Reading High School in Reading , Massachusetts .

At times, Whyte also played in Switzerland during her time with USA Hockey . In the 1993/94 season she was there for the first division club DHC Langenthal , which she led to win the Swiss championship for the first time .

Achievements and Awards

• 1994 Swiss champion with the DHC Langenthal

International

• 1992 silver medal at the world championship
• 1994 silver medal at the world championship
• 1997 silver medal at the world championship
• 1998 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Web links

• Sandra Whyte at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Sandra Whyte in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Seasons 1988/1989 - 1994/1995. frauennati.ch, accessed on March 20, 2018 .