Hall of Fame Inductees
- Induction:
- 2014
Hockey, 2004-05, 07-08
Tessa Bonhomme played four seasons for the Buckeyes as a defenseman, her collegiate career starting in 2003 and ending in 2008. Bonhomme is Ohio State’s only AHCA First Team All-American after receiving the honor in 2008. She was a Second Team All-American in 2007 and is a two-time Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award finalist, which is given annually to the top women’s collegiate hockey player. A three-time All-WCHA selection, Bonhomme was voted the WCHA Player of the Year during her senior season in 2008.Bonhomme, who was voted captain by her teammates for the 2007-08 season, holds multiple school-records at Ohio State including career points by a defenseman (128) and most points in a season for a defenseman (45). She ranks sixth overall all-time in career scoring, third in career assists (86) and 10th in career goals (42). Bonhomme was selected to the WCHA All-Tournament team in 2007 after helping lead the Buckeyes to the conference semifinals. A native of Sudbury, Ontario, Bonhomme competed with the Canadian National Team throughout her time at OSU, redshirting the 2005-06 OSU campaign to centralize with the Canadian team and ended up being one of the last cuts off the final Olympic roster in 2006. She played a vital role in Canada’s gold-medal winning run at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. In 2010 Bonhomme was selected first overall by Toronto in the first Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) draft, where she is still playing today. She recently helped lead the Furies to the 2014 Clarkson Cup championship. She graduated from Ohio State in 2008 with a degree in speech pathology.
