Six Buckeyes Selected in 2025 PWHL Draft
6/24/2025 11:09:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Six Ohio State women's hockey players were selected to the Professional Women's Hockey League Tuesday night in the 2025 PWHL Draft held in Ottawa, Ontario. The players comprise the 48-player draft class which was selected from a pool of 192 draft-eligible players.
Ohio State's 2025 PWHL Draft class is (listed in order of selection):
4. Hannah Bilka – Boston (2024)
5. Cayla Barnes – Montreal (2024)
8. Jenna Buglioni – Seattle (2025)
10. Sophie Jaques – Boston (2023)
11. Jenn Gardiner – Montreal (2024)
11. Emma Maltais – Toronto (2023)
16. Kiara Zanon – Toronto (2025)
17. Makenna Webster – New York (2025)
17. Jincy (Dunne) Roese – Ottawa (2023)
19. Gabby Rosenthal – New York (2024)
20. Stephanie Markowski – Ottawa (2024)
23. Natalie Spooner – Toronto (2023)
24. Lauren Bernard – Toronto (2024)
26. Riley Brengman – Boston (2025)
27. Maddi Wheeler – New York (2025)
36. Clair DeGeorge – Minnesota (2023)
40. Hadley Hartmetz – Boston (2024)
42. Amanda Thiele – Boston (2025)
42. Raygan Kirk – Toronto (2024)
43. Madison Bizal – Montreal (2023)
57. Paetyn Levis – New York (2023)
73. Liz Schepers – Minnesota (2023)
82. Tatum Skaggs – Boston (2023)
84. Minttu Tuominen – Minnesota (2023)
Ohio State PWHL Players by Team
Boston – Riley Brengman ('25), Hadley Hartmetz ('24), Liz Schepers ('22), Amanda Thiele ('25)
New York – Lauren Bernard ('24), Paetyn Levis ('23), Jincy Roese ('20), Makenna Webster ('25), Maddi Wheeler ('25)
Ottawa – Stephanie Markowski ('24)
Seattle – Cayla Barnes ('24), Hannah Bilka ('24), Jenna Buglioni ('25)
Toronto – Clair DeGeorge ('22), Raygan Kirk ('24), Emma Maltais ('23), Natalie Spooner ('12), Kiara Zanon ('25)
Vancouver – Sophie Jaques ('23), Jenn Gardiner ('24), Gabby Rosenthal ('23)
Ohio State's 2025 PWHL Draft class is (listed in order of selection):
- Jenna Buglioni (Eighth Overall/First Round/Seattle): Buglioni is a two-time captain and two-time national champion for the Buckeyes. The program's season and career game-winning goals record holder, Buglioni finished her Ohio State career with 166 points to rank fourth in the program record book. In 2025, she was in the top 10 nationally in faceoff wins and game-winning goals.
- Kiara Zanon (16th Overall/Second Round/Toronto Sceptres): Zanon played two seasons for the Scarlet and Gray, helping the team to two consecutive national championship game appearances and a title in 2024. Zanon registered 79 points as a Buckeye and finished her collegiate career with 190 points on 75 goals and 110 assists.
- Makenna Webster (17th Overall/Third Round/New York Sirens): Webster, the 2024-25 Ohio State Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient, spent three seasons at Ohio State and in that time helped the team to a national championship and three title game appearances. She closed her Ohio State career with 100 points and her collegiate career with 151. The St. Louis, Mo. native also played three seasons for the Buckeye field hockey team, leading the program in scoring each season and earned All-America honors the last two seasons.
- Riley Brengman (26th Overall/Fourth Round/Boston Fleet): Brengman, a two-time assistant captain and national champion for the Buckeyes, played a critical role on the Buckeye blue line for the last five seasons. She skated in 171 games in the Scarlet and Gray sweater, the fourth-most of any Ohio State women's hockey player, and ended her collegiate career with a career-high 19 point season.
- Maddi Wheeler (27th Overall/Fourth Round/New York Sirens): Wheeler played her graduate season at Ohio State in 2024-25. She finished the year with seven goals, 14 assists and 21 points, including a power play goal in the 3-2 win over Wisconsin in the regular season.
- Amanda Thiele (42nd Overall/Sixth Round/Boston Fleet): Thiele is the program's all-time winningest goaltender with 73 career wins in her five-year Buckeye career. She was in goal for the program's first national title in 2022 and earned a 5-1 record in NCAA Tournament games. After five seasons at Ohio State, Thiele closed her career as the program record holder for career goals against average (1.76).
- Buglioni is Ohio State's third first-round pick and third in the last two years. She joins Buckeye alumnae and 2024 first-round picks Cayla Barnes and Hannah Bilka in Seattle.
- Ohio State tied Minnesota Duluth for the most players entered in the 2025 draft with seven. The Buckeyes' six picks were the most of any collegiate team in this year's draft.
- Ohio State head coach Nadine Muzerall has now coached 22 PWHL draft picks.
- The Fleet and Sirens each selected two Buckeyes. Brengman and Thiele reunite with former teammates Hadley Hartmetz and Liz Schepers in Boston and Webster and Wheeler join Lauren Bernard, Paetyn Levis and Jincy Roese in New York.
4. Hannah Bilka – Boston (2024)
5. Cayla Barnes – Montreal (2024)
8. Jenna Buglioni – Seattle (2025)
10. Sophie Jaques – Boston (2023)
11. Jenn Gardiner – Montreal (2024)
11. Emma Maltais – Toronto (2023)
16. Kiara Zanon – Toronto (2025)
17. Makenna Webster – New York (2025)
17. Jincy (Dunne) Roese – Ottawa (2023)
19. Gabby Rosenthal – New York (2024)
20. Stephanie Markowski – Ottawa (2024)
23. Natalie Spooner – Toronto (2023)
24. Lauren Bernard – Toronto (2024)
26. Riley Brengman – Boston (2025)
27. Maddi Wheeler – New York (2025)
36. Clair DeGeorge – Minnesota (2023)
40. Hadley Hartmetz – Boston (2024)
42. Amanda Thiele – Boston (2025)
42. Raygan Kirk – Toronto (2024)
43. Madison Bizal – Montreal (2023)
57. Paetyn Levis – New York (2023)
73. Liz Schepers – Minnesota (2023)
82. Tatum Skaggs – Boston (2023)
84. Minttu Tuominen – Minnesota (2023)
Ohio State PWHL Players by Team
Boston – Riley Brengman ('25), Hadley Hartmetz ('24), Liz Schepers ('22), Amanda Thiele ('25)
New York – Lauren Bernard ('24), Paetyn Levis ('23), Jincy Roese ('20), Makenna Webster ('25), Maddi Wheeler ('25)
Ottawa – Stephanie Markowski ('24)
Seattle – Cayla Barnes ('24), Hannah Bilka ('24), Jenna Buglioni ('25)
Toronto – Clair DeGeorge ('22), Raygan Kirk ('24), Emma Maltais ('23), Natalie Spooner ('12), Kiara Zanon ('25)
Vancouver – Sophie Jaques ('23), Jenn Gardiner ('24), Gabby Rosenthal ('23)
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