2025-2026 Women's Ice Hockey Roster
Jersey Number 16
Joy Dunne
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- The Fulton School
- Hometown:
- O'Fallon, Mo.
Career Honors
- Olympic Gold Medalist - United States (2026)
- Three-time United States IIHF World Championships team member (gold medalist in 2025 and 2026, silver in 2024)
- 2024 National Champion
- 2024 WCHA Regular Season Champion
- 2026 WCHA Final Faceoff Champion
- Frozen Four All-Tournament Team (2024, 2025)
- 2023-24 WCHA Rookie of the Year
- 2023-24 Julie Chu National Rookie of the Year
- Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top 10 Finalist (2025, 2026)
- Two-time WCHA Rookie of the Week
- Two-time WCHA Forward of the Week
- WCHA Rookie of the Month (November 2023)
- HCA National Rookie of the Month (March 2024)
- All-WCHA Rookie Team (2024)
- Second Team All-WCHA (2025)
- First Team All-WCHA (2026)
- OSU Scholar Athlete (2024, 2025, 2026)
- WCHA Scholar-Athlete (2025, 2026)
- WCHA All-Academic Team (2025, 2026)
- Led the Buckeyes in scoring with 27 goals and finished the year with 51 points in 31 games
- Recorded a team high-tying +50 on ice
- Had multiple goals in four games in 2025-26, including a career-high four goals at St. Thomas (Nov. 1) and Minnesota State (Jan. 16)
- Tallied a career-high six points in the Nov. 1 win over the Tommies
- Scored three hat tricks on the year, including a third period hat trick to help the Buckeyes come back to defeat St. Cloud State (Oct. 25)
- Dished a career-high four assists and finished with five points against Clarkson (Nov. 28)Â
- Netted a team-best seven game winning goalsÂ
- Also played defense during the season and was named the WCHA Defender of the Week for two consecutive weeks in January
- Member of the United States Olympic Team and won gold at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter OlympicsÂ
- Skated in all 40Â games for the Buckeyes and finished the year with a program record 62 points
- Led the team with 29 goals and 33 assists in her sophomore campaign
- Named to the Preseason All-WCHA team and finished the season Second Team All-WCHA
- Tallied a career-best four points (2G, 2A) in the win over Stonehill (Oct. 25, 2024)
- Scored the overtime game-winning goal against Minnesota State (Nov. 22, 2024)
- Recorded two points (1G, 1A) in the shootout win over Wisconsin outdoors at Wrigley Field (Jan. 4, 2025)
- Became the first Buckeye in program history to record multiple goals in an NCAA tournament game and now holds the record for most points in an NCAA tournament game in program history after recording 4 points (2g, 2a) in the team's 6-1 Regional Final win over St. Lawrence (March 15, 2025)
- Recorded her 100th career point in her 77th career game, becoming the fastest player in program history to hit the century mark
- Skated in all 39 games during the national championship campaign
- Led the Buckeyes with 24 goals, including a team-best six game-winning goals, and added 18 assists for 42 points on the year
- Recorded two hat tricks, her first career three-goal performance vs. Bemidji State (Nov. 11) and her second at Minnesota (Jan. 12)
- Tied for team-best with four power play goals in her rookie season
- Tallied her first point with an assist in the 5-2 win at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 13) and scored her first goals with a hat trick performance against Bemidji State (Nov. 11)
- Scored a goal in all three of the Buckeyes’ NCAA Tournament games, including the lone goal in the 1-0 win over Wisconsin (March 24) for the national championship
- Played with Team USA at the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship, winning silver
- Played for the AAA Lady Blues team for 13 years, most recently a member of the U19 Lady Blues team
- Serves as the captain of her U19 team and was a starter on last year’s team
- Named a member of the 2022 U.S. U18 Women’s Select Team
- Invited to the 2022 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival, scoring three goals in two games
- Member of the 2023 U.S. Collegiate Select Team at the Collegiate Series vs. Canada
- Represented the U.S. at the 2023Â IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship (Bronze)
- Daughter of Tom and Tammy
- Has two brothers, Josh and James, and three sisters, Jessica, Jincy and Josey
- Sisters Jessica and Jincy are alumnae of the Ohio State women's hockey program
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