CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's ice hockey has announced Jade Arnone, Sophie Ensley, Kate Kasica, Gwyn Lapp and Indi Wagner as the five incoming first-years set to join the program as part of the class of 2026. 
 
The group features a local flavor with four of the five student-athletes hailing from the state of Massachusetts. Wagner and Lapp arrive at Harvard having spent the last four years as high school teammates at Phillips Academy Andover, while Kasica is the transplant of the group, coming to Cambridge by way of Minneapolis. 
 
"We are excited to welcome the Class of 2026 to campus this fall," Katey Stone, the Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Ice Hockey, said in a statement. "Kate, Indi, Jade, Gywn and Sophie all come from great programs, and they have all enjoyed terrific high school careers. We anticipate through their hard work and preparation that they will be ready to earn their way during the upcoming season.  Next season there will be lots of daily competition in our line-up, but I am certain these five first-years will embrace the challenges ahead and jump in with everything they have. We can't wait for puck drop!"
 
The five first-years will join 21 returning letterwinners on the initial 2022-23 roster. 
 
Harvard is coming off a season in which it won 22 games while capturing the Women's Beanpot, Ivy League title and ECAC Hockey Regular Season crown. The Crimson also made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2015. 
 
More information on the incoming group can be read below. 
 
Sophie Ensley | Forward | 5'6" | Sudbury, Mass. | Noble & Greenough School
 
Captained the Noble & Greenough School Varsity Girls' Ice Hockey team her senior year… Lettered in ice hockey, soccer and lacrosse in high school… Won three straight Independent School League Championships with ice hockey… Mother Laurie played Varsity Ice Hockey at Harvard, graduating in 1992. 
 
Jade Arnone | Defender | 5'10" | Sherborn, Mass. | St. Paul's School
 
Captain of the St. Paul's Girls Varsity Ice Hockey team in 2021-22… All-NEPSAC honorable mention (2021-22)…Was named team MVP for the 2021-21 season… Earned Rookie of the Year during the 2018-19 season… Attended USA Hockey National Development Camp 2019… Participated in USA under 18 select camp in 2021. 
 
Indi Wagner | Forward | 5'8" | Cambridge, Mass. | Phillips Academy Andover 
 
Played varsity ice hockey and varsity lacrosse… Team captain of ice hockey team for 2021-22 season… All-NEPSAC honorable mention (2021-22). Both parents, Wynn Huang '93 and Matthias Wagner '92, attended Harvard… National Merit Commended Scholar.  
 
Gwyn Lapp | Forward | 5'8" | Andover, Mass. | Phillips Academy Andover 
 
Four-year letter winner in field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse… All-NEPSAC First-Team Ice Hockey 2021-22… Attended the USA Women's National Development Camp in 2019 and 2021… Played for the East Coast Selects from 2017 to 2019, including the World Selects Invitational in Chamonix, France… Father Mark played football at Johns Hopkins University…Mother Lisa played tennis at Missouri. 
 
Kate Kasica | Defender | 5'7" | Minneapolis, Minn. | The Blake School
Played varsity soccer, ice hockey, golf and softball…Captain of Varsity soccer and varsity ice hockey… Three-year All-Conference Honorable Mention in ice hockey.