NCAA Highlight: Kassidy Sauve

In the course of Kassidy Sauve's four years at Ohio State, the program had three head coaches, nine assistant coaches, and four goalie coaches. She committed to two different coaches before she stepped on the ice as a rookie. Her body has taken a beating. As the last of the players and closest friends that she started her Ohio State experience with graduated and moved on, Sauve, who graduated from Ohio State in May, began to consider that there might be other options for her.

The previous few seasons had left her emotionally, mentally, and physically drained. She was feeling a bit lost and disconnected. She normally takes time after the hockey season away from the ice to rejuvenate, but that had become difficult for her. So she reached out to the NCAA to be granted release and gather all the information she needed to start to consider transferring. The more she thought about the benefits, the more it felt like the right decision.

"There was a lot of reasons to go and obviously, there's a lot of reasons to stay to. It wasn't an easy decision. There are so many things that contributed to this decision," she said. "I had no idea what I was getting into. I kind of just took the gamble and hoped for the best."