Andrea Peterson

Biography

Andrea Peterson, a 2007 Gustavus graduate, returned to the Gustie coaching staff in 2022 after previously serving as a high school girls' hockey coach. Peterson was an assistant coach at Gustavus from 2007-11 before moving on to New Prague Area Schools where she was a physical education teacher and head girls' hockey coach from 2012-18. Since 2015, Peterson has taught at Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools and was an assistant girls' hockey coach at Prior Lake from 2019-22. Peterson was promoted to Associate Head Coach at Gustavus in June of 2024. The Gustavus women's hockey team has claimed six MIAC regular season titles, six playoff championships, six NCAA tournament appearances, and a national championship in Peterson's seven total years. Last season, the Gusties collected their fourth consecutive MIAC championship sweep, punching a ticket to the NCAA tourney, where they fell to eventual national champions UW-River Falls in the quarterfinals. Peterson, primarily coaching defenders, has help build the nation's premier defense, producing three All-American defenders who have earned five honors, including three-time All-American and now fellow coach Kirstin Peterson. The Gusties have led Division III in scoring defense several seasons, and led the country in team shutouts in the last three consecutive years. Peterson became one of the greatest Division III women's hockey players of all time in her career, and is in a league of her own when looking at the rich history of the Gust

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