BURLINGTON, Vt. - University of Vermont head coach Jim Plumer has selected four players to lead the Catamounts in the 2019-20 season. Two players, Ève-Audrey Picard and Ali O'Leary will captain the team. Additionally, Allie Granato and Kristina Shanahan will serve as assistant captains.
 
"This group really represents what is important to our program," said Plumer. "Amongst the four of them, they bring all of the qualities we want in a leadership group: work ethic, integrity, positivity, and on-ice performance. I am really looking forward to working with them next year and seeing our program take a step forward."
 
An assistant captain last season, O'Leary enters her senior season having played in 105 games for the Catamounts. The Reading, Mass. native had six points in 33 games last season. Picard, who also served as an assistant captain last season, enters her senior season with 97 career games played. A Longueil, Quebec native she has been the leading scorer each of the last three seasons.
 
Granato and Shanahan will be assuming assistant captain duties for the first-time next year. The two of them have played a combined 155 games for Vermont.
 
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