Clarkson University Athletics

JUNIOR YEAR (2023-24):  Hampered by an injury that kept her out of the second half of the year, Gretchen played in 9 games...Was named to the ECAC All Academic for the 3rd straight year and named an AHCA/Krampade Academic All American.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2022-23):  Appeared in 41 games, scoring 4 goals and adding 7 assists for 11 points...Had a 2 point effort (1g, 1a) in a 5-2 win over Syracuse (10/13) and in a 5-4 loss to Maine (2 assists)...Scored goals against Syracuse, RPI, Cornell, & St. Lawrence...Named ECAC All Academic.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2021-22): Skated in all 37 games for the Knights...contributed 1 goal and 1 assist...Goal came in an 8-1 win at Brown and the assist was in a 6-2 loss at Harvard...Named ECAC All Academic

Before Clarkson: A left shot forward from Wayzata High School where she appeared in 20 games scoring 20 goals and 13 assists for 33 points... Attended the High Performance National Camp in 2017, '18, '19 and 2020 (canceled due to COVID)...Attended Legacy Selects in Finland, 2016.

Personal:  Daughter of Rob and Bonnie Branton...Has a brother Mathias Branton who attends Hamline University and plays hockey.   From Corcoran, MN....Born 3/18/2003...Majors in Psychology...Played soccer until her sophomore year of high school and enjoys the outdoors, especially heading to her cabin and spend a day on the lake...She has a dog named Cooper who is a Cavapoo...Gretchen knows how to solve a Rubik's cube within 2 minutes.

Gretchen chose Clarkson because:  "I choose Clarkson because of how beautiful the school was while being on campus and the atmosphere it gave off. I knew some of my closest relationships would come off of the hockey team so watching how the girls were interacting with one another just shows that everyone loves and supports each other. Being on campus gave me the home feel I was waiting for looking at colleges so I knew that was the perfect school for me."  Also recruited by Providence, Minnesota and Mankato.


Gretchen Branton Stats from NCAA.org