Lake Forest College Head Women's Hockey Coach Jennifer Wilson announced Thursday that she will be resigning to accept an opportunity as an NCAA Division I assistant. 

Wilson has coached the Foresters for six seasons and compiled an overall record of 77-57-10 and a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association mark of 56-25-7. Lake Forest qualified for the NCHA Slaats Cup Playoffs each season and advanced to the semifinal round of the league's postseason tournament five times. 

Foresters have been named All-NCHA nine times and the team has had five NCHA All-Freshman Team honorees during Wilson's tenure. In addition, Lake Forest players have earned 68 NCHA All-Academic Team distinctions in the last six years. 

Lake Forest has also been extremely successful statistically since Wilson took over as head coach. The team ranked tied-for-seventh in the country with 8 shutouts in 2023-24, Amy Budde tied for third in the NCHA with 33 points in 2018-19, Sydney Simone shared the national lead with four short-handed goals in 2019-20, and goaltender Jacque Rogers graduated in 2020 as the program's career leader with a 1.49 goals against average, .939 save percentage, 51 victories, and 22 shutouts. 

"We greatly appreciate everything Coach Wilson has done for Forester women's hockey, as well as our department and the campus community, since she came to the College," noted Director of Athletics Nicki Pieart. "We also wish her nothing but the best as she moves on to the next phase of her coaching career." 

"While I am excited and honored to take the next step in my career, it is not without mixed emotions to depart from Forester Hockey," began Wilson. "The last six years have greatly and positively impacted my growth as a coach, and I want to thank Jackie Slaats, Blake Theisen, and Nicki Pieart for their support and guidance while providing me with the opportunity to make an impact on the College, it's student athletes, and the program. I have had the privilege to work with phenomenal student athletes over the years and will cherish those connections. I want to express a sincere thank you to the Forester staff, both past and present, who made Lake Forest the wonderful place that it is." 

Wilson's final day at the College will be August 30. A national search for Lake Forest's next head women's hockey coach will begin immediately.