Upon her return to the ice in 2015, she signed a contract to play for the Boston Pride of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL). Then in 2014, she made the roster again and competed at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, winning another silver medal.īut after the 2014 Games, the hockey forward took a year off from the ice and enrolled in a discipleship training school to grow closer to God and learn more about discipleship-the very thing that changed her life as a college freshman.
at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, winning the silver medal. However, after years of determination and practice, Gigi found herself on her first Olympic roster. “When you train for the Olympics, there’s always that threat of getting cut.” “I’ve been cut from rosters, and it’s not enjoyable at all,” she said. Gigi continued in FCA by becoming part of the leadership team for her final three years at the University of Minnesota, all while finishing sixth on the Division I hockey program’s all-time scoring list.Īs college came to an end, her childhood dream to make it to the Olympics only grew stronger.Īfter graduation in 2009, Gigi continued to go to the rinks to hone her skills for the Olympic tryouts, and the all-day, everyday skating continued. It’s about what He did for us on the cross, and it’s about Him wanting to have a personal relationship with us.” “She really helped bring home the truth that is not about performance,” Gigi said. While at the FCA Huddle, an older student-athlete befriended Gigi and began to mentor and disciple her. She’d known of FCA from high school and was excited to attend, but she had no clue the revelation she was about to have.Īlthough Gigi dedicated her life to Christ at a young age and grew up in a family where church and Scripture reading were prioritized, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ was foreign to her. On her first day at the Minnesota campus, Gigi got an invitation to a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Huddle. She did all of this while never neglecting to meet her friends to play for fun at the rink, often staying past closing time and shutting the rink down herself.īecause of her success in high school, Gigi was awarded a scholarship to play at the University of Minnesota, where her life and walk with the Lord radically changed. She played five years of high school hockey for her hometown Warroad Warriors, where she finished her career ranked 5th in Minnesota state scoring with 425 points (196 goals, 229 assists). “Most of my life, most of my time revolved around that, and I fell in love with it.”Īs Gigi became more comfortable and confident on the ice, her talent rapidly unfolded. “I was 2 years old when I first started skating,” she said. Life on the ice was an all-day, everyday affair for Gigi. National Team and was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Her mother spent countless hours figure skating her father played and coached hockey and her grandfather, also a hockey player, coached the 1958 U.S. Amazed at what she was witnessing, Gigi knew right then what she wanted to do with the rest of her life.Ī native of Warroad, Minnesota-better known as Hockeytown, U.S.A.-Gigi grew up with her younger brother in a family passionate about hockey. women’s team celebrated, girls and women around the world did too. Thousands of miles away, in Nagano, Japan, the United States defeated Canada, 3-1, to win the gold medal in the first women’s hockey tournament held at the Winter Olympics.
17, 1998, in a small town just a few miles south of the Canadian border, 10-year-old Gigi Marvin sat wide-eyed in front of the television and watched history unfold.
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