{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1997)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Reagan Rust.jpg | caption = Rust with the Metropolitan Riveters in 2022 | image_size = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|2|25}} | birth_place = Southaven, Mississippi, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_cm = 171 | weight_kg = | position = Forward | shoots = Right | played_for ={{ubl|Metropolitan Riveters|AIK Hockey|KMH Budapest|PWHPA|Boston University Terriers|RIT Tigers}} | sex = f | ntl_team = | career_start = 2015 | career_end = 2023 }} '''Reagan Rust''' (born February 25, 1997) is an American former ice hockey player who played in the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) for the Metropolitan Riveters. She was the first NCAA Division I women's ice hockey player to have come from the state of Mississippi, and is a member of the Beanpot Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-27|title=Four To Be Inducted Into Women's Beanpot Hall of Fame|url=http://hockeyeastonline.com/women/articles/2020/01/four-to-be-inducted-into-womens-beanpot-hall-of-fame.php|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Hockey East Association|type=Press release|archive-date=January 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129012418/http://hockeyeastonline.com/women/articles/2020/01/four-to-be-inducted-into-womens-beanpot-hall-of-fame.php}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Amateur === Rust was introduced to the sport of hockey at the age of five, joining a rec league organized by the Mississippi RiverKings.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bakken|first=Bob|date=2017-02-17|title=Rust brings DeSoto County to college hockey|url=http://www.desototimes.com/sports/rust-brings-desoto-county-to-college-hockey/article_da02b1cc-f55d-11e6-9620-aba7a8b55311.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=DeSoto Times-Tribune|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124190252/http://www.desototimes.com/sports/rust-brings-desoto-county-to-college-hockey/article_da02b1cc-f55d-11e6-9620-aba7a8b55311.html}}</ref> As a teenager, she commuted 12 hours every other weekend to play for the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite's U14 junior program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pittsburghpenguinselite.com/news_article/show/1107974-dick-s-sporting-goods-pittsburgh-penguins-elite-alumni-feature-reagan-rust|title=DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE ALUMNI FEATURE – REAGAN RUST|date=June 4, 2020|website=Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Hockey|access-date=December 14, 2020|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124190252/https://www.pittsburghpenguinselite.com/news_article/show/1107974-dick-s-sporting-goods-pittsburgh-penguins-elite-alumni-feature-reagan-rust|url-status=live}}</ref> When she was fifteen, she moved to Lake Placid, New York to attend the National Sports Academy. After it shut down, she moved to Pittsburgh to return to the Penguins' U19 program, living with a billet family.
In 2015, Rust joined the newly promoted RIT Tigers women's ice hockey program in the NCAA Division I. She scored 18 points in 35 games in her rookie season, being named to the College Hockey America All-Rookie Team.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Venniro|first=Joe|date=March 3, 2016|title=Reagan Rust named to 2015–16 College Hockey America All-Rookie Team|url=https://ritathletics.com/news/2016/3/3/womens-hockey-reagan-rust-named-to-2015-16-college-hockey-america-all-rookie-team.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=RIT Athletics|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011061521/https://ritathletics.com/news/2016/3/3/womens-hockey-reagan-rust-named-to-2015-16-college-hockey-america-all-rookie-team.aspx}}</ref> After two years in Rochester, she transferred to Boston University.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Havens|first=Nicole|date=2017-10-19|title=20 Questions for women's hockey transfer Reagan Rust|url=https://dailyfreepress.com/2017/10/19/20-questions-womens-hockey-transfer-reagan-rust/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=The Daily Free Press|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124190253/https://dailyfreepress.com/2017/10/19/20-questions-womens-hockey-transfer-reagan-rust/}}</ref> In her second and final year with the team, she was named an alternate captain. In the 2019 Beanpot, she scored the game-winning goal over Northeastern to win the semifinals, and scored the opening goal of the finals, leading the program to its first Beanpot title since 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-04 |title="Whatever it took, that's what we were doing": Reagan Rust Was All-In From The Start |url=https://victorypress.org/2020/02/04/whatever-it-took-thats-what-we-were-doing-reagan-rust-was-all-in-from-start/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=The Victory Press |language=en}}</ref>
In February 2020, she was inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rust to be Inducted into Beanpot Hall of Fame |url=https://goterriers.com/news/2020/1/27/womens-ice-hockey-rust-to-be-inducted-into-beanpot-hall-of-fame.aspx |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Boston University Athletics |language=en |archive-date=January 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124190257/https://goterriers.com/news/2020/1/27/womens-ice-hockey-rust-to-be-inducted-into-beanpot-hall-of-fame.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Professional === In 2019, Rust originally planned to join the nearby Worcester Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), but the league collapsed before she could sign a contract. Instead, she joined over 150 players in the newly created Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), and would spend the 2019–20 season as an independent affiliate of the organization.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whelan |first=Kirsten |date=February 4, 2020 |title="Whatever it took, that's what we were doing": Reagan Rust Was All-In From The Start |url=https://victorypress.org/2020/02/04/whatever-it-took-thats-what-we-were-doing-reagan-rust-was-all-in-from-start/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-10-11 |website=The Victory Press |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118081438/https://victorypress.org/2020/02/04/whatever-it-took-thats-what-we-were-doing-reagan-rust-was-all-in-from-start/ }}</ref> During the season, she would also participate in the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships as part of a team from Nashville.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=James |date=February 16, 2020 |title=U.S. Pond Hockey Championships: 'The ultimate event in grassroots hockey' |url=https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/02/16/u-s-pond-hockey-championships-draw-variety-of-interesting-competitions/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-10-11 |website=NBC Sports |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130075330/https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/02/16/u-s-pond-hockey-championships-draw-variety-of-interesting-competitions/ }}</ref>
Before the 2020–21 season, Rust left the PWHPA to join KMH Budapest in the European Women's Hockey League (EWHL).
In 2017, Rust was offered a spot on the American roster for the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship, as the entire team was striking with the goal of higher pay and better working conditions. She turned the offer down, choosing to stand in solidarity with the striking players.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Praill|first=Colton|date=April 5, 2017|title=Why I Turned Down Team USA: Reagan Rust|url=https://lastwordonhockey.com/2017/04/05/turned-down-team-usa-reagan-rust/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Last Word on Sports|archive-date=September 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907161005/http://lastwordonhockey.com/2017/04/05/turned-down-team-usa-reagan-rust/}}</ref>
== Personal life == Rust has spoken out about her struggles with depression and anxiety.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Athlete Mental Health Stories – Reagan Rust|url=https://www.head1st.co/stories/reagan-rust|url-status=dead|website=HEAD1ST|access-date=December 13, 2020|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107014828/https://www.head1st.co/stories/reagan-rust}}</ref> She has a degree in economics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018–19 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: #18 Reagan Rust|url=https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/reagan-rust/12386|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Boston University Athletics|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415142035/https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/reagan-rust/12386}}</ref>
Rust is Filipino American.<ref>https://www.nfl.com/news/change-the-game-2024-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-sports-and-culture-symposium-showcases-program-s-progress</ref>
== Career statistics == {| style="text-align:center; width:75%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Regular Season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" !Season !Team !League !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM |- |2015–16 |Rochester Institute of Technology |NCAA |35 |5 |13 |18 |30 |– |– |– |– |– |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2016–17 |Rochester Institute of Technology |NCAA |34 |3 |11 |14 |26 |– |– |– |– |– |- |2017–18 |Boston University |NCAA |37 |5 |13 |18 |30 |– |– |– |– |– |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2018–19 |Boston University |NCAA |37 |4 |9 |13 |34 |– |– |– |– |– |- |2019–20 |– |PWHPA |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |- |2021–22 |AIK Hockey Dam |SDHL !35 |3 |5 |8 |40 |2 |0 |1 |1 |2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |NCAA totals !143 !17 !46 !63 !120 |– |– |– |– |– |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |SDHL totals !35 !3 !5 !8 !49 !2 !0 !1 !1 !2 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.reaganrust.com/}} * {{ice hockey stats}} {{Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey navbox}}
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