Sara Manness

Manness originally had a verbal commitment to play college ice hockey at Minnesota in 2023, before committing to play for Clarkson.^[1]

She began her collegiate career during the 2025–26 season. During October, she led all freshmen with 12 assists and was named named Co-Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) Rookie of the Month, along with Hilda Svensson.^[2] On January 24, 2026, in a game against Harvard, she became the first Clarkson player in program history to score a goal in 10 consecutive games in one season, surpassing the previous record of nine consecutive games set by Loren Gabel during the 2017–18 season.^[3] During January, she recorded 14 goals, and nine assists in 11 games. She had at least one point in each game and had nine multi-point games, including three multi-goal games, four game winners and her third career hat-trick. She was subsequently named ECAC Rookie of the Month and HCA Rookie of the Month.^[4][5] During her freshman year she led the conference in scoring with 21 goals and 31 assists in 22 games. She led all rookies nationally and in the ECAC in game-winning goals (6), points (52), and goals (21).^[6]

Following the season she was named to the All-ECAC first team and All-ECAC rookie team.^[7][8] She was also named ECAC Rookie of the Year, Forward of the Year and Player of the Year. She became the first rookie to win ECAC Player of the Year.^[9] She was also named co-National Rookie of the Year, along with Hilda Svensson.^[10]

Manness represented Team Manitoba at the 2023 National Women's Under-18 Championship and tied for the tournament lead in scoring with five goals and four assists in five games.^[11] She was subsequently named MVP.^[12] Following her performance at the National Under-18 Championship, she was selected to represent Canada at the 2024 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship where she was the youngest member for team Canada.^[13] During the tournament she recorded three assists in six games and won a bronze medal.^[14]

On December 10, 2024, she was again selected to represent Canada at the 2025 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship, along with her twin sister, Kate.^[15] The twins became the fifth set of sisters to represent Canada at the U18 World Championship, and the first to do so together at the same competition.^[16] During the tournament she recorded two goals and seven assists in six games and won a gold medal.^[17]

Manness was born to April and Jason Manness, and has a twin sister, Kate, and an older sister, Alison.^[18][19]