Minnesota State announces leadership group for 2024-25

MANKATO, Minn. — Minnesota State has announced the four skaters that will be captaining the Mavericks for the 2024-25 season.

Forward Sydney Langseth will serve as captain while Jamie Nelson, Shelbi Guttormson and Madison Mashuga will each be alternate captains. All four athletes are from Minnesota.

“We are excited about our leadership group for the upcoming season,” said Minnesota State head coach Shari Dickerman in

a press release from the University.

“All four bring effort, energy and enthusiasm in everything they do. They have been leading by example since long before they stepped foot on our campus. We cannot wait to see how far this group will take us as we aim for new heights in the WCHA.”

Langseth, a native of Eden Prairie, is entering her fifth-year of eligibility with the Mavericks in 2024-25. She just finished up her senior season where she led the entire team in overall point scoring by earning 15 goals and 17 assists through 38 games played. The 22-year-old is also no stranger to being a leader both on and off the ice as she wore an ‘A’ in 2023-24. She puts in quite a bit of work in the classroom too as she was a 2023 Krampade Division I All-American Scholar and she is a three-time WCHA Academic Team member.

Shelbi Guttormson will be the lone defender of the leadership group in 2024-25. The native of Moorhead came to the Mavericks after competing with Shattuck-St. Mary’s in high school. She has now just finished up her junior season of collegiate hockey where she scored two goals and three assists through 38 contests in 2023-24. The 21-year-old has appeared in 109 total games for Minnesota State and she is a two-time WCHA All-Academic Team member.

Madison Mashuga will also be wearing an ‘A’ for the Mavericks in 2024-25. The forward from Anoka scored 11 points through 26 games played this past year as a senior. She served as an alternate captain in 2023-24 and will do so again in 2024-25. The 22-year-old has appeared in 117 career collegiate games as she enters her fifth-year of eligibility with Minnesota State and she is a three-time WCHA All-Academic Team honoree.

Forward Jamie Nelson rounds out the three skaters that will be alternate captains in 2024-25. Nelson, from Andover, had an outstanding senior season in 2023-24 as she led the entire Mavericks roster in goal-scoring with 20. She tallied a total of 30 points through 38 contests over the past year. The 21-year-old is entering her fifth-year of eligibility at Minnesota State this fall after a successful four-year collegiate career so far. She was named the 2021 WCHA Rookie of the Year and has since been honored as a 2023 Krampade Division I All-American Scholar and was put on the WCHA All-Academic Team three different times.

Sydney Wolf is a reporter for The Rink Live, primarily covering youth and high school hockey. She joined the team in November of 2021 and graduated from St. Cloud State University with a degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Writing and Rhetoric Studies.