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Kenzie Kent played for both the Boston College Women's Hockey Team and Boston College Women's Lacrosse Team from 2015-2019, was drafted into both the NWHL and WPLL, currently plays professional lacrosse for the New England Command, and is an assistant coach for the Harvard Women's Lacrosse Team.  She talks about growing up in Norwell, Massachusetts, coming from a large athletic family, getting into lacrosse through her mother, who is an assistant coach at BC, and how she got into ice hockey. Kenzie describes her great high school career at Thayer Academy and Noble & Greenough, winning 3 National Championships with Assabet Valley, playing for the USA U18 Hockey Team, and the recruiting process to play both sports in college.  Kenzie discusses how she managed both sports, only being able to play half of the lacrosse season due to when the hockey season ended, and her decision to use a redshirt year to have a year to focus only on hockey and a year to focus only on lacrosse.  She then talks about the success both teams had, getting to 3 Frozen Fours in hockey, and 3 Final Fours in lacrosse, what it was like playing for her mom, getting drafted into both professional leagues, playing in the WPLL, and becoming an assistant coach at Harvard.