During her ice hockey career as a player, Botterill assisted on the game-winning goal in her final international game, Canada's 2–0 win over the United States for the gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Her father, Cal, is a sports psychologist who has advised NHL teams and works with Canadian Olympic athletes.

As a teenager she competed in the sport for Team Manitoba in Grande Prairie, Alberta, at the 1995 Canada Winter Games, a national multi-sport competition for elite, Canadian amateur athletes.

Harvard and several media outlets recognize Botterill as U.S. college ice hockey's career scoring leader (149 goals, 170 assists, 319 points).

[9][10][11] The NCAA does not recognize her record because women's hockey was not an NCAA-sanctioned sport in Botterill's first two college seasons.

[13] Botterill played for the Mississauga Chiefs and Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

[18] 2006 Order of Manitoba[19] 2001–02 and 2002–03 Winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award for the top female college ice hockey player in the United States.