Steadman was a four-sport athlete at Northwood, participating in ice hockey, soccer, lacrosse, and crew.

[2] As a senior on the ice hockey team, she served as an alternate captain and registered 34 points (19 goals + 15 assists).

In her first three postseason games, she scored one goal in each match, including in the 2009 CHA Tournament Final versus Wayne State (March 7) where she contributed two points (1+1) to the Lakers’ CHL Championship victory.

In the first game of the regular season (October 2), Steadman scored a goal as the Lakers trounced Bemidji State, 4–1.

Steadman started the season on a five-game point streak, with a highlight two-goal game at Maine on October 10.

In the October 29, 2011 match versus Lindenwood, Steadman scored four goals and notched an assist, as the Lakers defeated the Lions by a 14–0 mark.

[5] As of 2018, several of Steadman's senior campaign (2011–12) totals remained in the Lakers’ individual season top-ten record book.

[6] Steadman played with the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, originally signing as a practice player because her full-time job as Director of Hockey Operations with the Robert Morris Colonials significantly limited her ability to travel with the team.

[9] She scored the first regular season goal in Buffalo Beauts franchise history on the league's opening day, October 11, 2015, slipping one past Boston Pride goaltender Brittany Ott.

She joined a roster filled with other future hockey stars, including Megan Bozek, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Brianna Decker, Amanda Kessel, Madison Packer, and her high school teammate, Blake Bolden.