Education
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
She currently plays third for Erika Brown, but is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, Canada.
She was named United States of America female curling athlete of the year in 2008.
Pottinger curls out of the Saint Paul Curling Club in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She learned how to curl in Otterburn Park, Quebec.
In 1994, Pottinger was an alternate for Erika Brown"s silver medal winning team at the World Junior Curling Championships. Pottinger picked up another silver medal at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the lead for Lisa Schoeneberg.
In 2003 she had moved up to the position of third, and played for Debbie McCormick.
Her team lost in the trials, but Pottinger was selected as the Alternate for the victorious team (which includes former teammate McCormick). Pottinger attended the 2014 Olympics but was not selected to play in any matches for Team United States of America.
2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games
Debbie McCormick, Skip
Nicole Joraanstad, Second
Natalie Nicholson, Lead
Tracy Sachtjen, Alternate
Grand Slam record.