Knight, who turns 25 on Saturday, is the all-time leading scorer in UW history, won two NCAA championship rings with the Badgers (2009 and ’11) and owns a pair of Olympic silver medals with Team USA (2010 and ’14).

She was among 22 world-class athletes — men and women; young and older; millionaire professionals and underfunded amateurs — who agreed to be photographed sans clothing in the athletic setting that made them famous.

For Knight that meant being seated on a bench in a hockey dressing room, her chiseled, six-packed torso stretched over her 5-foot-11, 177-pound frame. She’s smiling sweetly as she laces up a skate.

“I thought this would be a good growth and learning experience because I’m never going to have the opportunity to reach this many people with such a powerful message,” Knight said.

The message is that women can be muscular and fit as well as attractive.

Knight, who graduated from UW in 2012 with a degree in history, said her success as an athlete has been predicated in part on her size. She’s always been bigger and stronger than most everyone else on the ice, which helps explain how she amassed a UW record 262 points (143 goals, 119 assists) in 161 games and helped lead the Badgers to berths in four NCAA championship games.

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