The Laura Hurd Award is an annual award given to the top player in NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey. It is given by the American Hockey Coaches Association. It was known as the Division III Women's Player of the Year Award prior to 2007.

In January 2007, the AHCA voted to rename the Division III Women's Player of the Year after Laura Hurd,[1] who played collegiately at Elmira College and was killed in a car accident in 2006, a year after winning the award. Hurd holds the NCAA Division III record for career scoring with 237 points over four years; she was a four-time All-American and led Elmira to two national championships.

Award winners

Year Winner Position School Ref
2000 Sylvia Ryan Forward Middlebury College
2001 Michelle Labbe Forward Middlebury College
2002 Sarah Moe Forward Gustavus Adolphus College
2003 Angela Kapus Forward/Defense Middlebury College
2004 Molly Wasserman Forward Williams College
2005 Laura Hurd Forward Elmira College
2006 Emily Quizon Forward Middlebury College
2007 Andrea Peterson Defense Gustavus Adolphus College
2008 Danielle Blanchard Forward SUNY Plattsburgh [2]
2009 Kayla Coady Forward Elmira College
2010 Isabel Iwachiw Goaltender Trinity College
2011 Sarah Dagg Forward Rochester Institute of Technology [3]
2012 Julie Fortier Forward Norwich University [4]
2013 Teal Gove Forward SUNY Plattsburgh [5]
2014 Sydney Aveson Goaltender SUNY Plattsburgh [6]
2015 Ashley Ryan Forward Elmira College [7]
2016 Michelle Greeneway Forward Lake Forest College [8]
2017 Dani Sibley Forward UW-River Falls [8]
2018 Melissa Sheeran Forward SUNY Plattsburgh [8]
2019 Bre Simon Forward Hamline University [9]
2020 Amanda Conway Forward Norwich University [10]
2021 Not awarded
2022 Callie Hoff Forward UW-River Falls [11]
2023 Darci Matson Forward Aurora University [12]
2024 Maddie McCollins Forward UW-River Falls [13]

Winners by school

School Winners
Middlebury College 4
SUNY Plattsburgh 4
Elmira College 3
UW-River Falls 3
Gustavus Adolphus College 2
Norwich University 2
Rochester Institute of Technology 1
Trinity College 1
Williams College 1
Lake Forest College 1
Hamline University 1
Aurora University 1

Winners by position

Position Winners
Forward 20
Defense 1
Goaltender 2
Forward/Defense 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Julie Fortier wins Laura Hurd Award :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". uscho.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  2. ^ "American Hockey Coaches Association". ahcahockey.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  3. ^ "Tiger hockey—women and men—set national records at season's end - RIT News - Athenaeum". rit.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  4. ^ "Julie Fortier wins Laura Hurd Award :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". uscho.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  5. ^ "American Hockey Coaches Association - Teal Gove of Plattsburgh State is D-III Women's Player of the Year". ahcahockey.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  6. ^ "Sydney Aveson wins Laura Hurd award; Women's All-Americans announced - D3hockey". d3hockey.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  7. ^ "American Hockey Coaches Association - Ashley Ryan of Elmira is D-III Women's Hockey Player of the Year". ahcahockey.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  8. ^ a b c "Finalists Announced for 2019 Laura Hurd Award Winner; Women's All-Americans announced - D3hockey". d3hockey.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  9. ^ "Hamline's Bre Simon is 2019 Laura Hurd Award Winner as AHCA Division III Women's Player of the Year; Women's All-Americans announced - D3hockey". d3hockey.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  10. ^ "Norwich's Amanda Conway is 2020 Laura Hurd Award Winner As AHCA Division III Women's Player of the Year". American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  11. ^ "UW-River Falls' Callie Hoff is 2022 Laura Hurd Award Winner As AHCA Division III Women's Player of the Year". American Hockey Coaches Association.
  12. ^ "Matson wins Laura Hurd Award". Aurora University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  13. ^ "Maddie McCollins Named Laura Hurd Player of the Year". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
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