Julie Chu Women's National Rookie of the Year Award

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Julie Chu Women's National Rookie of the Year Award
Sport Ice hockey
Awarded forThe most outstanding rookie in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey
Presented byWomen's Hockey Commissioners Association
History
First award2014
Most recent Joy Dunne

The Julie Chu Women's National Rookie of the Year Award is awarded yearly to the most outstanding rookie player in NCAA Division I women's college ice hockey by the Women's Hockey Commissioners Association. In 2024 the award was renamed to honor former Harvard hockey player Julie Chu. [1]

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Award winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolReference
2014 Dani Cameranesi Minnesota [2]
2015 Annie Pankowski Wisconsin
2016 Sarah Potomak Minnesota
2017 Jaycee Gebhard Robert Morris [3]
2018 Daryl Watts Boston College [4]
2019 Sarah Fillier Princeton [5]
2020 Hannah Bilka Boston College [6]
2021 Kiara Zanon Penn State [7]
2022 Peyton Hemp Minnesota [8]
2023 Tessa Janecke Penn State [9]
2024 Joy Dunne Ohio State [10]

Winners by school

SchoolWinners
Minnesota 3
Boston College 2
Penn State 2
Ohio State 1
Princeton 1
Robert Morris 1
Wisconsin 1

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References

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