Laura Hurd Award

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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.

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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

YearWinnerPositionSchoolRef
2000 Sylvia Ryan Forward Middlebury College
2001 Michelle Labbe ForwardMiddlebury College
2002 Sarah Moe Forward Gustavus Adolphus College
2003 Angela Kapus Forward/DefenseMiddlebury College
2004 Molly Wasserman Forward Williams College
2005 Laura Hurd Forward Elmira College
2006 Emily Quizon ForwardMiddlebury College
2007 Andrea Peterson Defense Gustavus Adolphus College
2008 Danielle Blanchard Forward SUNY Plattsburgh [2]
2009 Kayla Coady ForwardElmira 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 ForwardSUNY Plattsburgh [5]
2014 Sydney Aveson GoaltenderSUNY Plattsburgh [6]
2015 Ashley Ryan ForwardElmira College [7]
2016 Michelle Greeneway Forward Lake Forest College [8]
2017 Dani Sibley Forward UW-River Falls [8]
2018 Melissa Sheeran ForwardSUNY Plattsburgh [8]
2019 Bre Simon Forward Hamline University [9]
2020 Amanda Conway ForwardNorwich University [10]
2021Not awarded
2022 Callie Hoff ForwardUW-River Falls [11]
2023 Darci Matson Forward Aurora University [12]
2024 Maddie McCollins ForwardUW-River Falls [13]

Winners by school

SchoolWinners
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

PositionWinners
Forward20
Defense1
Goaltender2
Forward/Defense1

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