The Sarah Devens Award is given as a joint award between the ECAC Hockey and Hockey East conferences to a women's ice hockey player. The criteria for the Devens Award is for a player who demonstrates leadership and commitment both on and off the ice. [1] Both conferences submitted a league nominee for consideration and the winner is also given a post-graduate scholarship of $10,000. The award is named in honor of former Dartmouth Big Green ice hockey player, Sarah Devens, who died in 1995 prior to her senior year.
| Year | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Kathryn Waldo [2] | Northeastern |
| 1997–98 | Sarah Hood | Dartmouth |
| 1998–99 | Jaime Totten | Northeastern |
| 1999–2000 | Carrie Jokiel | New Hampshire |
| 2000–01 | Christina Sorbara | Brown |
| 2001–02 | Dianna Bell | Cornell |
| 2002–03 | Rachel Barrie | St. Lawrence |
| 2003–04 | Lindsay Charlebois | Harvard |
| 2004–05 | Nicole Corriero | Harvard |
| 2005–06 | Karen Thatcher [3] | Providence |
| 2006–07 | Lindsay Williams | Clarkson |
| 2007–08 | Lizzie Keady [4] | Princeton |
| 2008–09 | Marianna Locke [5] | St. Lawrence |
| 2009–10 | Laura Gersten [6] | Rensselaer |
| 2010–11 | Jaclyn Snikeris [7] | Yale |
| 2011–12 | Aleca Hughes [8] | Yale |
| 2012–13 | Alyssa Zupon [9] | Yale |
| 2013–14 | Vanessa Gagnon [10] | Clarkson |
| 2014–15 | Chelsea Laden [11] | Quinnipiac |
| 2015–16 | Alli Rolandelli [12] | Brown |
| 2016–17 | Paula Voorheis | Cornell [13] |
| 2017–18 | Taylor Willard | Vermont [14] |
| 2018–19 | Mackenzie Lancaster | Quinnipiac [15] |
| 2019–20 | Sammy Davis | Boston University [16] |
| 2020–21 | Grace Markey | Quinnipiac [17] |
| 2021–22 | Gianna Meloni | Yale [18] |