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.

In January 2007, the AHCA voted to rename the Division III Women's Player of the Year after ,[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
2000 Forward Middlebury College
2001 Forward Middlebury College
2002 Forward Gustavus Adolphus College
2003 Forward/Defense Middlebury College
2004 Forward Williams College
2005 Forward Elmira College
2006 Forward Middlebury College
2007 Defense Gustavus Adolphus College
2008 [2] Forward SUNY Plattsburgh
2009 Forward Elmira College
2010 Goaltender Trinity College
2011 [3] Forward Rochester Institute of Technology
2012 [4] Forward Norwich University
2013 [5] Forward SUNY Plattsburgh
2014 [6] Goaltender SUNY Plattsburgh
2015 [7] Forward Elmira
2016 [8] Forward Lake Forest
2017 [8] Forward UW-River Falls
2018 [8] Forward Plattsburgh
2019 [9] Forward Hamline University
2020 Amanda Conway[10] Forward Norwich University

Winners by school[]

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

Winners by position[]

Position Winners
Forward 17
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 Aware 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.
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