Laura Hurd Award

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

Laura Hurd Award winners
Year Winner Position School Ref.
2000 Sylvia Ryan Forward
Middlebury    
2001 Michelle Labbe Forward
Middlebury    
2002 Sarah Moe Forward
2003 Angela Kapus Forward/Defense
Middlebury    
2004 Molly Wasserman Forward
Williams    
2005 Laura Hurd Forward
Elmira    
2006 Emily Quizon Forward
Middlebury    
2007 Andrea Peterson Defense
2008 Danielle Blanchard Forward [2]
2009 Kayla Coady Forward
Elmira    
2010 Isabel Iwachiw Goaltender
Trinity    
2011 Sarah Dagg Forward
RIT      
 [3]
2012 Julie Fortier Forward
Norwich    
 [4]
2013 Teal Gove Forward [5]
2014 Sydney Aveson Goaltender [6]
2015 Ashley Ryan Forward
Elmira    
 [7]
2016 Michelle Greeneway Forward
Lake Forest      
 [8]
2017 Dani Sibley Forward [8]
2018 Melissa Sheeran Forward [8]
2019 Bre Simon Forward
Hamline    
 [9]
2020 Amanda Conway Forward
Norwich    
 [10]
2021 Not awarded
2022 Callie Hoff Forward [11]
2023 Darci Matson Forward
Aurora    
 [12]
2024 Maddie McCollins Forward [13]
2025 Bailey Olson Forward [14]
2026 Megan Goodreau Forward [15]

Winners by school

Number of Laura Hurd Award winners by school
School Winners
UW–River Falls 5
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
Lake Forest College 1
Hamline University 1
Aurora University 1

Winners by position

Number of Laura Hurd Award winners by position
Position Winners
Forward 22
Goaltender 2
Defense 1
Forward/Defense 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Julie Fortier wins Laura Hurd Award :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". uscho.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "American Hockey Coaches Association". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "Tiger hockey—women and men—set national records at season's end - RIT News - Athenaeum". rit.edu. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "Julie Fortier wins Laura Hurd Award :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". uscho.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "American Hockey Coaches Association - Teal Gove of Plattsburgh State is D-III Women's Player of the Year". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "Sydney Aveson wins Laura Hurd award; Women's All-Americans announced - D3hockey". d3hockey.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  7. ^ "American Hockey Coaches Association - Ashley Ryan of Elmira is D-III Women's Hockey Player of the Year". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "Finalists Announced for 2019 Laura Hurd Award Winner; Women's All-Americans announced - D3hockey". d3hockey.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  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 July 21, 2016.
  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 October 25, 2020.
  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 March 19, 2023.
  13. ^ "Maddie McCollins Named Laura Hurd Player of the Year". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  14. ^ "Goodreau Named 2026 Laura Hurd Player of the Year". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 26, 2026. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  15. ^ "Goodreau Named 2026 Laura Hurd Player of the Year". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 26, 2026. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
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