Patty Kazmaier Award
 | |
| Award details | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Given for | Top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey.[1] |
| History | |
| First award | 1998 |
| Most recent | Alex Carpenter |
The Patty Kazmaier Award is given to the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four. The award was first presented in 1998.
The award is named in honor of the late Patty Kazmaier-Sandt, a four-year varsity letter winner and All Ivy League honoree for the Princeton University women's ice hockey team from 1981 through 1986. She also played field hockey and lacrosse. She died on February 15, 1990 at the age of 28 from a rare blood disease. Patty was the daughter of Heisman Trophy winner Dick Kazmaier.
Award winners
| Year | Winner | Position | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Brandy Fisher | Forward | New Hampshire |
| 1999 | A.J. Mleczko | Forward | Harvard |
| 2000 | Ali Brewer | Goaltender | Brown |
| 2001 | Jennifer Botterill | Forward | Harvard |
| 2002 | Brooke Whitney | Forward | Northeastern |
| 2003 | Jennifer Botterill | Forward | Harvard |
| 2004 | Angela Ruggiero | Defense | Harvard |
| 2005 | Krissy Wendell | Forward | Minnesota |
| 2006 | Sara Bauer | Forward | Wisconsin |
| 2007 | Julie Chu | Forward | Harvard |
| 2008 | Sarah Vaillancourt | Forward | Harvard |
| 2009 | Jessie Vetter | Goaltender | Wisconsin |
| 2010 | Vicki Bendus | Forward | Mercyhurst College |
| 2011 | Meghan Duggan | Forward | Wisconsin |
| 2012 | Brianna Decker | Forward | Wisconsin |
| 2013 | Amanda Kessel | Forward | Minnesota |
| 2014 | Jamie Lee Rattray | Forward | Clarkson |
| 2015 | Alex Carpenter | Forward | Boston College |
| 2016 | Kendall Coyne | Forward | Northeastern |
Winners by school
| School | Winners |
|---|---|
| Harvard | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 4 |
| Minnesota | 2 |
| Northeastern | 2 |
| Boston College | 1 |
| Brown | 1 |
| Clarkson | 1 |
| Mercyhurst College | 1 |
| New Hampshire | 1 |
Finalists
| Year | Finalist | School | Finalist | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Chanda Gunn | Northeastern | Jenny Potter | Minnesota Duluth |
| 2005 | Natalie Darwitz | Minnesota | Caroline Ouellette | Minnesota Duluth |
| 2006 | Sabrina Harbec[2] | St. Lawrence | Riitta Schaublin | Minnesota Duluth |
| 2007 | Meghan Agosta[3] | Mercyhurst | Sara Bauer | Wisconsin |
| 2008 | Meghan Agosta[4] | Mercyhurst | Kim Martin | Minnesota Duluth |
| 2009 | Meghan Agosta[5] | Mercyhurst | Sarah Vaillancourt | Harvard |
| 2010 | Kelly Paton[6] | New Hampshire | Noora Raty | Minnesota |
| 2011 | Meghan Agosta | Mercyhurst | Kelli Stack | Boston College |
| 2012 | Jocelyne Lamoureux | North Dakota | Florence Schelling | Northeastern |
| 2013 | Megan Bozek | Minnesota | Noora Raty | Minnesota |
| 2014 | Hannah Brandt | Minnesota | Jillian Saulnier | Cornell |
| 2015 | Hannah Brandt | Minnesota | Marie-Philip Poulin | Boston University |
| 2016 | Alex Carpenter | Boston College | Ann-Renee Desbiens | Wisconsin |
See also
- Hobey Baker Award - D-I men
- Laura Hurd Award - D-III women
- Sid Watson Award - D-III men
- National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship
References
- ↑ "The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.". Retrieved 2013-03-24.
- ↑ http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=PL_05_08_05&ID=18926&DetailedNews=yes
- ↑ http://www.ithacagirlshockey.com/newsupdates/2006_07/031207upd.html
- ↑ http://hurstathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/031208aad.html
- ↑ http://hockey.teamusa.org/news/2009/03/12/three-finalists-named-for-2009-patty-kazmaier-memorial-award/10445
- ↑ http://sports.ca.msn.com/olympics/article.aspx?cp-documentid=23606203
External links
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