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, 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 2000 Sylvia Ryan Forward 2001 Michelle Labbe Forward 2002 Sarah Moe Forward 2003 Angela Kapus Forward/Defense 2004 Molly Wasserman Forward 2005 Laura Hurd Forward 2006 Emily Quizon Forward 2007 Andrea Peterson Defense 2008 Danielle Blanchard Forward 2009 Kayla Coady Forward 2010 Isabel Iwachiw Goaltender 2011 Sarah Dagg Forward 2012 Julie Fortier Forward 2013 Teal Gove Forward 2014 Sydney Aveson Goaltender 2015 Ashley Ryan Forward 2016 Michelle Greeneway Forward 2017 Dani Sibley Forward 2018 Melissa Sheeran Forward 2019 Bre Simon Forward 2020 Amanda Conway Forward 2021 Not awarded 2022 Callie Hoff Forward 2023 Darci Matson Forward 2024 Maddie McCollins Forward 2025 Bailey Olson Forward 2026 Megan Goodreau Forward
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 Patty Kazmaier Award - D-I women's equivalent Sid Watson Award - D-III men's equivalent Hobey Baker Award - D-I men's equivalent
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