The Patty Kazmaier Memorial 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 Hometown 1998 Brandy Fisher Forward New Hampshire Potsdam, New York 1999 A.J. Mleczko Forward Harvard Nantucket, Massachusetts 2000 Ali Brewer Goaltender Brown Racine, Wisconsin 2001 Jennifer Botterill Forward Harvard Ottawa, Ontario 2002 Brooke Whitney Forward Northeastern Snohomish, Washington 2003 Jennifer Botterill Forward Harvard Ottawa, Ontario 2004 Angela Ruggiero Defense Harvard Panorama City, California 2005 Krissy Wendell Forward Minnesota Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 2006 Sara Bauer Forward Wisconsin 2007 Julie Chu Forward Harvard Bridgeport, Connecticut 2008 Sarah Vaillancourt Forward Harvard Sherbrooke, Quebec 2009 Jessie Vetter Goaltender Wisconsin Cottage Grove, Wisconsin 2010 Vicki Bendus Forward Mercyhurst Wasaga Beach, Ontario 2011 Meghan Duggan ForwardWisconsin Danvers, Massachusetts 2012 Brianna Decker Forward Wisconsin Dousman, Wisconsin 2013 Amanda KesselForward Minnesota Madison, Wisconsin 2014 Jamie Lee Rattray Forward Clarkson Kanata, Ontario 2015 Alex Carpenter Forward Boston College Cambridge, Massachusetts 2016 Kendall Coyne Forward Northeastern Palos Park, Illinois 2017 Ann-Renée Desbiens Goaltender Wisconsin La Malbaie, Quebec 2018 Daryl Watts Forward Boston College Toronto, Ontario 2019 Loren Gabel Forward Clarkson Kitchener, Ontario 2020 Élizabeth Giguère Forward Clarkson Quebec City, Quebec 2021 Aerin Frankel Goaltender Northeastern Briarcliff Manor, New York 2022 Taylor Heise Forward Minnesota Lake City, Minnesota 2023 Sophie Jaques Defense Ohio State Toronto, Ontario 2024 Izzy Daniel Forward Cornell Minneapolis, Minnesota 2025 Casey O'Brien Forward Wisconsin Milton, Massachusetts2026Caroline HarveyDefenseWisconsinPelham, New Hampshire
Winners by school
School WinnersWisconsin 7Harvard 6Northeastern 3Clarkson 3Minnesota 3Boston College 2Brown 1Cornell 1Mercyhurst 1Ohio State 1New Hampshire 1
Top three finalists by school School FinalistsWisconsin 15Minnesota 13Harvard 9Northeastern 8Minnesota Duluth 7Clarkson 5Mercyhurst 5Boston College 4New Hampshire 4Brown 3Boston University 2Cornell 2Dartmouth 2Ohio State 2Colgate University 1North Dakota 1Penn State 1Providence 1St. Lawrence 1
Winners by state/province State/Province Winners 8 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 11
Finalists Year Finalist School Finalist School 1998 Laurie Belliveau Yale Sarah Hood Dartmouth 1999 Ali Brewer Brown Nicki Luongo New Hampshire 2000 Sara DeCosta Providence Tara Mounsey Brown Carisa Zaban New Hampshire 2001 Tammy Shewchuk Harvard Courtney Kennedy Minnesota 2002 Ronda Curtin Minnesota Carly Haggard Dartmouth 2003 Angela Ruggiero Harvard Jenny Potter Minnesota Duluth 2004 Chanda Gunn Northeastern Jenny Potter Minnesota Duluth 2005 Natalie Darwitz Minnesota Caroline Ouellette Minnesota Duluth 2006 Sabrina Harbec St. Lawrence Riitta SchaublinMinnesota Duluth 2007 Meghan Agosta Mercyhurst Sara Bauer Wisconsin 2008 Meghan Agosta Mercyhurst Kim Martin Minnesota Duluth 2009 Meghan Agosta Mercyhurst Sarah Vaillancourt Harvard 2010 Kelly Paton New Hampshire Noora Räty Minnesota 2011 Meghan Agosta Mercyhurst Kelli StackBoston College 2012 Jocelyne Lamoureux North Dakota Florence SchellingNortheastern 2013 Megan Bozek Minnesota Noora Räty 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 2017 Cayley Mercer Clarkson Lara Stalder Minnesota Duluth 2018 Victoria Bach Boston University Loren Gabel Clarkson 2019 Megan Keller Boston College Annie Pankowski Wisconsin 2020 Alina Müller Northeastern Abby Roque Wisconsin 2021 Grace Zumwinkle Minnesota Daryl Watts Wisconsin 2022 Gabbie Hughes Minnesota Duluth Sophie Jaques Ohio State 2023 Alina Müller Northeastern Danielle Serdachny Colgate 2024 Casey O'Brien Wisconsin Kirsten Simms Wisconsin 2025 Laila Edwards Wisconsin Caroline Harvey Wisconsin2026Abbey MurphyMinnesotaTessa JaneckePenn State
See also
List of sports awards honoring women Hobey Baker Award – D-I men's equivalent Laura Hurd Award – D-III women's equivalent Sid Watson Award – D-III men's equivalent
References