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

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

Winners by school

School	Winners
Middlebury College	4
SUNY Plattsburgh	4
Elmira College	3
UW-River Falls	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

Position	Winners
Forward	20
Defense	1
Goaltender	2
Forward/Defense	1

See also

• Patty Kazmaier Award - D-I women
• Sid Watson Award - D-III men
• Hobey Baker Award - D-I men

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. "Finalists Announced for 2019 Laura Hurd Award 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.
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 2023-03-19.
13. "Maddie McCollins Named Laura Hurd Player of the Year". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-17.