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2023 DIII Conference Awards + Laura Hurd/COTY/All-American Contenders

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Scott_TG

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Summary of the 2023 conference-awards. Players of the Year are almost always the Laura Hurd finalists and conference COTYs are usually the finalists for the national COTY.

NEHC

POTY: Ann-Frederique Guay, Norwich University, Senior Forward
ROTY: Emma Bradbury, Elmira College, Forward
GOTY: Haley McKim, Southern Maine, Junior (2nd straight GOTY award)
COTY: Tim McAuliffe, Castleton

FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Forward Ann-Frederique Guay, Norwich University
Forward Mikah Baptiste, Norwich University
Forward Madison Chagnon, University of Southern Maine
Defense Madi Morton, Elmira College
Defense Morgan Tefft, Norwich University
Defense Molly Flanagan, Norwich University
Goaltender Haley McKim, University of Southern Maine

SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Forward Morgan Mordini, Elmira College
Forward Aimee Headland, Norwich University
Forward Darby Palisi, Castleton University
Defense Jenny Heath, Elmira College
Defense Emma O'Neill, Norwich University
Goaltender Kristin DiCicco, Castleton University

THIRD TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Forward Emily Lenzen, New England College
Forward Mary McCafferty, Elmira College
Forward Claire Meeder, Elmira College
Defense Lexi Hoffmann, Elmira College
Defense Katie Manning, Elmira College
Defense Annabel Ziskin, William Smith College
Goaltender Leonie Kuehberger, Elmira College

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Forward Emma Bradbury, Elmira College
Forward Olivia Boyer, Norwich University
Forward Meg Aiken, Castleton University
Defense Allyson Barry, Johnson & Wales (RI)
Defense Caroline Thompson, University of Southern Maine
Goaltender Leah Bosch, University of Massachusetts Boston

NESCAC

Player of the Year: Abby Kuhns, Hamilton, D, Senior
Rookie of the Year: Natalie Stott, Amherst, Goalie
Coach of the Year: Emily McNamara, Hamilton

All-NESCAC First Team
G - Natalie Stott Amherst Fy. Franklin, Mass.
D - Abby Kuhns Hamilton Sr. Skaneateles, N.Y.
D - Claudia Vira Middlebury Sr. High Bridge, N.J.
F - Rylee Glennon Amherst Jr. Burlington, Mass.
F - Nancy Loh Hamilton Sr. Syracuse, N.Y. 2022
F - Meg Rittenhouse Colby Jr. Tampa, Fla.

All-NESCAC Second Team
G - Evie Sheridan Hamilton Fy. Syracuse, N.Y.
D - Avery Flynn Amherst Sr. Berlin, Conn.
D - Bri Michaud-Nolan Colby Sr. Wells, Maine
D - Leslie Schwartz Amherst Sr. Wellesley, Mass.
F - Melanie Conca Conn. College Sr. Nutley, N.J.
F - Jenna Letterie Middlebury Sr. Winthrop, Mass.
F - Maddie Tix Williams Sr. Wayzata, Minn.

UCHC
Player of the Year: Erica Sloan, Utica
Rookie of the Year: Katrina Strauts, Lebanon Valley
Goaltender of the Year: Angela Hawthorne, Utica
Defensive Player of the Year: Julia Holmes, Nazareth
Coach of the Year: Dave Clausen, Utica

First Team All-UCHC
Forward: Gabrielle Cox, Manhattanville
Forward: Georgiana Santullo, Utica
Forward: Erica Sloan, Utica
Defense: Julia Holmes, Nazareth
Defense: Madison Novotny, Utica
Goaltender: Angela Hawthorne, Utica

Second Team All-UCHC
Forward: Allison Corser-James, Chatham
Forward: Abbey Luth, Nazareth
Forward: Ally Watrous, Nazareth
Defense: Olivia Gilida, Alvernia
Defense: Holly Silva, Utica
Goaltender: Julia Beaven, Alvernia

All-UCHC Honorable Mention
Forward: Ally Nolan, Chatham
Forward: Makenna Wiljanen, Nazareth
Forward: Carly Stefanini, Utica
Defense: Sydney Bradley, Alvernia
Defense: Holly Meredith, Manhattanville
Defense: Abigail Barcless, Wilkes
Goaltender: Franny Gerardi, Manhattanville

UCHC All-Rookie Team
Forward: Maeve Hourihan, Arcadia
Forward: Katrina Strauts, Lebanon Valley
Forward: Abby Flanagan, Nazareth
Defense: Abbi Komrofske, Arcadia
Defense: Tess Barrett, Utica
Goaltender: Sam Brophy, Chatham

CCC, MIAC, NCHA and WIAC haven't posted anything yet. NEWHL trickles them out and I will post when they're all out (assuming no one beats me to the punch).

My predictions for the unreleased ones:

CCC: Michaela O'Brien, Endicott (best goalie in the league who bulwarked the defense to the CCC championship game despite underwhelming offense all year).
WIAC: Sophie Rausch, UW-EC (only player in the conference averaging over 1 point per game) or Abigail Stow, UWRF (active WIAC/NCAA DIII career leader and they vote her in to set her up for Laura Hurd nomination).
MIAC: Katie McCoy, GAC (Approaching NCAA shutouts record with a phenomenal season)
NCHA: Darci Matson, Aurora (Blowing away the rest of the conference offensively)
NEWHL: Sarah Krauseneck, Plattsburgh or Kaylee Merrill, Potsdam (lead in the offensive categories)
 
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2022-23 Women's NCHA All-Conference Team (alphabetical)

Forward: Une Bjelland (Sr./Stavanger, Norway), Adrian College
Forward: Natalie Hogan (So./Hoffman Estates, Ill.), St. Norbert College
Forward: Darci Matson (So./ Wasilla, Ak.), Aurora University
Forward: Emily Reimche (Sr./Billings, Mont.), Concordia University Wisconsin
Forward: Kelsey Ross (So./Littleton, Colo.), St. Norbert College
Forward: Makayla Spejcher (Fr./Green Bay, Wis.), Concordia University Wisconsin
Forward: Jessica VonRuden (Gr./Owatonna, Minn.), Adrian College
Defense: Ava Eid (Jr./ Belle River, Ontario), Aurora University
Defense: Ava Jaschke (Sr./Katy, Texas), St. Norbert College
Defense: Maya Roy (Jr./Clarkston, Mich.), Adrian College
Defense: Kathryn Truban (Jr./Hamilton, N.J.), Adrian College
Goalie: Sophie Goldberg (Sr./Newtown, Pa.), Adrian College
Goalie: Kayla Kolpitcke (Jr./Powell, Wyo.), Marian University
Goalie: Hannah Turnage (Sr./White Lake, Mich.), Lake Forest College

*Extra forward and goalie due to tie in voting

All-Freshman Team
F: Bailey Brunnhoelzl (Palmer, Alaska), St. Norbert College
F: Tia Lascelle (Cornwall, Ontario), Adrian College
F: Makayla Spejcher (Green Bay, Wis.), Concordia University Wisconsin
D: Willow Poppleton (Pickering, Ontario), Lake Forest College
D: Grace Wittkopf (Eagle, River, Wis.), St. Norbert College
G: Casey Frank (Cranberry Township, Pa.), Trine University

NCHA Player of the Year: Darci Matson, Aurora University

NCHA Freshman of the Year: Makayla Spejcher, Concordia University Wisconsin

NCHA Coach of the Year: A.J. Aitken, St. Norbert College
 
I will post the full NEWHL honors when the coach award drops, but Potsdam's Kaylee Merrill becomes the first NEWHL POTY to come from a team that's not Plattsburgh.

Other than the cancelled 2020-21 season, Plattsburgh's streak of conference player of the year awards dates back to 2016 when Kayla Meneghin won the ECAC Women's West POTY Award. Ashley Ryan of Elmira was the last non-Cardinal to win such an award back in 2015.

Merrill becomes the second player from Wasilla, Alaska to win a conference POTY award in DIII women's ice hockey this season, joining Aurora's Darci Matson who won the NCHA POTY this week.
 
NEWHL

Player of the Year: Kaylee Merrill, SR Forward, Potsdam
Goalie of the Year: Sirena Alvarez, SR, Canton
Rookie of the Year: Ainsley Delacourt, Defender, Cortland
Coaching Staff of the Year: Plattsburgh (Kevin Houle, HC; Julia Duquette '17, AC; Hanna Rose, Student AC; Kassi Abbott '19, Goalie Coach)

NEWHL All-Conference First Team
  • F Sara Krauseneck (Plattsburgh) – 2020 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Team / 2022 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Team
  • F Kaylee Merrill (Potsdam) – 2022 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Team
  • F Mia Hlasnick (Cortland) – 2022 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Team
  • D Sierra Benjamin (Plattsburgh) – 2022 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Team
  • D Amanda Zenstein (Oswego)
  • G Sirena Alvarez (Canton) 2022 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Team
NEWHL All-Conference Second Team
  • F Ariella Haas (Oswego)
  • F Simone Bednarik (Oswego)
  • F Julia Masotta (Plattsburgh)
  • D Ainsley Delacourt (Cortland)
  • D Mattie Norton (Plattsburgh)
  • G Molly Goergen (Cortland) – 2022 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Team
 
Commonwealth Coast Conference

Player of the Year: Shana Cote, GR, Forward, Suffolk
Goalie of the Year: Riley Jessie-Gerelli, Junior, Western New England
Rookie of the Year: Maddie Pope, Forward, Western New England
Coach of the Year: Taylor Wasylk, Suffolk

FIRST TEAM ALL-CCC
F - Shana Cote, Gr., Suffolk
F - Samantha Fantasia (Billerica, Mass.), So., Endicott
F - Maddie Pope, Fr., Western New England
D - Madison Duff (Novi, Mich.), Sr., Suffolk
D - Leslie Steiner (Janesville, Wis.), So., Suffolk
G - Rieley Jessie-Gerelli, Jr., Western New England

SECOND TEAM ALL-CCC
F - Riley Esposito (Enfield, Conn.), Fr., Salve Regina
F - Miranda Gaudet (Kelowna, British Columbia), Gr., Suffolk
F - Kat Keith (Westwood, Mass.), Sr., Endicott
F - Sofia Scilipoti (Toronto, Ontario), Sr., Suffolk
D - Madison Hentosh (Peabody, Mass.), Sr., Endicott
D - Avery Lutrzykowski (Winthrop, Maine), Sr., University of New England
G - Michaela O'Brien, Sr., Endicott

We're still awaiting the WIAC's honors.

AHCA award finalists are usually published one week from today, the Tuesday before the semifinals.
 
Scott_TG said:
Summary of the 2023 conference-awards. Players of the Year are almost always the Laura Hurd finalists and conference COTYs are usually the finalists for the national COTY.
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Isn’t is also coaches of semi-finals teams who were not COTY
 
VTpucksouteast said:
It's gotta be Matson, no? When do they vote on this? I could see maybe McCollins or Guay winning it with a massive playoff performance but Matson is 16 points clear of the next-closest Rausch. Granted all those Finlandia (RIP) and Lawrence games are bringing up Matson a bit, but a bad Trine team got 2 All-Americans last year off those two schools lol
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generally the Hurd has rewarded a senior on career accomplishments more so than just one specific season. But there have been a couple of rare underclassmen win it. But not often.
 
Russell Jaslow said:
I believe so. It's how they do it in D1.
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Yes, the coaches who make the semis are added to the COTY finalists if they are not already a conference COTY. I think Amherst coach Jeff Matthews is the favorite.

For the Laura Hurd, I'm thinking Matson because I think like 18-19 with Bre Simon she's far above any of the senior finalists. If they do stick with a senior I think it is Rausch or perhaps Ann-Frederique Guay.
 
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Good list. Maybe a little heavy on Adrian (5) in the west. Stephanie Martin, G from UWEC and Abigail Stow, F from UWRF will probably get some deserved consideration.
 
Official finalists list is out for COTY and as usual it's the conference COTY and two NCAA semifinalists who didn't win that honor.

2022-23 CCM/AHCA Women’s Ice Hockey College Division III Coach of the Year Finalists


A.J. Aitken, St. Norbert, NCHA Coach of the Year
Mike Carroll, Gustavus Adolphus, NCAA Semi-Finalist (MIAC)
Jason Carter, Northland, WIAC Coach of the Year
Dave Clausen, Utica, UCHC Coach of the Year
Kevin Houle, Plattsburgh, NEWHL Coach of the Year, NCAA Semi-Finalist*
Tracy Johnson, St. Olaf, MIAC Coach of the Year
Jeff Matthews, Amherst, NCAA Semi-Finalist (NESCAC)
Tim McAuliffe, Castleton, NEHC Coach of the Year
Emily McNamara, Hamilton, NESCAC Coach of the Year, NCAA Semi-Finalist
Taylor Wasylk, Suffolk, CCC Coach of the Year
 
Laura Hurd finalists also announced. There are two players who weren't conference POTYs to be nominated.


Finalists for the 2022-23 Laura Hurd Award
AHCA Women’s Ice Hockey College Division Player of the Year

Shana Cote, GR F, Suffolk University
(Broomfield, CO) CCC Player of the Year

Sophie Goldberg, SR G, Adrian College
(Newtown, PA)

Ann-Frederique Guay, SR F, Norwich University
(St. Lambert-de-Lauzon, PQ) NEHC Player of the Year

Hailey Holland, SR F, Gustavus Adolphus College
(Aberdeen, SD)

Abby Kuhns, SR D, Hamilton College
(Skaneateles, NY) NESCAC Player of the Year

Darci Matson, SR F, Aurora University
(Wasilla, AK) NCHA Player of the Year

Maddie McCollins, SR F, UW-River Falls
(Maple Grove, MN) WIAC Co-Player of the Year

Kaylee Merrill, SR F, SUNY Potsdam
(Wasilla, AK) NEWHL Player of the Year

Sophie Rausch, SR F, UW-Eau Claire
(Fergus Falls, MN) WIAC Co-Player of the Year

Erica Sloan, SR F, Utica University
(Potsdam, NY) UCHC Player of the Year

Kayla Vrieze, SR D, Gustavus Adolphus College
(Eagan, MN) MIAC Player of the Year


Note: This release notes Matson as a senior, but I believe she is in fact a sophomore...
 
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Scott_TG said:
Laura Hurd finalists also announced. There are two players who weren't conference POTYs to be nominated.


Finalists for the 2022-23 Laura Hurd Award
AHCA Women’s Ice Hockey College Division Player of the Year

Shana Cote, GR F, Suffolk University
(Broomfield, CO) CCC Player of the Year

Sophie Goldberg, SR G, Adrian College
(Newtown, PA)

Ann-Frederique Guay, SR F, Norwich University
(St. Lambert-de-Lauzon, PQ) NEHC Player of the Year

Hailey Holland, SR F, Gustavus Adolphus College
(Aberdeen, SD)

Abby Kuhns, SR D, Hamilton College
(Skaneateles, NY) NESCAC Player of the Year

Darci Matson, SR F, Aurora University
(Wasilla, AK) NCHA Player of the Year

Maddie McCollins, SR F, UW-River Falls
(Maple Grove, MN) WIAC Co-Player of the Year

Kaylee Merrill, SR F, SUNY Potsdam
(Wasilla, AK) NEWHL Player of the Year

Sophie Rausch, SR F, UW-Eau Claire
(Fergus Falls, MN) WIAC Co-Player of the Year

Erica Sloan, SR F, Utica University
(Potsdam, NY) UCHC Player of the Year

Kayla Vrieze, SR D, Gustavus Adolphus College
(Eagan, MN) MIAC Player of the Year


Note: This release notes Matson as a senior, but I believe she is in fact a sophomore...
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I believe Holland from Gustavus shared MIAC Player of the Year with her teammate, similar to Rausch and McCollins in the WIAC.
 
This season, the MIAC offered both an offensive and defensive player of the year award rather than a player of the year award. Hailey Holland from GAC won the offensive player of the year while GAC 5th year senior Kayla Vrieze garnered the defensive player of the year award. They also named a rookie of the year which was awarded to Augsburg D Nora Stepan.
 
If the AHCA is going to name both the MIAC's Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year as Laura Hurd finalists all conferences should join the MIAC in naming both awards going forward.
 
Scott_TG said:
If the AHCA is going to name both the MIAC's Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year as Laura Hurd finalists all conferences should join the MIAC in naming both awards going forward.
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That's what I was thinking. Which starts making this thing a farce.
 
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