# Patty Kazmaier Award

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 | St. Catharines, Ontario |
| 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 | Forward | Wisconsin | Danvers, Massachusetts |
| 2012 | Brianna Decker | Forward | Wisconsin | Dousman, Wisconsin |
| 2013 | Amanda Kessel | Forward | 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 |

### Winners by school

| School | Winners |
| Harvard | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 5 |
| Northeastern | 3 |
| Clarkson | 3 |
| Minnesota | 3 |
| Boston College | 2 |
| Brown | 1 |
| Cornell | 1 |
| Mercyhurst College | 1 |
| Ohio State University | 1 |
| New Hampshire | 1 |

### Finalists by school

| School | Finalists |
| Minnesota | 10 |
| Minnesota Duluth | 7 |
| Wisconsin | 7 |
| Mercyhurst College | 4 |
| Boston College | 3 |
| Harvard | 3 |
| New Hampshire | 3 |
| Northeastern | 4 |
| Boston University | 2 |
| Brown | 2 |
| Clarkson | 2 |
| Dartmouth | 2 |
| Cornell | 1 |
| North Dakota | 1 |
| Ohio State | 1 |
| St. Lawrence | 1 |
| Providence | 1 |
| Yale | 1 |
| Colgate University | 1 |

### Winners by state/province

| State/Province | Winners |
| Ontario | 8 |
| Wisconsin | 4 |
| Massachusetts | 3 |
| Minnesota | 3 |
| Quebec | 3 |
| New York | 2 |
| California | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |

## 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 |
| 2000 | Sara DeCosta | Providence | 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 Schaublin | Minnesota 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 Stack | Boston College |
| 2012 | Jocelyne Lamoureux | North Dakota | Florence Schelling | Northeastern |
| 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 |