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, The award is named for hockey player 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==
Year	Winner 	Position 	School
2000	Sylvia Ryan 	Forward 	Middlebury College
2001	Michelle Labbe 	Forward 	Middlebury College
2002	Sarah Moe 	Forward 	Gustavus Adolphus College
2003	Angela Kapus 	Forward 	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
2009	Kayla Coady 	Forward 	Elmira College
2010	Isabel Iwachiw 	Goaltender 	Trinity College
2011	Sarah Dagg 	Forward 	Rochester Institute of Technology
2012	Julie Fortier 	Forward 	Norwich University
2013	Teal Gove 	Forward 	SUNY Plattsburgh
2014	Sydney Aveson 	Goaltender 	SUNY Plattsburgh
2015	Ashley Ryan 	Forward 	Elmira
2016	Michelle Greeneway	forward 	Lake Forest
2017	Dani Sibley 	forward 	Wisconsin-River Falls
2018	Melissa Sheeran 	forward 	Plattsburgh
2019	Bre Simon 	forward 	Hamline Pipers
2020	Amanda Conway 	forward 	Norwich Cadets
2021	Not awarded 	Not awarded	Not awarded
2022	Callie Hoff 	forward 	Wisconsin-River Falls
2023	Darci Matson 	forward 	Aurora Spartans
===Winners by school===
School 	Winners
Middlebury College 	4
SUNY Plattsburgh 	4
Elmira College 	3
Wisconsin-River Falls 	2
Gustavus Adolphus College 	2
Aurora University 	1
Norwich University 	1
Rochester Institute of Technology	1
Trinity College 	1
Williams College 	1
Lake Forest 	1
===Winners by position===
Position 	Winners
Forward 	18
Defense 	1
Goaltender	2
==See also==
*Patty Kazmaier Award - D-I women
*Sid Watson Award - D-III men
*Hobey Baker Award - D-I women
==References==
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Category:College women's ice hockey in the United States