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

YearWinnerPositionSchoolHometown
1998Brandy FisherForwardNew HampshirePotsdam, New York
1999A.J. MleczkoForwardHarvardNantucket, Massachusetts
2000Ali BrewerGoaltenderBrownRacine, Wisconsin
2001Jennifer BotterillForwardHarvardOttawa, Ontario
2002Brooke WhitneyForwardNortheasternSnohomish, Washington
2003Jennifer BotterillForwardHarvardOttawa, Ontario
2004Angela RuggieroDefenseHarvardPanorama City, California
2005Krissy WendellForwardMinnesotaBrooklyn Park, Minnesota
2006Sara BauerForwardWisconsin
2007Julie ChuForwardHarvardBridgeport, Connecticut
2008Sarah VaillancourtForwardHarvardSherbrooke, Quebec
2009Jessie VetterGoaltenderWisconsinCottage Grove, Wisconsin
2010Vicki BendusForwardMercyhurstWasaga Beach, Ontario
2011Meghan DugganForwardWisconsinDanvers, Massachusetts
2012Brianna DeckerForwardWisconsinDousman, Wisconsin
2013Amanda KesselForwardMinnesotaMadison, Wisconsin
2014Jamie Lee RattrayForwardClarksonKanata, Ontario
2015Alex CarpenterForwardBoston CollegeCambridge, Massachusetts
2016Kendall CoyneForwardNortheasternPalos Park, Illinois
2017Ann-Renée DesbiensGoaltenderWisconsinLa Malbaie, Quebec
2018Daryl WattsForwardBoston CollegeToronto, Ontario
2019Loren GabelForwardClarksonKitchener, Ontario
2020Élizabeth GiguèreForwardClarksonQuebec City, Quebec
2021Aerin FrankelGoaltenderNortheasternBriarcliff Manor, New York
2022Taylor HeiseForwardMinnesotaLake City, Minnesota
2023Sophie JaquesDefenseOhio StateToronto, Ontario
2024Izzy DanielForwardCornellMinneapolis, Minnesota
2025Casey O'BrienForwardWisconsinMilton, Massachusetts

Winners by school

SchoolWinners
Harvard6
Wisconsin6
Northeastern3
Clarkson3
Minnesota3
Boston College2
Brown1
Cornell1
Mercyhurst1
Ohio State1
New Hampshire1