Finalists for National Player of the Year Award, A Who's Who of ECAC's
Best
USA Hockey Foundation president Walter L. Bush, Jr., announced Tuesday
the names of the 10 candidates for the 1999 Patty Kazmaier Memorial
Award, presented to the most outstanding
player in NCAA women's ice hockey. All 10 call the ECAC home.
Harvard University features three candidates, while Brown University and
the University of New Hampshire boast two each.
The candidates are Ali Coughlin, Princeton; Hillary Witt, Northeastern;
Sara DeCosta, Providence; A.J. Mleczko, Harvard; Tara Mounsey, Brown;
Angela Ruggiero, Harvard; Nicki Luongo,
New Hampshire; Tammy Shewchuk, Harvard; Carisa Zaban, New Hampshire; and
Ali Brewer, Brown. Coughlin and Witt are repeat selections.
"The USA Hockey Foundation is proud to recognize these outstanding
student-athletes," said Bush. "These talented players personify on- and
off-ice excellence, making them worthy
candidates for this prestigious award."
Nominations came from the head coaches of women's varsity ice hockey
programs throughout the United States. Three finalists for the award will
be announced March 15, and the Kazmeier
Award itself will be presented to the winner in St. Paul, Minn., on March
25 at the Radisson Hotel St. Paul.
The recipient will be chosen by an 11-member selection committee
comprised of women's coaches, representatives of the print and broadcast
media, and a representative of USA Hockey.
The inaugural Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award was presented last March in
Boston, Mass., to University of New Hampshire forward Brandy Fisher. The
award is named in honor of the late
Patty Kazmaier, who was a four-year varsity letterwinner and All-Ivy
League honoree for Princeton from 1981-82 through 1985-86. An
accomplished athlete who excelled in ice hockey, field
hockey and lacrosse, Patty Kazmaier-Sandt died on Feb. 15, 1990, at the
age of 28 following a long struggle with a rare blood disease.
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