The 10 finalists for the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award were announced Thursday by the USA Hockey Foundation.
The honor, which was first presented in 1998, is awarded annually to the top play in NCAA Division I women’s hockey by the foundation.
The finalists, in alphabetical order, are as follows:
Tia Chan, Goaltender, Graduate Student, Connecticut
Joy Dunne, Forward, Junior, Ohio State
Lacey Eden, Forward, Fifth Year, Wisconsin
Laila Edwards, Defense/Forward, Senior, Wisconsin
Caroline Harvey, Defense, Senior, Wisconsin
Tessa Janecke, Forward, Senior, Penn State
Kahlen Lamarche, Forward, Junior, Quinnipiac
Abbey Murphy, Forward, Graduate Student, Minnesota
Kirsten Simms, Forward, Senior, Wisconsin
Issy Wunder, Forward, Senior, Princeton
The top-three finalists are expected to be announced on Wednesday, March 11, with the winner being revealed on March 21 as the highlight of Saturday at the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four on the campus of Penn State University.
The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is named in honor of the late Patty Kazmaier, who was a four-year varsity letter-winner and All-Ivy League defenseman at Princeton from 1981 to 1986. An accomplished athlete who helped lead the Tigers to the Ivy League championship in three consecutive seasons (1981-84), Patty Kazmaier-Sandt died Feb. 15, 1990, at the age of 28 following a long struggle with a rare blood disease.