DULUTH, Minnesota — Ohio State defender Sophie Jaques gained the Patty Kazmaier Award on Saturday, specified to the major player in women’s NCAA Division I hockey.
Jaques, who is from Toronto, is the 1st Buckeye to acquire the award and the second-ever defender. She helped Ohio Condition to a 33-5-2 record and a berth in Sunday’s NCAA national title recreation from Wisconsin.
Jaques led all NCAA defenders in details (48), objectives (24), power-enjoy objectives (9) and factors for each recreation (1.23) by way of 40 games. On the Buckeyes’ top rated defensive pairing, Jaques assisted Ohio State keep opponents to 1.75 aims per video game and blocked 55 pictures this season.
“Receiving this award is something I in no way even could have imagined was feasible,” Jaques said in a assertion, adding later, “While this is an individual award, I have been supported by a entire staff of people today in the course of this time and my profession at Ohio Point out, and I owe this all to my coaches and teammates more than the past 5 a long time.”
The 22-yr-aged, who was amongst the three Kazmaier finalists past yr, is pursuing a master’s degree in civil engineering.
Danielle Serdachny from Colgate and forward Alina Mueller at Northeastern also had been finalists for the award, which was introduced throughout the women’s Frozen Four.
The award is named for Patty Kazmaier, who played for Princeton from 1981 to 1986 and died at the age of 28 of a blood sickness. The winner is decided on by a 13-member panel of Division I women’s hockey coaches, media and a member of United states of america Hockey.