Women's Hockey | 3/17/2011 4:59:00 PM

ROCHESTER, NY — Senior forward #Sarah Dagg (St. George, Ontario/Hamilton Hawks)# of the RIT women's hockey team was chosen by the nation's coaches as the 2011 winner of the Laura Hurd Award, symbolic of the nation's best Division III women's ice hockey player. Dagg, a native of St. George, Ontario, led the Tigers to a 26-2-2 record and national runner-up honors at the NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship.

Dagg finished the season with 18 goals and 24 assists in 30 games this season and is RIT's all-time leading scorer, having recorded 154 career points, never missing a game in her four-year career. The ECAC West Player of the Year, Dagg repeated as a first team Reebok AHCA All-American this season in leading RIT to the ECAC West regular season and tournament titles.

Said RIT head coach Scott McDonald, "Sarah is the heart and soul of this team, and has been since her freshman year. She has those un-teachable qualities that make her a natural leader, a leader that was selected by her teammates to be captain before her sophomore year started. She brings an energy and work ethic to every practice and work out that is un-matched on this team. I think her numbers speak for themselves about how she performs on the ice, but what gets missed is how good she is at both ends of the ice. There is no question that Sarah is our top defensive player that I match up against everyone else's top offensive players.

“Off the ice might be more impressive because she has help bring our philanthropy and community service events to a new level. She is a class act on and off the ice. She comes to play hard every day, pushes herself and teammates to get better.

The award is named in honor of former Elmira College star Laura Hurd who died in a car accident shortly after graduation, in 2006. Hurd was a four-time All-American (2001-05) who led Elmira to victory in the first two NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championships.  Hurd recorded 120 goals and 117 assists for 237 points in 110 games.


Winners of the Laura Hurd Award
Division III Women's Hockey Player of the Year
2000 Sylvia Ryan, F, Middlebury
2001 Michelle Labbe, F, Middlebury
2002 Sarah Moe, F, Gustavus Adolphus
2003 Angela Kapus, F, Middlebury
2004 Molly Wasserman, F, Williams
2005 Laura Hurd, F, Elmira
2006 Emily Quizon, F, Middlebury
2007 Andrea Peterson, D, Gustavus Adolphus
2008 Danielle Blanchard, F, Plattsburgh
2009 Kayla Coady, F, Elmira
2010 Isabel Iwachiw, G, Trinity
2011 Sarah Dagg (St. George, Ontario/Hamilton Hawks), F, RIT