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{{Short description|NCAA award for the outstanding women's ice hockey player}}
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{{Infobox sports award
| name        = Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award
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| sport       = [[Ice hockey]]
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| givenfor    = Top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey.<ref>{{cite web |title = The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.|url =https://www.pattykaz.com/page/show/717757-the-patty-kazmaier-memorial-award|website=Pattykaz.com|access-date =March 24, 2013}}</ref>
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| first       = 1998
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| firstwinner = [[Brandy Fisher]]
| mostwins    =
| mostrecent  = [[Casey O'Brien]]
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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 [[National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship|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==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Year !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Winner !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Position !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| School !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Hometown 
|- 
| 1998 || [[Brandy Fisher]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey|New Hampshire]] || [[Potsdam, New York]]
|- 
| 1999 || [[A.J. Mleczko]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard]] || [[Nantucket|Nantucket, Massachusetts]]
|- 
| 2000 || [[Ali Brewer]] || [[Goaltender]] || [[Brown Bears women's ice hockey|Brown]] || [[Racine, Wisconsin]]
|- 
| 2001 || [[Jennifer Botterill]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard]]  || [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]]
|- 
| 2002 || [[Brooke Whitney]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey|Northeastern]]|| [[Snohomish, Washington]]
|-
| 2003 || [[Jennifer Botterill]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard]] || [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]]
|- 
| 2004 || [[Angela Ruggiero]] || [[Defenceman|Defense]] || [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard]] || [[Panorama City, Los Angeles|Panorama City, California]]
|- 
| 2005 || [[Krissy Wendell]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] || [[Brooklyn Park, Minnesota]]
|-
| 2006 ||[[Sara Bauer]]|| [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]] || {{sort|Saint Catharines|[[St. Catharines|St. Catharines, Ontario]]}}
|-
| 2007 ||[[Julie Chu]]|| [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard]] || [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]
|-
| 2008 || [[Sarah Vaillancourt]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard]] || [[Sherbrooke|Sherbrooke, Quebec]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Jessie Vetter]] || [[Goaltender]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]] || [[Cottage Grove, Wisconsin]]
|-
| 2010 || [[Vicki Bendus]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey|Mercyhurst]] || [[Wasaga Beach|Wasaga Beach, Ontario]]
|-
| 2011 ||[[Meghan Duggan]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]]||[[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]] || [[Danvers, Massachusetts]]
|-
| 2012 || [[Brianna Decker]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]] || [[Dousman, Wisconsin]]
|-
| 2013 || [[Amanda Kessel]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] || [[Madison, Wisconsin]]
|-
| 2014 || [[Jamie Lee Rattray]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey|Clarkson]] || [[Kanata, Ontario]]
|-
| 2015 || [[Alex Carpenter]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey|Boston College]] || [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
|-
| 2016 || [[Kendall Coyne]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey|Northeastern]] || [[Palos Park, Illinois]]
|-
| 2017 || [[Ann-Renée Desbiens]] || [[Goaltender]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]] || [[La Malbaie|La Malbaie, Quebec]]
|-
| 2018 || [[Daryl Watts]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey|Boston College]] || [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]
|-
| 2019 || [[Loren Gabel]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey|Clarkson]] || [[Kitchener, Ontario]]
|-
| 2020 || [[Élizabeth Giguère]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey|Clarkson]] || [[Quebec City|Quebec City, Quebec]]
|-
| 2021 || [[Aerin Frankel]] || [[Goaltender]] || [[Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey|Northeastern]] || [[Briarcliff Manor, New York]]
|-
| 2022 || [[Taylor Heise]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] || [[Lake City, Minnesota]]
|-
| 2023 || [[Sophie Jaques]] || [[Defenceman|Defense]] || [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey|Ohio State]] || [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]
|-
| 2024 || [[Izzy Daniel]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey|Cornell]] || [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|-
| 2025 || [[Casey O'Brien]] || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]] || [[Milton, Massachusetts]]
|}

===Winners by school===

{| class="wikitable"
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| School !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Winners
|-
|[[Harvard University|Harvard]] || 6
|-
|[[University of Wisconsin–Madison|Wisconsin]] || 6
|-
|[[Northeastern University|Northeastern]] || 3
|-
|[[Clarkson University|Clarkson]] || 3
|-
|[[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]] || 3
|-
|[[Boston College]] || 2
|-
|[[Brown University|Brown]] || 1
|-
|[[Cornell University|Cornell]] || 1
|-
|[[Mercyhurst University|Mercyhurst]] || 1
|-
|[[Ohio State University|Ohio State]] || 1
|-
|[[University of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] || 1
|}

===Top three finalists by school===
{| class="wikitable"
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| School !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Finalists
|-
|[[University of Wisconsin–Madison|Wisconsin]] || 9
|-
|[[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]] || 9
|-
|[[University of Minnesota Duluth|Minnesota Duluth]] || 7
|-
|[[Mercyhurst University|Mercyhurst]] || 4
|-
|[[Boston College]] || 3
|-
|[[Harvard University|Harvard]] || 3
|-
|[[University of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] || 3
|-
|[[Northeastern University|Northeastern]] || 4
|-
|[[Boston University]] || 2
|-
|[[Brown University|Brown]] || 2
|-
|[[Clarkson University|Clarkson]] || 2
|-
|[[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth]] || 2
|-
|[[Cornell University|Cornell]] || 1
|-
|[[University of North Dakota|North Dakota]] || 1
|-
|[[Ohio State University|Ohio State]] || 1
|-
|[[St. Lawrence University|St. Lawrence]] || 1
|-
|[[Providence College|Providence]] || 1
|-
|[[Yale University|Yale]] || 1
|-
|[[Colgate University]] || 1
|}

===Winners by state/province===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! State/Province !! Winners
|-
| {{flag|Ontario}} || 8
|-
| {{flag|Wisconsin}} || 4
|-
| {{flag|Massachusetts}} || 4
|-
| {{flag|Minnesota}} || 3
|-
| {{flag|Quebec}} || 3
|-
| {{flag|New York}} || 2
|-
| {{flag|California}} || 1
|-
| {{flag|Connecticut}} || 1
|-
| {{flag|Illinois}} || 1
|-
| {{flag|Washington}} || 1
|}

==Finalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Year !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Finalist  !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| School !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Finalist !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| School
|- 
| 1998 || [[Laurie Belliveau]] || [[Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey|Yale]] || [[Sarah Hood]] || [[Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey|Dartmouth]] 
|-
| 1999 || [[Ali Brewer]] || [[Brown Bears women's ice hockey|Brown]] || [[Nicki Luongo]] || [[New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey|New Hampshire]] 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000 || rowspan="2" |[[Sara DeCosta]] || rowspan="2" |  [[Providence Friars women's ice hockey|Providence]] || [[Tara Mounsey]] || [[Brown Bears women's ice hockey|Brown]] 
|-
|[[Carisa Zaban]] || [[New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey|New Hampshire]] 
|-
| 2001 || [[Tammy Shewchuk]] ||  [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard]] || [[Courtney Kennedy]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] 
|-
| 2002 || [[Ronda Curtin]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] || [[Carly Haggard]] || [[Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey|Dartmouth]] 
|-
| 2003 || [[Angela Ruggiero]] || [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard]] || [[Jenny Schmidgall-Potter|Jenny Potter]] || [[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey|Minnesota Duluth]]
|- 
| 2004 || [[Chanda Gunn]] ||  [[Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey|Northeastern]] || [[Jenny Schmidgall-Potter|Jenny Potter]] || [[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey|Minnesota Duluth]]
|- 
| 2005 || [[Natalie Darwitz]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] || [[Caroline Ouellette]] || [[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey|Minnesota Duluth]] 
|-
| 2006 || [[Sabrina Harbec]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=PL_05_08_05&ID=18926&DetailedNews=yes |title=USA Hockey |access-date=February 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213120615/http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=PL_05_08_05&ID=18926&DetailedNews=yes |archive-date=December 13, 2007 }}</ref>|| [[St. Lawrence Skating Saints women's ice hockey|St. Lawrence]] ||[[:de:Riitta Arnold-Schäublin|Riitta Schaublin]]||[[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey|Minnesota Duluth]]
|-
| 2007 || [[Meghan Agosta]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithacagirlshockey.com/newsupdates/2006_07/031207upd.html |title=TGHA Update |access-date=February 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713065210/http://www.ithacagirlshockey.com/newsupdates/2006_07/031207upd.html |archive-date=July 13, 2011 }}</ref>|| [[Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey|Mercyhurst]] || [[Sara Bauer]]|| [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]] 
|-
| 2008 || [[Meghan Agosta]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hurstathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/031208aad.html|title=CBS Sports – News, Live Scores, Schedules, Fantasy Games, Video and more.|website=CBSSports.com|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184749/http://hurstathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/031208aad.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|| [[Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey|Mercyhurst]] || [[Kim Martin Hasson|Kim Martin]]|| [[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey|Minnesota Duluth]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Meghan Agosta]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hockey.teamusa.org/news/2009/03/12/three-finalists-named-for-2009-patty-kazmaier-memorial-award/10445|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728085253/http://hockey.teamusa.org/news/2009/03/12/three-finalists-named-for-2009-patty-kazmaier-memorial-award/10445|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2011|title=USA Hockey – Features, Events, Results – Team USA|website=Hockey.teamusa.org|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>|| [[Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey|Mercyhurst]] || [[Sarah Vaillancourt]] || [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard]] 
|-
| 2010 || [[Kelly Paton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.ca.msn.com/olympics/article.aspx?cp-documentid=23606203|title=Sports News, Scores, Schedules, Stats, Photos and Videos – MSN Sports|website=Sports.ca.msn.com|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319210128/http://sports.ca.msn.com/olympics/article.aspx?cp-documentid=23606203|archive-date=March 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>|| [[New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey|New Hampshire]] || [[Noora Räty]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] 
|-
| 2011 || [[Meghan Agosta]] || [[Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey|Mercyhurst]]|| [[Kelli Stack]]||[[Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey|Boston College]]
|-
| 2012 || [[Jocelyne Lamoureux]] || [[North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey|North Dakota]] || [[Florence Schelling]]||[[Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey|Northeastern]]
|-
| 2013 || [[Megan Bozek]] ||[[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] ||[[Noora Räty]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]]
|-
| 2014 || [[Hannah Brandt]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] || [[Jillian Saulnier]]|| [[Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey|Cornell]]
|-
| 2015 || [[Hannah Brandt]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]]|| [[Marie-Philip Poulin]] || [[Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey|Boston University]]
|-
| 2016 || [[Alex Carpenter]] || [[Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey|Boston College]] || [[Ann-Renee Desbiens]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]]
|-
| 2017 || [[Cayley Mercer]] || [[Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey|Clarkson]] || [[Lara Stalder]] || [[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey|Minnesota Duluth]]
|-
| 2018 || [[Victoria Bach]] || [[Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey|Boston University]] || [[Loren Gabel]] || [[Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey|Clarkson]]
|-
| 2019 || [[Megan Keller]] || [[Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey|Boston College]] || [[Annie Pankowski]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]]
|-
| 2020 || [[Alina Müller]] || [[Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey|Northeastern]] || [[Abby Roque]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]]
|-
| 2021 || [[Grace Zumwinkle]] || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Minnesota]] || [[Daryl Watts]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]]
|-
| 2022 || [[Gabbie Hughes]] || [[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey|Minnesota Duluth]] || [[Sophie Jaques]] || [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey|Ohio State]]
|-
| 2023 || [[Alina Müller]] || [[Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey|Northeastern]] || [[Danielle Serdachny]] || [[Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey|Colgate]]
|-
| 2024 || [[Casey O'Brien]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]] || [[Kirsten Simms]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]]
|-
| 2025 || [[Laila Edwards]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]] || [[Caroline Harvey (ice hockey)|Caroline Harvey]] || [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin]]
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports}}
* [[List of sports awards honoring women]]
*[[Hobey Baker Award]] – D-I men
*[[Laura Hurd Award]] – D-III women
*[[Sid Watson Award]] – D-III men

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{Patty Kazmaier Award}}

[[Category:College ice hockey player of the year awards in the United States]]
[[Category:NCAA Division I ice hockey]]
[[Category:College women's ice hockey in the United States]]
[[Category:Sports awards honoring women]]