Maddie McCollins = 🐐
Mar 19, 2024University of Wisconsin- River Falls, senior captain Maddie McCollins finished up her collegiate career about as good as anyone could have dreamed of. In the past week, she was announced as the 2023-24 recipient for the Laura Hurd Award, presented to the best player at the NCAA DIII level, and helped her team defeat Elmira College 4-1 to improve to 31-0 and win the 2024 NCAA DIII Women's Ice Hockey National Championship.
This season, McCollins set school records in career games played and single-season goals scored (32). She led DIII with 62 points in 29 games. Along with the Laura Hurd Award, she received: AHCA First Team West All-American, WIAC Player of the year (for a second consecutive year), and All WIAC First Team this year.
The Wayzata High School alum had a tremendous career earning the following stats & awards throughout her time at UWRF:
- Career Games Played: 129
- Career Pts: 160
- Career Goals: 89
- Career Assists: 71
- Laura Hurd Award- 2023-24
- USCHO Player of the Year- 2022-23
- AHCA Player of the Year finalist- 2022-23
- AHCA & USCHO First Team All-American- 2022-23 & 2023-24
- WIAC Player of the Year- 2023-24
- Co-WIAC Player of the Year- 2022-23
- UWRF Female Athlete of the Year- 2022-23
- All-WIAC First Team- 2022-23 & 2023-24
- WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll- 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
- AHCA All-American Scholar- 2020-21, 2022-23
- CSC Academic All-District- 2022-23
Resources:
https://uwrfsports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/maddie-mccollins/8240
