University 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/news/2024/3/14/womens-ice-hockey-maddie-mccollins-named-laura-hurd-player-of-the-year.aspx

https://uwrfsports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/maddie-mccollins/8240

https://uwrfsports.com/news/2024/3/17/womens-ice-hockey-falcons-cap-off-undefeated-season-with-national-title-on-home-ice.aspx