The tournament Most Outstanding Player is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the NCAA women's ice hockey tournament to the player to be judged the most outstanding. The award has been in effect since the adoption of a national championship tournament for the 2000–01 season.
History Only one winner did not play for the National Champion, Kristy Zamora in 2002. Only two players have been named MOP more than once, Jessie Vetter in 2006 and 2009, and Noora Räty in 2012 and 2013. In 2011 the MOP was awarded to multiple players for the first time when it was awarded to Meghan Duggan and Hilary Knight.
The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result no tournament Most Outstanding Player was awarded.
Most Outstanding Player
Year Winner Position School 2001 Maria Rooth Forward Minnesota Duluth 2002 Kristy Zamora* Forward Brown 2003 Caroline Ouellette Forward Minnesota Duluth 2004 Krissy Wendell Forward Minnesota 2005 Natalie Darwitz Forward Minnesota 2006 Jessie Vetter Goaltender Wisconsin 2007 Sara Bauer Forward Wisconsin 2008 Kim Martin Goaltender Minnesota Duluth 2009 Jessie Vetter Goaltender Wisconsin 2010 Emmanuelle Blais Forward Minnesota Duluth 2011 Meghan Duggan Forward WisconsinHilary Knight 2012 Noora Räty Goaltender Minnesota Note: * Recipient did not play for the National Champion
Year Winner Position School 2013 Noora Räty Goaltender Minnesota 2014 Jamie Lee Rattray Forward Clarkson 2015 Hannah Brandt Forward Minnesota 2016 Sarah Potomak Forward Minnesota 2017 Cayley Mercer Forward Clarkson 2018 Shea Tiley Goaltender Clarkson 2019 Kristen Campbell Goaltender Wisconsin 2021 Makenna Webster Forward Wisconsin 2022 Paetyn Levis Forward Ohio State 2023 Cami Kronish Goaltender Wisconsin 2024 Raygan Kirk Goaltender Ohio State 2025 Kirsten Simms Forward Wisconsin 2026 Ava McNaughton Goaltender Wisconsin
Award breakdown
+Winners by schoolSchoolWinners Wisconsin 10 Minnesota 6 Minnesota Duluth 4 Clarkson 3 Ohio State 2 Brown 1
+Winners by positionPositionWinners Forward 16 Goaltender 10
References
External links NCAA Division I women ice hockey page NCAA Ice Hockey, Division I Women's Records