Botterill won the award not just because of the quantity of her goals--which led the nation--but also the timing of those goals. For the third consecutive year this season, she scored an overtime game-winner to defeat Northeastern in the Beanpot--an unparalleled achievement.

She netted hat tricks in three consecutive games this January against Northeastern, Providence and New Hampshire--the historical powers of women's college hockey. She has 11 hat tricks on her career.

Botterill's career-long consistency--scoring points in all 80 of her collegiate games prior to this season's NCAA consolation against Dartmouth--is unprecedented in the history of college hockey.

Shewchuk led the nation in assists this season and finished her career in style. She was far and away Harvard's leading scorer in the playoffs, figuring in on every Harvard goal in the ECAC quarterfinal win over Providence and the NCAA semifinal loss to Minn.-Duluth. She was the only Crimson representative on the ECAC and NCAA All-Tournament teams. She closes out her career as Harvard's all-time leading scorer, with 152 goals, 155 assists and 307 points.