Minnesota line-mates Krissy Wendell—the Kazmaier winner—and Natalie Darwitz—the Frozen Four MVP—finished ahead of Corriero in total points scored, but the Crimson captain grabbed the headlines by breaking the single-season record for goals scored, hitting the back of the net 59 times.

And while, even as she scored goal after goal, neither she nor her team realized how close she was to setting the NCAA women’s hockey record, Corriero’s ascent to the top of the charts was anything but quiet. It usually isn’t when you account for more than 60 percent of your team’s total offense.

With six hat tricks, 19 multiple-goal games, and a point scored in all but three, her offensive explosion coined a new phrase—getting Corriero’d—which didn’t just mean getting scored on multiple times, but getting completely dominated.

Never was that more apparent than during the NCAA Quarterfinals against Mercyhurst. She resurrected her team time and again, scoring four goals to keep Harvard’s championship drive alive to chants of “Scor-ri-ero” from the Harvard faithful. Then she assisted on the game-winner to give the Crimson a 5-4 victory in triple overtime on a night worthy of an ESPY nomination for best sports performance.

Even University President Lawrence H. Summers had his fists pumping in celebration.

But the numbers, as impressive as they are, don’t tell the whole story of what Corriero meant to the Crimson.

“She helped to bring a team that was struggling to post .500 before December to the NCAA championship game,” Banfield says. “She asks for excellence from her teammates but not before demanding it in herself. She is a tough competitor and a classy player—in victory and defeat.”

“And, most importantly, her acceptance speech would be unforgettable.”

Known for giving new life to her team on the ice, Corriero has also been known to be the life of the party—or, as the case may be, the banquet—due to her often unintentionally comically genius speeches.

“It’s not so much what she says, but how she says it,” Banfield explains. “It’s the way she gets embarrassed when she wins an award, or the way her personal accomplishments shock even her.”

“She’s so humble—I don’t think she’s ever prepared a speech in her life. She gets up to the podium and does ‘open-mike.’ It’s probably the most refreshing thing at a banquet—a truly hilarious performance.”

All that stands between the 2005 ESPY awards and hilarity are the voters.

“The word on the street is that she would be willing to add some life to the party by ‘falling’ up the stairs if she won,” senior Jennifer Raimondi says. “If that isn’t a reason to vote for her, I’m not sure what is.”

THE COMPETITION

Corriero admits she went on a mass-emailing spree of her own to procure votes, which may be made on the ESPY Award’s website, but credits her roommates and family with spreading the news far and wide. She is especially proud of Kelly Noon—a friend and former women’s lacrosse player—and Banfield for allegedly bombarding the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with flyers about the ESPYs.