Colorado Springs, Colorado – Penn State Women's Ice Hockey Sophomore Forward Tessa Janecke As announced Thursday, USA Hockey has named him one of 10 finalists for the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.
This is the first time in her career that she has been named a finalist for the Player of the Year award. A complete list of 2024 finalists can be found on her website for the Patty Kazmaier Award.
“Tessa led Penn State to two league championships,” the head coach said. Jeff Campersal. “Along the way, she has raised the level of all of her teammates. She has helped good players become very good players. Tessa is the hardest working player at every practice. She has set the standard for all tests in the weight room and I know Tessa will be proud of Patti. ”
Named First Team All-CHA, CHA Player of the Year and Forward of the Year, Janecke finished the regular season as the league's leading scorer with career-highs 16 goals, 36 assists, and 52 points. In her conference play alone, she totaled 35 points with 12 goals and a league-leading 23 assists. Janecke also became the fastest player in program history to reach her 100 points in her career when she scored a goal against RIT in the second game of the CHA tournament semifinals.
Janecke was named CHA Player of the Week four times and CHA Player of the Month three times. She had two hat tricks this season, against Lindenwood and Dartmouth. That year, Janecke tied for eighth in the nation in total points with 53, while leading the nation in faceoff wins with 607 and tied for fourth in assists with 36.
Off the ice, she has done community service, including participating in the THON Dance for Childhood Cancer and the THON 5k. She also participated in Martin Luther King Day events on campus, packing meals for children in need. She helped with Penn State's “Night to Shine,” a prom night for children with special needs. Finally, she participated in postgame skates at Pegula Ice Arena and her home rink in Orangeville, Illinois.
The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, a United States Hockey Foundation award, is presented annually to the top NCAA Division I women's ice hockey player. Selection criteria includes excellent individual and team skills, sportsmanship, clutch performance, personal character, competitiveness and love of hockey. Academic performance and civic participation will also be considered.
The Patti Kazmaier Memorial Award is named in honor of the late Patti Kazmaier, a four-year varsity letter winner and Ivy League defensive player at Princeton University from 1981 to 1986. Patti Kazmeyer Sand, an outstanding athlete who led the Tigers to Ivy League championships in three consecutive seasons (1981-1984), passed away on February 15, 1990 after a long battle with a rare blood disease. He died at the age of 28.
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