River Falls, Wisconsin- First-year forward after being named a finalist for the Laura Hurd Award for Division III National Player of the Year Livia Brooks (Walpole, Massachusetts) On Thursday night, he was honored as a first-team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA).
Brooks turns 23rd Brooks is an All-American and only the second freshman in Norwich women's ice hockey history to earn that honor, joining Amanda Wilkes '12, who earned second-team honors after the 2008-09 season. He became the first freshman to earn the .
“Livia is a remarkable young talent and a true goalscorer who ticks all the boxes,” head coach Sophie Leclerc Doherty Said. “She has effortless, evasive hands under pressure and in foul territory, a deceptive and powerful release, and is second to none at utilizing speed with the puck on her stick. When you take away all of that, you're left with one of the following.'' She's the best teammate in our program and we're lucky to have her. ”
Brooks was off the scoresheet in the first two games of the season, but in November he scored 14 points to top the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) leaderboard in every offensive category, but she never looked back. Her most notable performance during this period was her first career goal and hat trick on Nov. 10 against the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Later in the season, against Salem State on January 6, Brooks became the ninth player in program history to score four goals in a game, joining fellow All-Americans Julie Fortier ('12) and Amanda Conway ('20). ), resulting in a 3-way tie. Her most points in a single game is 6 points.
Brooks, who had a stellar first year in the maroon and gold, earned NEHC honors of the week six times during the season and was named Norwich's first conference player and Rookie of the Year.
