Jasper is only in her second year of hockey, but she has improved beyond recognition. Jasper scored a significant number of goals and tallied several assists making her a valuable offenseman.

She makes up for her lack of years playing hockey with her positive attitude. She has admirable  perseverance and is always willing to do whatever it takes to help the team. She does not hesitate to pick a teammate up when they are down, and is always concerned for others.

With a roster of only 8 reliable/regular skaters, the going gets tough pretty quickly, but Jasper is the first one to provide the positive spark to get us through difficult times.

It is truly incredibly how far she has come in just two seasons of hockey, it is without a doubt that she will soon be an incredible player, not just for her positive attitude, but for her skills as well.

Gab is one of those players that every coach dreams of.  Only having about two years of hockey experience under her belt, she is the epitome of a hard worker on the ice.  Although Gab may not be the best or fastest skater or the player with the most goals, she most certainly has the most team spirit. 

Gab is a huge presence on the bench and a great leader on the team.  Unfortunately this past spring Gab was studying abroad in South Africa so she was missed on the bench, but even from across the ocean she was rooting for us every step of the way.  Gab not only has a great attitude, but she also the ability to pick the team's spirit up on the bench. 

Gab shows up to every practice and game and dedicates her whole self to the sport.  She is very supportive and responsible; she was Therese's right hand women when it came to setting the foundation for the team at Saint Joseph's. 

She has always been there on and off the ice for the players if they ever needed any type of advice or a friend to talk to.  As mentioned earlier, she may not be the most outstanding player skillwise, but she is definitely the type of player that everyone wants on the ice, in the locker room and in the van to and from games and practices-very team oriented, very dedicated and very supportive. 

The UPenn Quakers certainly had many great candidates for the Sportsmanship Award of the league. However, one player stood above the rest. Alyssa Eng, who was the teams treasurer this past season and will be taking over as president next season.

Alyssa never had a bad word to say about the opposing team, nor a bad thing to say about the referees. Constantly encouraging each other to never stop moving and continue to try their best. During practices, Alyssa would take the time during water breaks to go help some of the novice players on the team. Showing them something on the ice or explaining something that may come second nature to one who has played for years; but is more difficult to understand to a newer player.

One instance stands out in my head during a game at our home rink. Alyssa beat the other player to the puck and ended up skating through the offensive zone to get a shot off into the goalies pads. During this sequence, the other player who was racing towards the puck to beat out Alyssa, ended up falling and took a big hit by falling into the boards. Alyssa noticed this after the fact; the whistle was blown as the goalie saved Alyssa’s shot. Alyssa went over the opposing teams bench and asked the young lady is she was ok and took her glove off to shake her hand. I never told or asked Alyssa to do this…she just did it all on her own. Alyssa Eng is very deserving of the Sportsmanship Award.

Amy brought a great dynamic to our program this season. She possesses the hockey skills, speed, and hockey knowledge along with the work ethic that enabled our team to have the success it did. 

Given the fact that our team had such a short bench this season (only 10 skaters all season) Amy was called upon to carry much of the load for the team. Playing with only 3 defensemen, one of whom was our only true defenseman; the other being a converted goalie, with Amy often being the third, she stepped up in a big way by playing 35+ minutes each game, always without question.

Amy played offense and defense with the same enthusiasm and was able to score and provide support from both positions. In many games it was difficult to get her to come off the ice, even though she was dead tired; but she never slowed down. Many times she would play offense, drop back on D to rest the defense and then jump right back up on offense for a third shift. I’m sure every coach in the league would love to have 10 players of Amy’s caliber, but they would be happy to settle for one of her.

We truly appreciate the incredible effort Amy gave to our program this season and we are very excited to have her nominated for league MVP. She certainly is our team MVP. We look forward in anticipated excitement to what she might bring to our program and the league over the next few years.

Amy’s abilities and dedication enabled her to be top 5 in the league for goals scored (12), assists (5) points (17) and +/- (22). Her contribution to raising the standard of play both at Rutgers and in the DVCHC, I believe is unmatched. It truly was a pleasure to have the opportunity to be her coach this season.  Being awarded the league MVP and Sportsmanship awards only seems fitting for such an unselfish and dedicated player.

Caitlynn always treats her teammates and opponents with the utmost respect.  She is just as gracious in defeat as she is in victory. She is a joy to have on the team; her positive outlook and cheerful personality help to lighten the spirit of the team. 

So even though all of that is true, here is why you want her for this award. Caitlynn is the player you want on your team. She respects her teammates and opponents because she respects herself, her role on the team, and her role as a student athlete playing a club sport. 

She is continually working to improve her skills. She gets on the ice early and stays late after practice.  She works off ice to improve her conditioning and studies the game.  She balances her studies and her sport.  

In her two years with the team she has only played defense. I saw Caitlyn working on receiving a wrap around pass in the wing breakout position in practice.  She was doing it because I had mentioned that there was a remote possibility that she might play wing.   That remote possibility happened a few games later and Caitlynn was prepared. It was then I found out after coaching her for two seasons that I was playing her in the wrong position.

She is just as gracious in defeat as she is in victory because she prepares for each game, reviews our practices, supports her teammates, plays each shift at one hundred percent and leaves it all on the ice.  As far as that positive outlook and cheerful personality; lets just say she is a glass half full kind of girl.