- ECAC Hockey League Awards

ALBANY, N.Y. - Sophomore women's ice hockey forward Jessie Eldridge (Barrie, Ontario) was named to the ECAC Hockey Third Team, as announced by the league office at the league's annual awards banquet as part of the ECAC Hockey Women's Championship Weekend hosted by Clarkson University.

Eldridge is Colgate's first All-League player since Katie Stewart was named to the ECAC Hockey First Team during the 2009-10 season and one of five players to now have been honored with All-League selections. Sam Hunt, Tara French and Kiira Dosdall all earned two all-league honors while Kimberly Sass and Stewart each had one.

She recorded a total of 13 goals during the season and led the team in assists and points, with 24 and 37 respectively. Eldridge now has her name etched in the program record book in several categories, including the program record for shorthanded goals in a season with four and shorthanded goals in a single game with two.

Eldridge netted her two short-handed goal game in a 4-1 victory over Union College on Feb. 4 and earned honors as American Sports Network Athlete of the Week.

Eldridge also now sits in fifth place for most points in a season with 37, just two points behind a four-way tie for first place at 39. Eldridge is also second in assists in a season with 24, one assist behind Becky Irvine's program record 25 from the 2004-05 season.

Eldridge ended the season ranked seventh in ECAC Hockey in points, sixth in assists, and tied for 13th in goals. She also ranked in the top 20 nationally in nine categories, including assists, points and short-handed goals.

The Raiders finished the season with an overall record of 22-11-3 and an ECAC Hockey record of 13-8-1, setting a new program record for league wins in a single season. Colgate also tied its program record of most wins in a season for the second season in a row, and made the ECAC Hockey Playoffs for the first time in consecutive seasons since 2008-09 and 2009-10.

FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward        Kennedy Marchment, St. Lawrence
Forward        Cayley Mercer, Clarkson
Forward        Brooke Webster, St. Lawrence
Defense        Savannah Harmon    Clarkson
Defense        Micah Hart, Cornell
Goaltender    Steph Neatby, Princeton

SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward        Genevieve Bannon, Clarkson
Forward        Karlie Lund, Princeton
Forward        Hannah Miller, St. Lawrence
Defense        Kelsey Koelzer, Princeton
Defense        Kirsten Padalis, St. Lawrence
Goaltender    Grace Harrison, St. Lawrence

THIRD TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward        Hanna Bunton, Cornell
Forward       Jessie Eldridge, Colgate
Forward        Phoebe Staenz, Yale
Defense        Taryn Baumgardt, Quinnipiac
Defense        Ella Shelton, Clarkson
Goaltender    Shea Tiley, Clarkson

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Forward        Carly Bullock, Princeton
Forward        Kristin O'Neill, Cornell
Forward        Michaela Pejzlova, Clarkson
Defense        Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell     
Defense        Ella Shelton, Clarkson
Goaltender    Steph Neatby, Princeton

COACH OF YEAR
Winner is Doug Derraugh, Cornell

BEST DEFENSEMAN
Winner is Savannah Harmon, Clarkson

BEST FORWARD
Winner is Cayley Mercer, Clarkson

ROOKIE OF YEAR
Winner is Carly Bullock, Princeton

GOALTENDER OF YEAR
Winner is Steph Neatby, Princeton

PLAYER OF YEAR
Winner is Cayley Mercer, Clarkson

MANDI SCHWARTZ STUDENT-ATHLETE OF YEAR
Winner is Paula Voorheis, Cornell