Women's Ice Hockey

All-WIAC Women’s Ice Hockey Honors Revealed

Printable version of the 2022 All-WIAC Women's Ice Hockey Team

MADISON, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-River Falls’ Callie Hoff was chosen the Player of the Year to lead the individuals selected to the 2022 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women’s Ice Hockey Team by the league coaches. In addition, UW-Stevens Point’s Courtney Leising received Newcomer of the Year honors, while UW-Eau Claire’s Erik Strand was selected Coach of the Year.
 
Hoff secured Player of the Year recognition for the second straight season, becoming the first player in conference history to accomplish the feat. She also added first team honors in 2018 and 2019. This year, Hoff leads the WIAC with 24 goals, 37 assists and 61 points. Her assists and goals totals rank second on the conference’s all-time single-season list. She has registered six game-winning goals, five short-handed goals and five power-play goals. Hoff has recorded at least one point in 22 of 24 contests, including 19 multi-point performances.
 
Leising ranks fifth in the WIAC with 14 goals and 10th with 20 points. She also added two power-play goals. A Newcomer of the Year is defined as a student-athlete who used her first season of participation in women’s ice hockey this season. Transfers are not eligible unless they didn’t participate in women’s ice hockey at their previous institution.
 
Joining Hoff as repeat selections on the first team from a season ago were: UW-Eau Claire’s Bree Osborne; UW-River Falls’ Holly Eckers, Sophia Leong and Abigail Stow; UW-Stevens Point’s Nicole Neuberger; and UW-Superior’s Amanda Sergent. Stow was also a first team honoree in 2019 and 2020. She was joined on the 2019 squad by teammate Sami Miller.
 
Strand collected the coaching honor for the third straight season and fourth time in his career. He has led the Blugolds to a 23-5 record and a berth into the NCAA Division III Championship. The 23 victories are a program record.
 
An All-Sportsmanship Team was chosen for individuals that displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the season. It included one member from each school.
 
2022 All-WIAC Women’s Ice Hockey Team
Name, School, Year, Position, Hometown (Last Team)
Soleil Archambeault, Northland, Junior, Goalie, London, Ontario (Buffalo State Univ.)
Holly Eckers, River Falls, Sophomore, Defense, Shakopee, Minn. (Shakopee HS)
Callie Hoff, River Falls, Senior, Forward, Hermantown, Minn. (Proctor-Hermantown HS)
Sophia Leong, River Falls, Senior, Defense, Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple Valley HS)
Sami Miller, River Falls, Senior, Goalie, Blaine, Minn. (Spring Lake Park HS)
Nicole Neuberger, Stevens Point, Senior, Forward, Minnetrista, Minn. (Orono HS)
Bree Osborne, Eau Claire, Senior, Defense, West St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS)
Jessica Rubenalt, River Falls, Junior, Defense, Cross Plains, Wis. (Madison Capitols)
Amanda Sergent, Superior, Senior, Forward, Eagle River, Wis. (Northland Pines HS)
Hallie Sheridan, Eau Claire, Junior, Forward, Fergus Falls, Minn. (Fergus Falls HS)
Danielle Slominski, Eau Claire, Junior, Defense, Becker, Minn. (Princeton HS)
Abigail Stow, River Falls, Senior, Forward, Eau Claire, Wis. (Eau Claire Area Stars)
Kora Torkelson, River Falls, Senior, Forward, Thief River Falls, Minn. (Thief River Falls HS)
 
Honorable Mention
Bridget Allex, Northland, Senior, Defense, Watford City, N.D. (Watford City HS)
Laina Berthiaume, Stevens Point, Sophomore, Defense, South Haven, Minn. (Hutchinson HS)
Jamie Davison, Superior, Senior, Defense, Owatonna, Minn. (Owatonna HS)
Karadyn Kiviaho, Northland, Senior, Forward, Thunder Bay, Ontario (HTI)
Stephanie Martin, Eau Claire, Senior, Goalie, Yorktown, Va. (Elmira College)
Emma Peterson, Eau Claire, Senior, Forward, Superior, Wis. (Superior HS)
Samantha Scherling, Eau Claire, Junior, Forward, Rogers, Minn. (Rogers HS)
Olivia Schultz, Stevens Point, Senior, Goalie, Maplewood, Minn. (Tartan HS)
Addie Young, Eau Claire, Senior, Forward, Superior, Wis. (Superior HS)
Hanna Zavoral, Eau Claire, Senior, Forward, St. Paul, Minn. (St. Paul HS)
 
All-Sportsmanship Team
Megan Adair, Northland, Senior, Forward, Rochester, Minn. (Mayo HS)
Kiana Gilbraith, River Falls, Senior, Defense, Fargo, N.D. (Shattuck St. Mary’s HS)
Mary Kremer, Stevens Point, Senior, Forward, Sussex, Wis. (Arrowhead HS)
Brynn MacLean, Superior, Freshman, Forward, Wilcox, Saskatchewan (Notre Dame)
Addie Young, Eau Claire, Senior, Forward, Superior, Wis. (Superior HS)
 
Player of the Year:  Callie Hoff of River Falls
Newcomer of the Year:  Courtney Leising of Stevens Point
Coach of the Year:  Erik Strand of Eau Claire
Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete:  Sophia Leong of River Falls
 
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