ranked ninth overall nationally. Five of the players she coached at Minnesota would later become Olympians: Natalie Darwitz, Courtney Kennedy, Lyndsay Wall, Kelly Stephens, and Krissy Wendell. Coaching record Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties AWCHA Tournament from 1999-2000; NCAA took over the national tournament in 2001. From 2001 through 2004, the tournament consisted of a Final Four. The tournament expanded to eight teams in 2005. Awards and honors 1996 ECAC Co-Coach of the Year honors New England Hockey Writers’ 1996 Coach of the Year. 3× AHCA Coach of the Year (1998, 2002, 2004) 2011 AHCA Women's Ice Hockey Founders Award See also List of college women's ice hockey coaches with 250 wins References 1963 births Living people Colby College faculty Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey coaches People from Wayzata, Minnesota Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey players American women academics