Erika Lawler
Introduction '''Erika Lyn Lawler''' (born February 5, 1987) is a member of the 2009–10 United States national women's ice hockey team which participated in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Lawler played prep hockey at Cushing Academy where she won the Bette Davis Award as the top athlete in her class three times. She then played collegiately for the Wisconsin Badgers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and won three NCAA titles (2006, 2007 and 2009).
Playing career ===Wisconsin Badgers===Won 3 NCAA titles in Four SeasonsPlayed in 163 career games, the most in school historyRanks 7th for career Goals with 55Ranked 2nd in career Assists with 119 and 2nd for most assists in a season with 44Ranks 3rd all time in Points at UW with 174 and 4th in season points with 64Holds UW Record for most assists in a Period and most assists in a single gameIn 28 post season games played compiled 14 goals and 18 assists for 32 points most in historyAcademic All WCHA HonorsCaptained the Badgers as a Senior(2008–09):Captained the Badgers to the 2009 NCAA National ChampionshipLed the NCAA with 44 assistsNamed Beyond the Dashers National Player of the YearEarned All-WCHA Second Team honorsTop-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.Lawler received the Badger Award for being the most inspiring player on her UW teamPlayed in 40 of 41 games(2007–08):Helped the Badgers to the NCAA title gameLed the team with 28 assists and ranked third with 40 pointstied for third on the team in points (38) and sixth in goals (11)Ranked fourth in the WCHA with 21 assists in conference gamesHer 27 assists tied her for 11th in the countryTied for the team-lead with four multi-assist gamesRanks fourth on the team with 10 multi-point gamesPlayed in all 41 gamesLawler received the Badger Award for being the most inspiring player on her UW teamAll-WCHA Second Team honoree(2006–07):Helped lead the team to the NCAA National Championship for the second consecutive yearLed all UW sophomores with 38 pointsThird on the team with 13 multi-point gamesRecorded seven multi-assist games and one multi-goal gameTied for 14th in the nation with 28 assistsPlayed in all 41 gamesAll-WCHA Third Team selection(2005–06):Sixth in team scoring with 13 Goals, 19 Assists and 32 Points15th Badger ever to have more than 30 points in a seasonPlayed in all 41 gamesHelped the Badgers win the NCAA title '''Season'''  '''Games Played'''  '''Goals'''  '''Assists''' '''Points'''    '''PPG''' 2005–06  41 13 19  32 1       2006–07  41 10 28 38 1 2007–08  41 1228  40 3 2008–09 40 20  44  64  7     ===USA Hockey===Three-time member of the United States Women's National Team for theInternational Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship (gold-2008-09, silver-2007) … Four-time member of the United States Women's Select Team for the Four Nations Cup(1st-2008, 2nd-2006-07, 2009) … Member of the United States Women's National Team in 2009–10 (Qwest Tour) … Three-time member of the United States Women's Under-22 Select Team for theUnder-22 Series with Canada (2006–08). Cocaptained the team in 2008 … Four-time USAHockey Women's National Festival participant (2006–09) … Four-time USA Hockey PlayerDevelopment Camp attendee (2002–05).====2010 Olympic team====Received Silver Medal in the XXI 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Erika and the USA Women's Hockey Team lost 2–0 against Canada on February 25, 2010.
Awards and honors ;USA Hockey:Three-time member of the U.S. Women's National Team for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship (gold-2008-09, silver-2007) ... Three-time member of the U.S. Women's Select Team for the Four Nations Cup (1st-2008, 2nd-2006-07) ... Three-time member of the U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team for the Under-22 Series with Canada (2006–08). Co-captained the team in 2008 ... Four-time USA Hockey Women's National Festival participant (2006–09) ... Four-time USA Hockey Player Development Camp attendee (2002–05). ;College: Played four seasons at the University of Wisconsin of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, where she was part of three national championship teams ... Her 174 career points (55–119) rank third in school history. As a Senior (2008–09): Captained the Badgers to the 2009 NCAA National Championship ... Led the NCAA with 44 assists ... Earned All-WCHA Second Team honors ... Top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. As a Junior (2007–08): Helped the Badgers to the NCAA title game ... Led the team with 28 assists and ranked third with 40 points ... All-WCHA Second Team honoree. As a Sophomore (2006–07): Helped lead the team to the NCAA National Championship for the second consecutive year ... All-WCHA Third Team selection. As a Freshman (2005–06): Helped the Badgers win the NCAA title. * 2008 Badger Award* Led the NCAA with 44 assists in 2009
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