The tournament Most Outstanding Player is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the

NCAA women's ice hockey tournament The annual NCAA women's ice hockey tournament—officially known as the National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship—is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determin ...

to the player to be judged the most outstanding. The award has been in effect since the adoption of a national championship tournament for the 2000–01 season.

History

Only one winner did not play for the National Champion, Kristy Zamora in 2002. Only two players have been named MOP more than once,

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in 2006 and 2009, and

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in 2012 and 2013. In 2011 the MOP was awarded to multiple players for the first time when it was awarded to

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and Hilary Knight. The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the

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, as a result no tournament Most Outstanding Player was awarded.

Most Outstanding Player

Note: * Recipient did not play for the National Champion

Award breakdown

References

External links

NCAA Division I women ice hockey page

NCAA Ice Hockey, Division I Women's Records
{{NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player College women's ice hockey in the United States