COLCHESTER, Vt. - Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey rising senior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) and rising juniors Victoria FitzGibbon (Stittsville, Ontario/East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA) and Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA) were named among 20 New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Student-Athletes of the Year for posting a 4.0 grade-point average in both semesters of the 2024-25 school year.
 
Lavender and Quinn both earned the accolade for the second time, while the trio headlined a group of 19 Purple Knights who qualified for NEWHA All-Academic, each of whom recorded at least a 3.0 GPA in each semester this past school year. In all, 166 student-athletes from around the league were recognized. This marks the 11th time since 2012-13 that at least 11 Purple Knights earned conference all-academic laurels. Graduate student Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School) qualified for the fifth time, while May graduates Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy) and Gaby Tribelli (Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College) landed their fourth honors.
 
Six Purple Knights were also recently recognized as American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) All-American Scholars for the 2024-25 school year. Lavender and Ruiz both claimed their third career nod, as at least five Saint Michael's student-athletes were honored for the seventh time since the award was established in 2016-17. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes needed to accumulate a minimum 3.75 GPA during both the fall and spring semesters this past school year and have competed in at least 40% of their team's games.
 
NEWHA All-Academic (2024-25 class year)

• Graduate student Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), 5th career qualification
• Senior Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy), 4th
• Senior Gaby Tribelli (Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College), 4th
• Junior Lauren Fisher (Rothesay, New Brunswick/Rothesay Netherwood School), 1st
• Junior Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 1st
• Junior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 3rd
• Junior Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats), 3rd
• Sophomore Victoria FitzGibbon (Stittsville, Ontario/East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA), 2nd
• Sophomore Isabel Goolie (Anchorage, Alaska/Gilmour Academy), 2nd
• Sophomore Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 2nd
• Sophomore Alizée LeBlanc (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Ridley College), 2nd
• Sophomore Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 2nd
• First-year Keeley Callander (Flagstaff, Ariz./Ontario Hockey Academy), 1st
• First-year McKenna Dans (Marshfield, Mass./Lovell Academy), 1st
• First-year Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), 1st
• First-year Brianna Jarvis (Swanton, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 1st
• First-year Alicia McDonald (Clearwater, Fla./East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA), 1st
• First-year Anna Nelson (Norwood, N.Y./Middlesex Black Bears), 1st
• First-year Ellie Newpower (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial), 1st

AHCA All-American Scholars (2024-25 class year)

• Senior Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy), 3rd career qualification
• Junior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 3rd
• Junior Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats), 2nd
• Sophomore Victoria FitzGibbon (Stittsville, Ontario/East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA), 2nd
• Sophomore Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 2nd
• First-year Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), 1st