COLCHESTER, Vt. - Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey May graduate Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) and rising senior Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA) were named among 31 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 2025-26 school year.
 
Lavender and Quinn both earned the accolade for the third time while headlining 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, 174 student-athletes from around the league were recognized. This marks the 12th time since 2012-13 that at least 11 Purple Knights earned conference all-academic laurels. Lavender and May graduate Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats) landed their fourth honors.
 
Quinn and fellow rising seniors Victoria FitzGibbon (Stittsville, Ontario/East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA), Isabel Goolie (Anchorage, Alaska/Gilmour Academy) and Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy) all claimed their third NEWHA All-Academic nods. May graduate Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), rising senior Naomi Tink (Birmingham, Mich./Bishop Kearney Selects 19U AAA), and rising juniors McKenna Dans (Marshfield, Mass./Lovell Academy), Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), Alicia McDonald (Clearwater, Fla./East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA) and Anna Nelson (Norwood, N.Y./Middlesex Black Bears) were recognized for the second time each.
 
May graduate Lilly Hartnell (Tampa, Fla./Saint Anselm College) and rising sophomores Katelyn Aleong (Anmore, British Columbia/Pacific Steelers U19), Kali Boychuk (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan/Windsor Southwest Wildcats), Kaydence Carpenter (Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Kachinas 19U AAA), Tessa Moore (Wheeling, W.Va./Linsly School), Kate Moorhouse (Vancouver, British Columbia/New Hampshire Mountain Cats Academy 19U AAA) and Kyler Weatherred (Eagle, Colo./Team Colorado AAA Hockey Club) all made their NEWHA All-Academic debuts.