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Issy Wunder
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Issy Wunder Named Top-10 Finalist For Patty Kazmaier Award
March 06, 2025 | Women's Ice Hockey
After a breakout junior campaign for Issy Wunder has been named a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award as announced by the USA Hockey Foundation.
The award is presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey. the winner being revealed as the highlight at the NCAA Women's Frozen Four in Minneapolis.Â
Wunder is fourth in the country with 26 goals and added 24 assists for a 50 point season. The junior averaged 1.56 points per game and .81 goals per game. Wunder led Princeton in scoring, +/- with +32 and shot 18.3% on the year.
Wunder was named the HCA Player of the Month and ECAC Forward of the Month in November. She capped off her season being recognized as the Ivy League Player of the Year, and part of the All-ECAC and All-Ivy First Teams.
The award is named in honor of the late Patty Kazmaier, who was a four-year varsity letter-winner and All-Ivy League defenseman at Princeton University from 1981-86. An accomplished athlete who helped lead the Tigers to the Ivy League Championship in three consecutive seasons (1981-84), Patty Kazmaier-Sandt died Feb. 15, 1990, at the age of 28 following a long struggle with a rare blood disease.
Kazmaier earned honorable mention All-Ivy League honors as a freshman and was named second-team All-Ivy in both her sophomore and junior seasons. Following a leave of absence from Princeton in 1984-85, Kazmaier was named first-team All-Ivy and first-team All-ECAC as a senior in 1985-86. She was also honored as the Ivy League Most Valuable Player. Kazmaier graduated from Princeton in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in religion.
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The award is presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey. the winner being revealed as the highlight at the NCAA Women's Frozen Four in Minneapolis.Â
Wunder is fourth in the country with 26 goals and added 24 assists for a 50 point season. The junior averaged 1.56 points per game and .81 goals per game. Wunder led Princeton in scoring, +/- with +32 and shot 18.3% on the year.
Wunder was named the HCA Player of the Month and ECAC Forward of the Month in November. She capped off her season being recognized as the Ivy League Player of the Year, and part of the All-ECAC and All-Ivy First Teams.
The award is named in honor of the late Patty Kazmaier, who was a four-year varsity letter-winner and All-Ivy League defenseman at Princeton University from 1981-86. An accomplished athlete who helped lead the Tigers to the Ivy League Championship in three consecutive seasons (1981-84), Patty Kazmaier-Sandt died Feb. 15, 1990, at the age of 28 following a long struggle with a rare blood disease.
Kazmaier earned honorable mention All-Ivy League honors as a freshman and was named second-team All-Ivy in both her sophomore and junior seasons. Following a leave of absence from Princeton in 1984-85, Kazmaier was named first-team All-Ivy and first-team All-ECAC as a senior in 1985-86. She was also honored as the Ivy League Most Valuable Player. Kazmaier graduated from Princeton in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in religion.
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