The United Collegiate Hockey Conference announced its 2021-22 Women’s Award Winners and All-Conference teams on Tuesday, March 1. The awards were selected through an all-encompassing survey of the league’s 11 head coaches.

Senior Georgiana Santullo of Utica College was named the 2021-22 UCHC Player of the Year after a dazzling campaign in which she has recorded a program-record 55 points on 29 goals and 26 assists. Santullo is tied for the national lead in goals and is second overall in points. She tallied 25 goals and 25 assists for 50 points and was plus-43 in 19 UCHC regular season contests. Santullo recorded three consecutive hat-tricks to open UCHC play and has 13 multiple-point efforts. She is the first Utica student-athlete to earn Player of the Year honors.

Ally Nolan of Chatham University was named the 2022 UCHC Rookie of the Year after tallying 38 points on 22 goals and 16 assists in 26 games played. Nolan is eighth nationally in goals per game (0.86) and tallied 16 goals and 29 points in 20 UCHC regular season contests, while helping lead the Cougars to the league semifinals. She is the second consecutive Rookie of the Year from Chatham, joining teammate Allison Corser-James.

Utica sophomore Angela Hawthorne was named the 2021-22 UCHC Goaltender of the Year after going 14-3-0 with a 1.22 goals against average and a .942 save percentage to go along with five shutouts. She made at least 20 saves in a game six times, including a career-best 49-save effort against Nazareth.
 
Manhattanville College junior forward Morgan Miller was named the UCHC’s Defensive Player of the Year. Miller has tallied 17 goals in 25 games this season, while playing at a plus-17 clip. A tremendous penalty-killer, Miller is tied for the national lead with five shorthanded goals and has added four-game winning goals to go along with 25 blocked shots. She has helped lead Manhattanville to the 2021-22 UCHC Championship game.

Nazareth head coach Chris Baudo is the 2021-22 UCHC Coach of the Year. Baudo has led the Golden Flyers to a 26-1-0 record and the UCHC regular season crown. Nazareth earned 59 of a possible 60 points in league play and are set to host Manhattanville in the 2021-22 UCHC Championship game on March 5. Nazareth leads all of Division III with 26 wins and paces the country by out-scoring its opponents by an average of 4.70 goals per game. The Golden Flyers are in the top-five nationally in nearly every team category. It is Baudo’s second UCHC Coach of the Year honor (2018-19). He has led the Golden Flyers to a 71-13-5 record in four seasons.
 
All six UCHC first team all-stars are first time selections on the top team. Utica led the way with four first team selections (Santullo, Hawthorne, Erica Sloan and Madison Novotny), while Sydney Bradley of Alvernia University and Abbey Luth of Nazareth also garnered first team accolades. The Golden Flyers added four second team selections and two honorable mention picks for a league-high seven all-conference selections.

The full complement of award winners is listed below.
 
2021-22 UCHC Women's Ice Hockey Award Winners
Player of the Year: Georgiana Santullo, Utica
Rookie of the Year: Ally Nolan, Chatham
Goaltender of the Year: Angela Hawthorne, Utica
Defensive Player of the Year: Morgan Miller, Manhattanville
Coach of the Year: Chris Baudo, Nazareth

First Team All-UCHC
Forward: Georgiana Santullo, Utica
Forward: Erica Sloan, Utica
Forward: Abbey Luth, Nazareth
Defense: Madison Novotny, Utica
Defense: Sydney Bradley, Alvernia
Goaltender: Angela Hawthorne, Utica

Second Team All-UCHC
Forward: Madison Nichols, Nazareth
Forward: Hailey Redders, Nazareth
Forward: Allison Corser-James, Chatham
Defense: Stephanie Kubis, Nazareth
Defense: Olivia Gilida, Alvernia
Goaltender: Adriana Brehm, Nazareth

Honorable Mention (Appears on minimum of three coaches' ballots)
Forward: Rebecca Brown, Utica
Forward: Carly Stefanini, Utica
Forward: Ally Watrous, Nazareth
Forward: Morgan Miller, Manhattanville
Forward: Gabrielle Cox, Manhattanville
Defense: Gabriella DeMeo, Nazareth
Defense: Tia Martignetti, Manhattanville
Goaltender: Julia Beaven, Alvernia
Goaltender: Franny Gerardi, Manhattanville
 
All-Rookie Team
Forward: Ally Nolan, Chatham
Forward: Berklee Hibbard, Arcadia
Forward: Karahkwenhawe White, Arcadia
Defense: Sydney Bradley, Alvernia
Defense: Bridgit Terry, Arcadia
Goaltender: Hannah Bergeron, Arcadia
 
ABOUT THE UNITED COLLEGIATE HOCKEY CONFERENCE
The United Collegiate Hockey Conference is a collaborative effort between eleven institutions to provide a competitive environment and structure for NCAA Division III men's and women's ice hockey in the Eastern United States. Our membership encompasses a wide geographic area spanning from Central and Western New York to the greater Pittsburgh and Baltimore areas. In its fifth season, the UCHC will incorporate the efforts of ice hockey student-athletes from Arcadia University, Alvernia University, Chatham University, King's College, Lebanon Valley College, Manhattanville College, Nazareth College, Neumann University, Stevenson University, Utica College, and Wilkes University into their strong, but evolving membership that strives for on-ice excellence while also preparing student athletes for their off-ice futures. For more on the UCHC, visit the league's homepage at http://www.TheUCHC.com, or follow the league on Twitter at http://www.Twitter.com/UCHCHockey.