Wisconsin’s Duggan named WCHA player of the year

The WCHA women announced their annual award winners and All-WCHA teams Thursday night at the conference banquet held at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn.  

 The big winner was Wisconsin senior forward Meghan Duggan, who was honored as the WCHA Player of the Year.

Minnesota-Duluth senior defenseman Jocelyne Larocque won two awards as she took home the Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.

Wisconsin’s Mark Johnson was tabbed top coach and Minnesota freshman Amanda Kessel was named Rookie of the Year.

2010-11 WCHA AWARD WINNERS
Player of the Year: Meghan Duggan, Sr, F, Wisconsin
Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year: Jocelyne Larocque, Sr, D, Minnesota-Duluth
Defensive Player of the Year: Jocelyne Larocque, Sr, D, Minnesota-Duluth
Rookie of the Year: Amanda Kessel, Fr, F, Minnesota
Coach of the Year: Mark Johnson, Wisconsin
Scoring Champion: Meghan Duggan, Sr, F, Wisconsin
Goaltending Champion: Kim Martin, Sr, G, Minnesota-Duluth

ALL-WCHA FIRST TEAM
Hilary Knight, Jr, F, Wisconsin
Meghan Duggan, Sr, F, Wisconsin
Brianna Decker, So, F, Wisconsin
Anne Schleper, Jr, D, Minnesota
Jocelyne Larocque, Sr, D, Minnesota-Duluth
Noora Räty, So, G, Minnesota

ALL-WCHA SECOND TEAM
Natalie Spooner, Jr, F, Ohio State
Jocelyne Lamoureux, So, F, North Dakota
Haley Irwin, Jr, F, Minnesota-Duluth
Monique Lamoureux-Kolls, So, D, North Dakota
Jessica Wong, So, D, Minnesota-Duluth
Zuzana Tomcikova, Jr, G, Bemidji State

ALL-WCHA THIRD TEAM
Elin Holmlov, Sr, F, Minnesota-Duluth
Erin Cody, Sr, F, Bemidji State
Amanda Kessel, Fr, F, Minnesota
Megan Bozek, So, D, Minnesota
Brittany Haverstock, Jr, D, Wisconsin
Kim Martin, Sr, G, Minnesota-Duluth

ALL-WCHA ROOKIE TEAM
Amanda Kessel, F, Minnesota
Kelly Terry, F, Minnesota
Brittany Ammerman, F, Wisconsin
Baylee Gillanders, D, Minnesota
Kayla Berg, D, North Dakota
Alex Rigsby, G, Wisconsin