PURCHASE, N.Y. – For the third year in a row, the Manhattanville University women's hockey team had 21 student-athletes named to the United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) All-Academic Team, the conference announced earlier this week.
The Valiants were the third-most represented team by the conference. In total, the UCHC honored 87 women's hockey student-athletes on the All-Academic Team for the 2024-25 academic year.

Eligibility for the UCHC All-Academic Team is open to student-athletes that completed at least one academic year at their current institution while holding a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher for both terms of the 2024-25 academic year.

Twelve of Manhattanville's honorees are returners to previous UCHC All-Academic Teams, all of whom were all recognized last year as well. Additionally, eight of the Valiants' first-time recipients are freshmen, earning the accolade in their first year at Manhattanville.

Manhattanville had four student-athletes—Grace Genest (Wake Forest, N.C./The Gunnery (Conn.)), Jada Mackinnon (Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada/King's Edgehill School), Danielle Stadler (Zurich, Switzerland/Kantonsschule Wiedikon / GCK Lions) and Taylor Willoughby (Camrose, Alberta, Canada/John Maland)—earn a perfect 4.0 GPA across the fall 2024 and spring 2025 semesters, the most on any UCHC team this year. Additionally, Genest was one of seven student-athletes in the conference this year to become a five-time recipient of the All-Academic award, having earned the recognition in each of her five years as a Valiant.

Seniors Jewells Austin (Bethlehem, Conn./Nonnewaug High School), Ciara Dauer (Winchester, Mass./Worcester Academy) and Annie Niedermier (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame) each earned their fourth appointments to the All-Academic Team to cap off their undergraduate careers. Three other players—Catrina Chinetti (Hyde Park, Mass./Boston Latin Academy / East Coast Wizards), Lillee Dougherty (Wakefield, R.I./Portsmouth Abbey School) and Willoughby—were named to the team for a third time.

The full list of Manhattanville's All-Academic selections in alphabetical order is below:
Danika Aubin (Guy, Alberta, Canada/Northern Alberta Xtreme (CSSHL)) !
Jewells Austin (Bethlehem, Conn./Nonnewaug High School) !%&
Sophie Braverman (Minnetrista, Minn./Chanhassen)
Colby Cantor (Norwell, Mass./North American Hockey Academy)
Catrina Chinetti (Hyde Park, Mass./Boston Latin Academy / East Coast Wizards) !%
Olivia Cimorelli (West Deptford, N.J./The Hill School / Ironbound Elite)
Ciara Dauer (Winchester, Mass./Worcester Academy) !%&
Lillee Dougherty (Wakefield, R.I./Portsmouth Abbey School) !%
Erin Flaherty (Rockland, Mass./Canterbury School) !
Grace Genest (Wake Forest, N.C./The Gunnery (Conn.)) !%&^
Paz Hassan-Contreras (Lansing, Mich./Okemos)
Sasha Jacobson (Hanover, Mass./Brewster Academy)
Ali Joly (Pickering, Ontario, Canada/Dunbarton / Caledon Coyotes)
Abby Kauffman (Hershey, Pa./Hershey / New Jersey Colonials)
Jada Mackinnon (Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada/King's Edgehill School) !
Abby Mellen (Rockport, Mass./Northfield Mount Hermon / Vermont Academy / East Coast Wizards)
Annie Niedermier (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame) !%&
Molly Sances (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial) !
Danielle Stadler (Zurich, Switzerland/Kantonsschule Wiedikon / GCK Lions)
Harper Weisbeck (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) !
Taylor Willoughby (Camrose, Alberta, Canada/John Maland) !%

! – Denotes 2023-24 UCHC All-Academic Team Selection
% – Denotes 2022-23 UCHC All-Academic Team Selection
& – Denotes 2021-22 UCHC All-Academic Team Selection    
^ – Denotes 2020-21 UCHC All-Academic Team Selection

ABOUT THE UNITED COLLEGIATE HOCKEY CONFERENCE
The United Collegiate Hockey Conference is a collaborative effort to provide a competitive environment and structure for NCAA Division III men's and women's ice hockey in the Eastern United States. The UCHC enters its eighth season in 2024-25 with first-year members SUNY Brockport and SUNY Geneseo joining founding members Chatham University, Manhattanville University, Nazareth University and Utica University.  For more on the UCHC, visit the league's homepage at http://www.theuchc.com/.

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