The Laura Hurd Award is an annual award given to the top player in

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. It is given by the

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. It was known as the Division III Women's Player of the Year Award prior to 2007. In January 2007, the AHCA voted to rename the Division III Women's Player of the Year after

Laura Hurd Laura may refer to: People and fictional characters * Laura (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters with the name * Laura, muse of Petrarch's poetry * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cno ...

, who played collegiately at

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and was killed in a car accident in 2006, a year after winning the award. Hurd holds the NCAA Division III record for career scoring with 237 points over four years; she was a four-time All-American and led Elmira to two national championships.

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References

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Award winners

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Winners by position

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