The Sarah Devens Award is given as a joint award between the ECAC Hockey and Hockey East conferences to a women's ice hockey player. The criteria for the Devens Award is for a player who demonstrates leadership and commitment both on and off the ice.[1] Both conferences submitted a league nominee for consideration and the winner is also given a post-graduate scholarship of $10,000. The award is named in honor of former Dartmouth Big Green ice hockey player, Sarah Devens, who died in 1995 prior to her senior year.
| Year | Player | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Kathryn Waldo[2] | Northeastern | |
| 1997–98 | Sarah Hood | Dartmouth | |
| 1998–99 | Jaime Totten | Northeastern | |
| 1999–2000 | Carrie Jokiel | New Hampshire | |
| 2000–01 | Christina Sorbara | Brown | |
| 2001–02 | Dianna Bell | Cornell | |
| 2002–03 | Rachel Barrie | St. Lawrence | |
| 2003–04 | Lindsay Charlebois | Harvard | |
| 2004–05 | Harvard | ||
| 2005–06 | Karen Thatcher[3] | Providence | |
| 2006–07 | Lindsay Williams | Clarkson | |
| 2007–08 | Lizzie Keady[4] | Princeton | |
| 2008–09 | Marianna Locke [5] | St. Lawrence | |
| 2009–10 | Laura Gersten[6] | Rensselaer | |
| 2010–11 | Jaclyn Snikeris[7] | Yale | |
| 2011–12 | Aleca Hughes[8] | Yale | |
| 2012–13 | Alyssa Zupon[9] | Yale | |
| 2013–14 | Vanessa Gagnon[10] | Clarkson | |
| 2014–15 | Chelsea Laden[11] | Quinnipiac | |
| 2015–16 | Alli Rolandelli[12] | Brown | |
| 2016–17 | Paula Voorheis | Cornell[13] | |
| 2017–18 | Taylor Willard | Vermont[14] | |
| 2018–19 | Mackenzie Lancaster | Quinnipiac[15] | |
| 2019–20 | Boston University[16] | ||
| 2020–21 | Grace Markey | Quinnipiac[17] | |
| 2021–22 | Gianna Meloni | Yale[18] |