2022 | Massachusetts | GIRLS

Ursuline Academy | Bears | GIRLS

Both on and off the ice, Senior Captain Tia Stanton fully emulates everything it means to be a recipient of the Hobey Baker Award. This season, our team implemented a sticker system whereby players are awarded a helmet sticker for hard work, scoring a goal, helping out a teammate, the list goes on. Each day, our coaching staff will see Tia either picking up the pucks, helping one of the younger kids work on passing or on their shot and we’ll turn to each other and in unison say “sticker?â€_x009d_. Tia deserves a helmet’s worth of stickers day in and day out as she is always organized, motivated, looking out for the younger students, a natural leader and a positive presence and voice on the ice and in the locker room. Her leadership extends beyond her peers as she’s even coached me at times during a number of games when I missed something or am too focused on a different play. She always makes great suggestions on how we can better execute our breakout or get the puck to the net. Our team consists of players in grades 7-12 and we couldn’t have asked for a better leader and role model for our younger students this season. When the time came to decide who to nominate, Tia was a no-brainer. Thank you for your consideration.