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Three Big Red Women's Hockey Players Earn All-America Status
AHCA Release
Courtesy of Cornell Athletic Communications
DULUTH, Minn. -- Cornell junior defenseman
Laura Fortino was named a First Team All America
for the third consecutive year, and senior forward Rebecca
Johnston earned First Team All-American status for the
first time, highlighting Thursday night's announcement of the 2012
CCM Division Women's Hockey All-Americans by the American Hockey
Coaches Association.
Junior defenseman Lauriane Rogeau also earned
recognition as she was placed on the list for Second Team
All-Americans for the third consecutive season.
Fortino, who leads all Big Red defenseman with 37 points on eight
goals and 29 assists, was the only player in Cornell women's hockey
history to be named a First Team All-America until Thursday
night.
Johnston, the team's leading scorer in each of her four seasons,
finally earned an All-America nod after two consecutive seasons of
being put on the Second Team. She has 61 points on 30 goals and 31
assists after spending almost all of the year as Cornell's top-line
right wing.
Rougeau, who scored the triple-overtime goal against Boston
University on Saturday that sent Cornell to the Frozen Four, has
been named a Second Team All-America for the third consecutive
season. She has scored six goals and added 20 assists for Cornell
while racking up a +44 that is second on the team only to Fortino's
+46.
Cornell's three All-America players gives it the most of any team
in the country. Cornell is also the only team to have an
All-America player from ECAC Hockey.
