TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer women's ice hockey team held a year-end banquet to celebrate the 2014-15 season, where six awards were presented to six different student-athletes. Earning the team's highest honor, Most Valuable Player was senior forward Taylor Mahoney.
 
Other award winners included Sara Till, who won the Bill Cahill Memorial Coach's Award for the second consecutive year; senior Mariana Walsh, who earned the Most Improved Player Award; sophomore blueliner Heidi Huhtamaki received the Bob Conway Scholar-Athlete Award and freshman Amanda Kimmerle, who was named the team's Rookie of the Year. Senior captain Ali Svoboda took home the Willie Stanton Award, which is presented to the outstanding citizen of the team. It is awarded to a player who demonstrates leadership, sportsmanship, hard work and a genuine love of the game or a team member who excels themselves in their volunteer efforts.
 
Also recognized were each of the seven individual seniors: Kathryn Schilter (Aurora, ON/Toronto Jr. Aeros), Delaney Middlebrook (Minneapolis, MN/Niagara University), Mahoney (Cary, IL/Chicago Mission), Walsh (Walpole, MA/Assabet Vally/Phillips Andover), Brianna Piper (Oakville, ON/Toronto Jr. Aeros) and Kelly O'Brien (Sussex, WI/Madison Capitals). 
 
Mahoney played in all 34 games, scoring five goals to go along with 11 assists for 16 points. Two of her tallies came on the power-play, while three came in ECAC Hockey play. She finished her RPI career with 18 goals and 29 assists for 47 points in 130 games.
 
A forward, Svoboda appeared in all 34 games this season, scoring eight goals and recording eight assists for 16 points. In 137 career games, she notched 20 goals and 24 assists for 44 points. The Most Improved Player Award went to Walsh, a forward who a career-high four goals and two assists for six points in 33 games.
 
Till (Jericho, VT/Rice Academy), a junior, made her first collegiate appearances in 2014-15, stopping all three shots she faced in 4:34 of game time against Yale on February 13. Huhtamaki (Espoo, Finland/Espoo Blues) has a 3.82 grade point average in Nuclear Engineering.
 
Kimmerle (Anoka, MN/Anoka High School) is a freshman blue liner who played in all 34 contests, registering two assists, which both came during ECAC Hockey play. She was assessed five minor penalties for 10 minutes and held the highest +/- rating on the team at +3.
 
Rensselaer, which is coached by John Burke, finished with a 5-16-1 ECAC Hockey record, while going 7-23-4 overall.