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Aleca Hughes
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Foreign her work in trying to help find a donor for Mandi Schwartz, she was a finalist for the 2011 Hockey Humanitarian Award. Yale She skated on the same line with Mandi Schwartz to begin her freshman season. Her seven goals ranked third on the team, while her sixteen points ranked fourth.
Foreign the season, she only incurred four penalties.
The following season (2009-2010), Hughes nine goals and seventeen points ranked second on the team, while she was named to the ECAC All-Academic team for the second consecutive season. In the 2010-2011 season, Hughes led the Yale Bulldogs with 10 goals.
On April 22, 2011, Hughes was elected captain of the Bulldogs team for the 2011-2012 season. She became the 31st different person to captain the Yale women"s ice hockey team during its 35-year varsity history.
On November 5, 2011, she assisted on Stephanie Mock"s first career National Collegiate Athletic Association goal in a 7-1 loss to Princeton.
In her final season, she led the team in assists (11) and points (15). In addition, Hughes was her team"s representative for Yale Athletics" Thomas West. Ford "42 Community Outreach Program. Hughes did not miss a game in her career with Yale.
Statistically, she finished with 30 goals and 31 assists (61 points) in 116 games played.
She was the Bulldogs leader in goals scored (a career-high 10) during the 2010-2011 campaign. She is in Yale"s career top 20 for goals (20th), assists (tied, 19th) and points (20th).
United States of America Hockey Hughes attended United States of America Hockey"s open tryouts for the 2010 Olympic team in the summer of 2009. George Hughes, her father, played hockey for the Harvard Crimson and ranked seventh on the Harvard career scoring list with 161 points.
Her mother, Allison competed athletically for Boston University.
In addition, Hughes has two brothers, George and Gunnar, who play hockey at Saint Lawrence. Hughes was involved in charity work while at Yale. She organized a bone marrow donor drive and the Goals for Mandi fundraiser for teammate Mandi Schwartz.
She also organized the November
12, 2010 White Out for Mandi fundraiser at Ingalls Rink, which raised more than $15,500. In addition, she served as the Yale women"s ice hockey team"s representative for the Yale Athletic Department"s Thomas West. Ford "42 Community Outreach Program.
Achievements
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2005-2006 All-Founder"s League 2006-2007 All-Founder"s League 2007-2008 All-New England Division I team (with Hotchkiss) ECAC Hockey All-Academic 2008-2009, 2009-2010 2010 Yale Bulldog Award (for team spirit) Finalist, 2011 Hockey Humanitarian Award 2011 Mandi Schwartz Award (inaugural winner) 2012 ECAC Hockey All-Academic honor Winner, 2012 Hockey Humanitarian Award 2012 Sarah Devens Award Nominee, 2012 National Consortium for Academics and Sports Giant Steps Award Winner, Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup (presented for character and leadership on and off the field, and to their contributions in sport and society) 2012 Bingham Cup (Yale Bulldogs women"s ice hockey award for leadership).
Membership
Her freshman season with the Yale Bulldogs was in 2008-2009 and she was recognized as a member of the ECAC All-Academic team She is also a member of Athletes in Action, a group of Christian athletes that performs community service initiatives.
