University of Minnesota Athletics
Ronda Curtin
Women's Hockey, 2000-03
HOF Class of 2015
Curtin became synonymous with firsts during her playing career at Minnesota. After contributing to the program's first national title -- the AWCHA National Championship in 2000 -- she became the program's first two-time All-American by earning First Team honors in both 2002 and 2003. Those same seasons she was First Team All-WCHA, as well as WCHA Defensive Player of the Year. To this day, she is the only Gopher to earn the award twice. She also was WCHA Player of the Year in 2002, anchoring the defensive core of a Gopher team that swept the WCHA regular season and tournament title that season.