Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association

Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association
	CCWHA
Established	1996
Association	ACHA
Division	Women's Division I & II
Members	14
Sports fielded	Ice hockey;
Region	Midwest and Great Lakes
Commissioner	Susan (Sue) McDowell
Website	http://www.ccwha.net/
Locations

The Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association (CCWHA) is a non-profit ice hockey league for college club teams based at Midwestern United States schools. It was formed in October 1996. There are currently 14 teams participating in two divisions. All teams in the league are also required to be members of the ACHA that provides the teams with USA Hockey insurance and other member benefits.

The CCWHA was established with the goal of encouraging and improving opportunities in ice hockey for women; developing and encouraging sportsmanship among all players for the betterment of their physical and social well-being; and conducting an organized League wherein women enjoy recreational and competitive ice hockey. The CCWHA season runs from September to late February/early March with an annual tournament at the end of each season for each division. Winners of each division are awarded an automatic bid to the ACHA National tournament. All teams benefit by scheduling games against each other in the League and the recognition of the League at local and national levels.

Current members

Division I

Institution	Location	Affiliation	School Enrollment	Team Founded	Joined CCWHA		Team Nickname
Institution	Location	Affiliation	School Enrollment	Team Founded	Joined League	Joined D1	Team Nickname
Adrian College	Adrian, Michigan	Private	1,040	2012	2012	2012	Bulldogs
Aquinas College	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Private	2,001	2015	2015	2017	Saints
Davenport University	Caledonia, Michigan	Private	12,471	2013	2013	2013	Panthers
Grand Valley State University	Allendale, Michigan	Public	23,892	2007	2007	2007	Lakers
Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	Public	20,126	2010	2011	2011	RedHawks
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Public	46,045	1995	1996* 2007*	1996 2007	Spartans
Roosevelt University	Chicago, Illinois	Private	6,391	2003#	2020	2020	Lakers
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Public	40,042	1995	1996	1996	Wolverines

*Michigan State (D1) left the league in 2004 and rejoined at a later date.
#Roosevelt acquired Robert Morris's women's hockey team.

Division II

Institution	Location	Affiliation	School Enrollment	Team Founded	Joined CCWHA		Team Nickname
Institution	Location	Affiliation	School Enrollment	Team Founded	Joined League	Joined D2	Team Nickname
Adrian College** (DII)	Adrian, Michigan	Private	1,040	2017	2017	2017	Bulldogs
Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	Public	26,788	2010	2012	2014	Chippewas
Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Private	15,068	2014	2014	2014	Ramblers
Michigan State University** (DII)	East Lansing, Michigan	Public	46,045	2004	2004*	2014	Spartans
Northern Michigan University	Marquette, Michigan	Public	9,400	2001	2001	2014	Wildcats
University of Notre Dame	South Bend, Indiana	Private	11,733	2000	2002*	2014	Fighting Irish
Sault College	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Public	4,500	2018	2019	2019	Cougars

*MSU and Notre Dame both left the league (2006 and 2004 respectively) and returned when the 2nd division was formed in 2014.

**Adrian College and Michigan State University both field a Division I and Division II team in the CCWHA and ACHA. Teams have separate coaching staffs and rosters.

Former members

Institution	Years	New Conference	Classification
Bowling Green State University	1996 - 1997 2000 - 2001	Ceased operations	N/A
University of Illinois	1996 - 2007	Independent	N/A
Lake Forest College	1996 - 2000	NCHA	NCAA DIII[1]
Lake Superior State University	1999 - 2001 2014 - 2016	Ceased operations	N/A
Lindenwood University	2007 - 2011	CHA	NCAA DI[2][3]
Oakland University	2000 - 2005	Ceased operations	N/A
University of Michigan (Flint)	2015 - 2017	Ceased operations	N/A
Robert Morris University (IL)	2010 - 2020	Merged with Roosevelt University	N/A
University of Wisconsin	1996 - 1998	Independent	ACHA DI
Western Michigan University	1996 - 2011	Ceased operations	N/A

CCWHA Championship History

The inaugural playoff, held at Michigan State University (Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing) in February of 1997 was the capstone of the 1996-97 CCWHA inaugural season. The eight teams that comprised the CCWHA that season included the following schools: Ohio State University, University of Michigan, Michigan State, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, Western Michigan University, Lake Forest College and Bowling Green State University.

Division I

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Location
1997	Ohio State	Michigan	East Lansing, MI
1998	Ohio State	Western Michigan	Unknown
1999	Ohio State	Michigan State	East Lansing, MI
2000	Michigan	Western Michigan	East Lansing, MI
2001	Michigan	Western Michigan	Sault Ste. Marie, MI
2002	Michigan State	Michigan	Kalamazoo, MI
2003	Michigan State	Michigan	East Lansing, MI
2004	Oakland	Michigan State	Marquette, MI
2005	Western Michigan	Michigan	Kalkaska, MI
2006	Western Michigan	Michigan	Kalkaska, MI
2007	Ohio State	Western Michigan	Findlay, OH
2008	Lindenwood	Michigan	Findlay, OH
2009	Lindenwood	Michigan State	Kalamazoo, MI
2010	Lindenwood	Michigan State	Kalamazoo, MI
2011	Lindenwood	Grand Valley	Holland, MI
2012	Robert Morris (IL)	Michigan	Holland, MI
2013	Michigan State	Robert Morris (IL)	Flint, MI
2014	Miami	Adrian	Flint, MI
2015	Miami	Michigan	Flint, MI
2016	Grand Valley	Miami	Flint, MI
2017	Miami	Michigan State	South Bend, IN
2018	Adrian	Miami	Kalamazoo, MI
2019	Adrian	Michigan State	Kalamazoo, MI
2020	Adrian	Miami	Burton, MI

Division II

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Location
2015	Michigan State	Northern Michigan	Mount Pleasant, MI
2016	Northern Michigan	Notre Dame	Flint, MI
2017	Northern Michigan	Notre Dame	South Bend, IN
2018	Loyola Chicago	Notre Dame	Kalamazoo, MI
2019	Adrian	Loyola Chicago	Kalamazoo, MI
2020	Northern Michigan	Michigan State	Burton, MI

CCWHA Victors

Totals
Team	Titles	Years
Lindenwood	4	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Ohio State	4	1997, 1998, 1999, 2007
Adrian	3	2018, 2019, 2020
Michigan State	3	2002, 2003, 2013
Miami	3	2014, 2015, 2017
Northern Michigan	3	2016, 2017, 2020
Western Michigan	2	2005, 2006
Michigan	2	2000, 2001
Adrian (D2)	1	2019
Loyola Chicago	1	2018
Grand Valley	1	2016
Michigan State (D2)	1	2015
Robert Morris (IL)	1	2012
Oakland	1	2004

National Championships

CCWHA Teams have combined to win eleven national championships, including ten of the seventeen ACHA Women's Division I national championships since the ACHA began sanctioning women's hockey in 2000-01.[4]

Miami (OH) - 2014, 2016, 2017
Michigan State - 2003, 2011
Lindenwood - 2008, 2009, 2010[5]
Robert Morris (IL) - 2005, 2007
Western Michigan - 1997 (pre ACHA known as Women's Collegiate Club Championship)[6]

World University Games Selections

Since 2011, the American Collegiate Hockey Association has supplied players for the United States team at the World University Games women's hockey tournament, held biennially and as part of the multi-sport event for college and university student-athletes. Miami's 11 player selections (through 2017) lead the conference and are tied for the national lead, and RedHawks coach Scott Hicks has also been picked as an assistant coach on two separate occasions. Michigan State ranks next with eight player selections, although the Spartans hold the top spot in a couple key distinctions: MSU is one of just two schools nationally to have at least one player on each WUG team since 2011, and is also tied for the national lead with eight unique players who have traveled to the tournament, as none of MSU's eight picks are repeat selections.

Year	Location	Player	School	Result
2011[7]	Erzurum, Turkey	Vince O'Mara (asst. coach)	Lindenwood	Fourth Place
		Cory Whitaker (asst. coach)	Grand Valley
		Allysson Arcibal	Lindenwood
		Rachel Black	Robert Morris (IL)
		Shea Crawford	Lindenwood
		Charlotte Hoium	Michigan State
		Becky Katz	Robert Morris (IL)
		Nicole Konsdorf	Lindenwood
		Shelby Kucharski	Grand Valley
		Chelsea Minnie	Grand Valley
		Emily Nelson	Michigan
		Terra Payne	Michigan State
		Samantha Redick	Lindenwood
		Ashley Rumsey	Grand Valley
		Ramey Weaver	Robert Morris (IL)
		Erica Wynn	Lindenwood
		Christina Young	Michigan State
2013[8]	Trentino, Italy	Rob Blackburn (asst. coach)	Michigan	Bronze Medal
		Katie Augustine	Miami
		Kalli Bates	Michigan
		Jennifer Boniecki	Ohio State
		Staci Burlingame	Michigan State
		Kristin Griebe	Michigan
		Monica Korzon	Michigan
		Morgan McGrath	Miami
		Jessica Merritt	Robert Morris (IL)
		Andrea Stewart	Michigan State
		Ramey Weaver	Robert Morris (IL)
		Hayley Williams	Robert Morris (IL)
2015	Granada, Spain	Scott Hicks (asst. coach)	Miami	Fifth Place
		Amanda Antos	Adrian
		Katie Augustine	Miami
		Maria Barlow	Michigan State
		Rachael Booth	Miami
		Eleanor Chalifoux	Michigan
		Monica Korzon	Michigan
		Kaley Mooney	Miami
		Morgan McGrath	Miami
		Kendra Myers	Grand Valley
		Caitlin Nosanov	Davenport
		Corey Robison	Grand Valley
		Hayley Williams	Miami
2017[9]	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Scott Hicks (asst. coach)	Miami	Bronze Medal
		Brett Berger (asst. coach)	Adrian
		Lauren Allen	Grand Valley
		Katie Augustine	Miami
		Rachael Booth	Miami
		Sabrena Camp	Adrian
		Kelsey Jaeckle	Michigan State
		Britt Levasseur	Adrian
		Nicole Matthews	Miami
		Kendra Myers	Grand Valley
		Jessie Rushing	Adrian
		Alyssa Visalli	Miami
		Maddie Wolsmann	Michigan State

References

"Lake Forest College Announces the Addition of Varsity Women's Ice Hockey". Lake Forest College. May 19, 1999. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
Staff (March 26, 2011). "Lindenwood women to go Division I". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
Staff (November 11, 2011). "Lindenwood formally admitted into CHA". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
"American Collegiate Hockey Association Hockey Website". Achahockey.org. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
"2011 United States University Women's Select Team Assistant Coach Named". Achahockey.org. May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
"Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association (CCWHA)". Women's College Hockey. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
"2011 United States Women's National University Team" (PDF). USA Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2012.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"2017 U.S. Women's National Univ. Team Unveiled". USA Hockey. January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.

External links

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[1] "Lake Forest College Announces the Addition of Varsity Women's Ice Hockey". Lake Forest College. May 19, 1999. Retrieved March 27, 2011.

[2] Staff (March 26, 2011). "Lindenwood women to go Division I". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved March 27, 2011.

[LUadmit-3] Staff (November 11, 2011). "Lindenwood formally admitted into CHA". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved November 11, 2011.

[4] "American Collegiate Hockey Association Hockey Website". Achahockey.org. Retrieved June 9, 2010.

[5] "2011 United States University Women's Select Team Assistant Coach Named". Achahockey.org. May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2010.

[6] "Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association (CCWHA)". Women's College Hockey. Retrieved March 27, 2011.

[7] "2011 United States Women's National University Team" (PDF). USA Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2012.

[8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] "2017 U.S. Women's National Univ. Team Unveiled". USA Hockey. January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.

American Collegiate Hockey Association Women's Division 1
Conferences	Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association (CCWHA) Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League (ECWHL) Western Women's Collegiate Hockey League (WWCHL) Women's Midwest College Hockey (WMCH)
Current teams	Arizona State Massachusetts Michigan Minot State Penn State Rhode Island Roosevelt
Primary home venues	Arctic Coliseum (Concordia Ann Arbor) Arrington Ice Arena (Adrian) AZ Ice Arcadia (Grand Canyon) Bradford R. Boss Arena (Rhode Island) Camp Randall Shell (Wisconsin) CU Rec Center (Colorado) Goggin Ice Center (Miami) Griff's Georgetown (Grand Valley State) Edge Ice Arena (Roosevelt) Edora Pool and Ice Center (Colorado State) Joy Burns Arena (Denver) LaHaye Ice Center (Liberty) Mariucci Arena (Minnesota) Maysa Arena (Minot State) McKendree Metro Rec Plex (McKendree) Munn Ice Arena (Michigan State) Oceanside Ice Arena (Arizona State) Patterson Ice Center (Davenport) Pegula Ice Arena (Penn State) Sidner Ice Arena (Midland) SLC Sports Complex (Utah) Southside Community Ice Center (Aquinas) William D. Mullins Memorial Center (Massachusetts) Yost Ice Arena (Michigan)
National tournament sites	2001: Lindenwood Ice Arena (Wentzville, MO) 2002: Alpharetta Family Skate Center (Alpharetta, GA) 2003: L.C. Walker Arena/Lakeshore Sports Centre (Muskegon, MI) 2004: Munn Ice Arena (East Lansing, MI) 2005: Northtown Center (Amherst, NY) 2006: Lindenwood Ice Arena (Wentzville, MO) 2007: William D. Mullins Memorial Center (Amherst, MA) 2008: Edge Ice Arena (Bensenville, IL) 2009: ESL Sports Center (Brighton, NY) 2010: Schwan Super Rink (Blaine, MN) 2011: Wings West (Kalamazoo, MI) 2012: Alice Noble Ice Arena (Wooster, OH) 2013: Ashburn Ice House (Ashburn, VA) 2014: Fred Rust Ice Arena (Newark, DE) 2015: York City Ice Arena (York, PA) 2016: Wings West (Kalamazoo, MI) 2017–2018: Chiller Ice Rinks (Columbus, OH) 2019–2020: Comerica Center (Frisco, TX) 2021: New England Sports Center (Marlborough, MA) 2022: Centene Community Ice Center (Maryland Heights, MO)
International competitions	Winter Universiade 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
People	Cassie Dunne Katherine Hannah Paige Harrington Andrea Lavelle Kristen Levesque Madeline Norton Sarah Stevenson Hayley Williams
Former teams	Boston University Lindenwood Lindenwood–Belleville Norwich Penn State
ACHA List of champions List of Zoë M. Harris Award winners

Women's ice hockey leagues in North America
Professional	National Women's Hockey League
Senior	Golden Blades Women's Hockey League Lower Lakers Female Hockey League Mid-Atlantic Women's Hockey League National Capital Women's Hockey League Winnipeg Women's Hockey League
Collegiate	Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Canadian Interuniversity Sport Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League Western Women's Collegiate Hockey League Women's Midwest College Hockey Hockey collégial féminin RSEQ NCAA Division I NCAA Division III
Junior	Junior Women's Hockey League Manitoba Women's Junior Hockey League Provincial Women's Hockey League
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