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INDIANAPOLIS – Northeastern women's hockey alumna Kendall Coyne was named as one of 10 recipients for the NCAA's prestigious Today's Top 10 Award, an honor that recognizes 10 outstanding senior student-athletes from the preceding academic year.

Coyne joins Dak Prescott (Mississippi State), Elizabeth Aronoff (Emory University), Taylor Ellis-Watson (Arkansas), Nicole Hensley (Lindenwood), Christopher Krimbill (Case Western Reserve), Haylie McCleney (Alabama), Tiffany Mitchell (South Carolina), Logan Andryk (Milwaukee School of Engineering) and Jason Vander Laan (Ferris State) as the 2016 Today's Top 10 honorees. 

Nominees had to have a minimum GPA of 3.30 and had to have completed their intercollegiate eligibility during the 2015-16 academic year. After weighing factors such as athletic performance, academics, leadership, character, and extracurricular activities, the NCAA Honors Committee selected 10 recipients for the award. The group will be honored at a banquet on Jan. 18, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.

The honor comes as the latest achievement for Coyne, who was recently named 'Best Female Athlete' at the 2016 Globies, a Top 30 Finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year, and a gold medalist for Team USA at the 2016 Four Nations Cup in Finland. 

Coyne won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for the top player in Division I women's hockey as a senior in 2015-16. Along the way, Coyne set a slew of program and Hockey East records, before finishing her collegiate career as the ninth-highest scorer in NCAA history with 249 career points.