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Granato Named a Nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year

Elmira, NY (07/17/2019) — After a stellar four-year career with the Elmira College women's ice hockey team, Katie Granato '19 has been named as one of the nominees for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award.

Granato is one of 585 female student-athletes, a record number of nominees, nominated by NCAA member schools for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

The native of Naperville, Illinois, enjoyed one of the finest careers in Elmira's storied women's ice hockey history. Over her four years donning the Purple and Gold, Granato amassed 133 points on 73 goals and 60 assists. The 73 goals rank fourth in EC history, while her 133 points stand as the program's eighth-highest total.

Granato capped her senior season with a United College Hockey Conference (UCHC) best 45 points on 26 goals and 19 assists. Her 1.61 points per game ranked fourth in all of Division III, as did her 0.93 goals per game average, while her nine power-play goals held steady as the third-highest total in the country. HC Tournament title.

Her work off of the ice was just as impressive, as she was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® At-Large Women's Third Team and the Google Cloud Academic All-District® Women's At-Large Team. As a nursing major, Granato graduated with an outstanding 3.70 GPA. She was a member of numerous honor societies, including the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society.

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