WORCESTER, Mass. – Former Holy Cross women's ice hockey standout Stacey Hochkins (Class of 2012) has been selected as the 2025 USA Hockey Adult Player of the Year. She will be honored at the USA Hockey President's Awards Dinner on Friday, June 6, at the Denver Marriott Tech Center.

Currently an assistant coach at Lawrence Tech University and Orchard Lake St. Mary's and St. Catherine's High School, Hochkins has continued to connect with the game as an avid adult hockey player since her time at Holy Cross. She laced up her skates to take part in the 2025 USA Hockey-Long Drink Adult Women's National Championships in Wesley Chapels, Fla., with the Foundry 13 Little Caesars Women's Hockey Team, leading her team to the 21+ Tier I division championship title.

Hochkins has helped grow the Little Caesars Women's Hockey program from humble beginnings. The program has gone from just nine players in 2021 to 32 players at the 2025 event, enough for two full teams. Hochkins' love for the sport goes beyond playing. She just finished her first season as an assistant coach for Lawrence Tech University's ACHA Division II women's hockey program, and also completed her second campaign as an assistant coach with the joint team of Orchard Lake St. Mary's and St. Catherine's, a prep school based in the Detroit suburbs, who skate in the Michigan Girls High School Hockey League.

Hochkins was a standout forward for the Crusaders from 2008-2012. She was a four-time first team All-ECAC East selection, in addition to being named All-America and All-New England three times. During her senior year, Hochkins led the team with a school-record 28 goals and 18 assists for 46 points. She ended her collegiate career as Holy Cross' all-time leader in all six major offensive categories, totaling 103 goals, 86 assists, 189 points, 18 game-winning goals, 22 power play goals and 15 shorthanded goals. A two-year team captain, Hochkins led the Crusaders to an overall record of 80-19-7 during her four years on the team. She was inducted into the Holy Cross Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 2019, and had her jersey retired in 2024.

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