Harvey and Johnson win WCHA Player and Coach of the Year

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Wisconsin women's hockey captain Caroline Harvey and head coach Mark Johnson each took home yearly honors at the WCHA Postseason Awards Banquet this Wednesday. Harvey won both WCHA Defender and Player of the Year, while Johnson won WCHA Coach of the Year.

Senior Harvey took home her first WCHA Player of the Year honor, the second-straight Badger to win after her teammate Casey O'Brien won last season. Harvey also won the WCHA Defender of the Year award for the third straight year, previously winning in both 2024-25 and 2023-24.

Harvey set UW's single-season defensive scoring mark last year with 63 points, and is chasing that record again - sporting 58 points in 28 games. Her point total is the most of any defender in the nation and the third most of any skater. She also competed in the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics from Feb. 5-19. She helped lead Team USA to a gold medal, where she earned Olympic MVP after recording nine points in seven games.

Head coach Mark Johnson won the WCHA Coach of the Year award for the 11th total time, and the second consecutive. Johnson coached the Badgers to a record eight NCAA Championships. This season, he has coached the Badgers to a 31-3-2 record, winning the WCHA regular season with a 23-3-2 record. This comes despite five Badgers missing eight games due to the Olympics.

Captain Lacey Eden and junior Ava McNaughton finished as top-three finalists for the Forward and Goaltender of the Year award.

The Badgers compete at the WCHA Final Faceoff at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena in St. Paul, Minn.. UW faces Minnesota State in the semifinal game tomorrow at 4 p.m. CT. The championship game is set for Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m. CT.

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Harvey and Johnson win WCHA Player and Coach of the Year

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