KAUKAUNA — Kaukauna High School sophomore Evie Mursau, a member of the Fox Cities Stars coop girls hockey team, has been named a finalist as the state’s top defensive player by Wisconsin Prep Hockey.
Mursau is a finalist for the Molly Engstrom Award, named for the Wisconsin native and University of Wisconsin grad who currently is the head coach at the University of Maine.
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She is joined on the finalist list by Fox Cities Stars teammate Peyton Hewitt, a senior at Fox Valley Lutheran, a finalist for the the Rachel Kenyon Unsung Hero Award.
Generally this isn’t going to be a player who lights up the scoresheet, or shuts down the opposing team with stunning regularity.
This is a player who fights through adversity and with grit and determination makes their team and program better.
The Stars advanced to the sectional semifinal in this year’s hockey playoffs, before falling 4-3 to top-seeded De Pere.
The Wisconsin Prep Hockey Awards will be presented on Friday, March 1, 20204 at the Marriot Madison West near Bob Suter’s Capitol Ice Arena.