From Winny Brodt and Krissy Wendell to Gigi Marvin and last year's honoree Taylor Williamson, the list of outstanding girls' high school players who have been named Minnesota's Ms. Hockey is a long and impressive one.

That select club of Ms. Hockey Award recipients will soon grow, as yesterday Let's Play Hockey announced the 10 semi-finalists for the 2016 award, given annually to the state's best senior girls' high school hockey player.

From Let's Play Hockey's press release:

All 10 players named as semi-finalists are committed to a Division I school for next season, including seven in the WCHA. The semi-finalists have scored an average of 20 goals and 19 assists this season for their respective teams. All 10 players have been bound to the textbooks for the past several years, as they check in with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.58.

The five finalists for the Ms. Hockey Award will be named in the Feb. 11 edition of Let’s Play Hockey with the winner announced at the Ms. Hockey Awards Banquet on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 9 a.m., at the St. Paul RiverCentre.

In addition to on-ice talent, criteria for the Ms. Hockey Award include academics, community/extracurricular activities, citizenship and coachability.

Past winners include: 2015 Taylor Williamson (Edina), 2014 Sydney Baldwin (Minnetonka), 2013 Dani Cameranesi (Blake), 2012 Hannah Brandt (Hill-Murray), 2011 Karley Sylvester (Warroad), 2010 Bethany Brausen (Roseville), 2009 Becky Kortum (Hopkins), 2008 Sarah Erickson (Bemidji), 2007 Katharine Chute (Blake), 2006 Allie Thunstrom (North St. Paul), 2005 Gigi Marvin (Warroad), 2004 Erica McKenzie (Hastings), 2003 Andrea Nichols (Hibbing/Chisholm), 2002 Ashley Albrecht (South St. Paul), 2001 Renee Curtin (Roseville), 2000 Krissy Wendell (Park Center), 1999 Ronda Curtin (Roseville), 1998 Laura Slominski (Burnsville), 1997 Annamarie Holmes (Apple Valley), 1996 Winny Brodt (Roseville).

Also announced yesterday were the 10 semi-finalists for the 2016 Let’s Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year Award, presented to the top senior girls’ high school hockey goaltender in Minnesota.

Semi-finalists include: Lauren Bench (Burnsville); Jenna Brenneman (Breck); Chloe Crosby (Lakeville South); Tatyana Delaittre (Minnetonka); Catherine Johnson (St. Paul United); Mari Johnson (Hill-Murray); Clare Minnerath (Sartell/Sauk Rapids); Kaylee Remington (Forest Lake); Molly Scarborough (Anoka) and Sydney Scobee (Breck).

The five finalists for the Senior Goalie of the Year Award will be named in the Feb. 4 edition of Let’s Play Hockey with the winner announced at the Ms. Hockey Awards Banquet on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 9 a.m., at the St. Paul RiverCentre. ​