SPORTS BRIEF: Chu named one of three finalists for national player of the year honors

Harvard women’s hockey co-captain Julie Chu made the cut as one of three finalists for the 2007 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award by USA Hockey, announced Monday. The award, which honors the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey, will be presented at the Hilton Lake Placid Resort in Lake Placid, NY on March 17.

Joining Chu among the finalists are Mercyhurst forward Meghan Agosta, the first-ever freshman to make the top three, and Wisconsin forward Sara Bauer, the 2006 winner.

Chu has 66 points this season, and leads the nation with 2.28 points per game and 48 assists. The two-time Olympian is also the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader with 284 points.

-LOREN AMOR