SAINT PETER, Minn. – Gustavus junior forward Lily Mortenson (Champlin, Minn.) was named to the DIII Hockey News All-America West First Team on Tuesday, April 8. 

Mortenson was one of 12 players honored when the news organization released its inaugural All-America teams, taking the place of the annual USCHO.com women's hockey end-of-season awards. She was selected to the CCM/AHCA All-America West First Team on March 27.

Mortenson earned the women's hockey team's 33rd All-America honor, and is the 21st All-American in program history. This season marks the fourth in a row the Gusties have had an All-American, and the fourth with a player on the first team, joining Katie McCoy '24 last season and Kayla Vrieze '23 the two years prior. She's the first forward to be named to the first team since Allie Schwab '12 and Mollie Carroll '12 in their senior seasons. She's the fourth Gustie to receive All-America honors from multiple organizations in the same season.

Mortenson was named the MIAC's Offensive Player of the Year after leading the conference in every major offensive statistical category, and earned the first All-Conference honor of her career on March 10. She was selected as one of 13 finalists for the AHCA's Laura Hurd Award, awarded to the top Division III women's hockey player in the country, and finished as the award's runner-up.

The junior enjoyed a career year, tallying 46 points on 22 goals and 24 assists. She registered 146 shots on goal and won 361 total faceoffs. She finished the year ranking second in points per game (1.64), third in goals per game (0.79), fifth in power play goals (six) and faceoff wins (361), and ninth in assists per game (0.86). Two of her goals were game-winners and she also netted a pair of hat tricks, and was three times named the MIAC Offensive Player of the Week.

Her 46 points are the most by any Gustavus player since Schwab tallied 46 off 25 goals and 21 assists in 30 games in the 2011-12 season. She is also the first player since All-American teammate Hailey Holland '24 to score more than one hat trick in a season, and nearly doubled the point total of her standout rookie season (13 G, 13 A).

Joining Mortenson on the West first team was fellow MIAC competitor Kayla Simonson from Augsburg. Three from River Falls joined the trio on the West first team, as Makenna Aure, Megan Goodreau, and Bailey Olson all earned the honor as well. Adrian's Maya Roy was also selected.

Bailey Olson was named the DIII Hockey News Player of the Year, while Simonson earned Rookie of the Year honors. Augsburg head coach Elizabeth Bauer was selected as the Coach of the Year. 

The Gusties finished the 2024-25 season 21-7-0 overall and 15-3-0 in the conference and was ranked as high as No. 2 nationally in both the USCHO.com and DIII Hockey News rankings. Gustavus was the MIAC Playoff runner-up, and received an at-large bid to its 18th national tournament appearance, falling to St. Norbert (Wis.) in the first round.