By ALEX SPONSELLER Warwick native and Hamilton College standout ice hockey player Michaela Giuttari was recently named a Division III All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association.

Giuttari is one of six players on the first team in the East and one of 25 athletes honored on the all-America squad. Three Hamilton women's hockey players have collected four all-America awards. Giuttari also picked up all-America honors for field hockey in 2017 and 2018.

The defender was voted to the all-New England Small College Athletic Conference first team earlier this month. Giuttari ended up sixth in Division III in points per game (defensemen) with nearly a point per contest. She finished with 10 goals and 15 assists for 25 points in 26 games. She tied for 12th in Division III with four game-winning goals including one with 2.8 seconds left in a 2020 NESCAC Women's Ice Hockey Championship quarterfinal against Williams College on Feb. 29. She wrapped up her 92-game career with 64 points on 26 goals and 38 assists.

Giuttari led the Continentals into the conference championship semifinals for the second year in a row. Hamilton finished with an overall record of 16-9-1 and tied the team record for wins that was first set last season.

Giuttari was excited to see her hard work and dreams come to fruition with the honor.

“After spending so much of my life devoted to playing sports and always working to become my best, garnering any attention for my successes is really exciting and gratifying. I started skating when I was 2 (years old), so being named an All-American sort of just validates that all of my hard work has paid off and been recognized,” said Giuttari.

Between her awards in field hockey and ice hockey, being named an All-American this time around may be her favorite honor.

“I was just recently awarded the Jack B. Riffle Award which recognizes the top female athlete in the school which was very special. But I think being named an All-American may top that because it not only recognizes me as a top athlete at the school, but as a top athlete in the entire country,” said Giuttari.

Giuttari earned her degree and will now enter the working world, where she will be seeking full-time opportunities in both Boston and Providence.

She will miss playing at Hamilton and will remember what she as well as the team accomplished.

“It was very exciting to receive the award this year. Throughout my four years on the team we have improved so much over the years. This year the team had so many successes, so I think that my success is just a testament to how far the team has come and how good we really are.”