CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. – Senior
Amanda Quan of the Union College Women's Hockey team was named a Mandi-Schwartz Scholar-Athlete Nominee, as announced by the ECAC Hockey conference Monday afternoon.
The prestigious award is presented annually to an ECAC women's hockey student-athlete in memory and honor of Mandi Schwartz, a Yale women's hockey player who passed away in 2011 after a two-year battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The honor recognizes a student-athlete who embodies Schwartz's excellence and leadership on the ice, in the classroom, and within the community.
Nominees are selected by their school's administration and coaching staff and must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale through the fall term or semester, while also participating in a minimum of 50 percent of their team's games.
Quan is a high-achieving student-athlete who completed the fall term with a perfect 4.0 GPA and currently holds a 3.57 cumulative GPA. During her junior year, she earned a 3.8 GPA and was named to Union College's Dean's List, an honor awarded to students who achieve at least a 3.50 GPA for the entire academic year.
In her junior season, Quan was also named an AHCA All-American Scholar, an honor recognizing collegiate ice hockey players who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement. The award requires a minimum 3.75 GPA each semester while participating in at least 40 percent of the team's games.
Quan is a three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team honoree, an award given to student-athletes who maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale, or a GPA of at least 3.00 over the previous three semesters.
In addition to her academic accolades, Quan was inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon, the International Honor Society of Economics—one of the world's largest and most prestigious honor societies in the field. Inductees must hold a minimum overall GPA of 3.35, complete between 12 and 18 credit hours in economics coursework, and earn at least a 3.35 GPA within the discipline.
Quan is also deeply involved in her community. A California native, she co-founded the Orange County 3v3 Women's Hockey League, a first-of-its-kind nonprofit weekly 3v3 league in Southern California dedicated to growing and developing girls' hockey in the region. In collaboration with partners, Quan helped secure sponsorships for the league in just its second year.
She has volunteered with Western Selects Girls Hockey, Connecticut Selects Hockey Camps, Schenectady Youth Hockey, and Union Hockey Garnet Charger Hockey Camps, leading development camps and clinics focused on enhancing youth hockey skills by developing and modeling drills and actively engaging with players on the ice.
On campus, Quan volunteered with Young Parents United, assisting with the packaging and delivery of food and gifts to families in need during the holiday season. She also volunteered with Union's Chabad, preparing challah for weekly Sabbath services that were distributed to members of the local community. Additionally, Quan is a member of Union's Women in Economics Club in which members offer mentorship to underclassmen to give guidance on courses, internships, and extra opportunities.
On the ice, Quan has been a consistent impact player throughout her collegiate career. She has appeared in 109 games, totaling nine goals and nine assists for 18 points, while contributing in key moments for the Garnet Chargers.
Quan also interned at RPA Adveristing in California for two summers (2024-2025) specializing in CX/UX and Product & Digital Strategy. Worked on major brand accounts including Resorts World Las Vegas, Honda, Honda Racing, Southern California Edison, Farmers Insurance, and CoStar. Conducted web audits, competitive research, and strategy analysis to inform brand and product decisions. Created client-facing deliverables in PowerPoint, Figma, Excel, and audience documents; led internal meetings and presented insights. Completed a final project analyzing advertising campaigns from the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
This season, Quan has competed in 18 games, recording one goal and one assist. Her goal helped Union defeat Merrimack on Oct. 3, while her assist came in a Jan. 31 contest against Yale.
During her junior season, Quan opened the scoring in both regular-season games against Brown—first in a 4–1 victory on Dec. 12 and again in a 2–1 win on Jan. 31—helping lead Union to the program's first-ever 3–0 series sweep of the Bears. That sweep included the program's first postseason victory, a playoff win on Feb. 22.
As a sophomore, Quan recorded her first career multi-point game during the 2023–24 season with a goal and an assist in Union's first ECAC opening win since 2017, a victory at Harvard on Oct. 10. She also added two assists in a dominant 6–0 win over Saint Michael's College on Jan. 1.
In her rookie season, Quan scored timely goals in close contests, including goals in back-to-back games against Holy Cross, highlighted by a tally in a 3–1 win on Oct. 10. She also found the net in a narrow 5–4 victory over Dartmouth College on Nov. 5.
Additionally, Quan recorded assists in key wins, including a 3–2 victory over New Hampshire on Sept. 23 and a 3–1 road win at Franklin Pierce on Dec. 17.
Following her graduation from Union, Quan will attend Boston University's Questrom School of Business School, where she will pursue a Master's Degree in Management as a full-scholarship recipient.
