Julia Duquette '17 enters her fifth season as the Plattsburgh State women’s ice hockey assistant coach in 2023-24.
In the team's first year as a member of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC), Duquette was a part of a staff that earned SUNYAC Coaching Staff of the Year honors. The team earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament as Kendall Wasik also earned AHCA First-Team All-American honors.
The 2022-23 campaign saw Duquette help coach a team that had their 10th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament semifinals in addition to its 10th straight conference championship. Sierra Benjamin was once again named an All-American, this time earning first-team honors as Duquette was a part of a staff that was recognized as the Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL) Coaching Staff of the Year.
In 2021-22, Duquette helped mentor two All-American defenders, Erin McArdle and Sierra Benjamin, with McArdle earning first-team honors and Benjamin earning second-team plaudits. The team won their ninth straight conference championship that season and advanced to their ninth straight NCAA Division III semifinal.
In 2019-20, she helped guide the Cardinals to a 26-1-0, 18-0-0 NEWHL record and the Cardinals' third consecutive NEWHL Tournament title. Plattsburgh State, which earned the NEWHL's automatic bid into the 2020 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship qualified for the NCAA Tournament that was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019-20, Plattsburgh State set the record for the longest home winning streak in NCAA women's ice hockey history as the Cardinals defeated Oswego State, 3-0, on Nov. 9, for their 29th consecutive home win. The Cardinals' home winning streak is at 40 games. Plattsburgh State also set the NCAA Division III women's ice hockey record for the longest overall winning streak with its 26th consecutive win over then-No. 7 UW-River Falls as part of the Panther/Cardinal Classic on Nov. 30, in Middlebury, Vt. Duquette helped coach three CCM/AHCA All-Americans, six All-NEWHL selections (five All-NEWHL First Team selections), including the NEWHL Player of the Year and NEWHL Goaltender of the Year and two NEWHL All-Rookie Team honorees in 2019-20. Along with head coach Kevin Houle, Duquette earned the NEWHL Coaching Staff of the Year award.
Duquette was a four-time national champion for the Cardinals as an undergraduate student-athlete and a former assistant coach and hockey operations coordinator for the Selects Academy at Bishop Kearney High School.
Duquette spent two years as an assistant coach and hockey operations coordinator for the Selects Academy at Bishop Kearney in Rochester, N.Y. She helped coach the U16 team to two consecutive New York State championships as well as two straight USA Hockey national championship appearances. In addition to her assistant coaching role with the U16 team, she served as the hockey operations coordinator for both the U16 and U19 teams.
From 2013-17, Duquette suited up for the Plattsburgh State women's ice hockey team as a defenseman, helping lead the Cardinals to four straight national championships—an unprecedented feat in the history of NCAA women's ice hockey. Responsible for one of the most iconic moments in the history of the program, Duquette scored a shorthanded goal with the extra attacker with 20.7 seconds left in regulation to force overtime against host Adrian College in the national championship game in 2017. Plattsburgh State wound up scoring the game-winner midway through the first overtime period to seal a 4-3 victory and its fourth straight national title. Duquette finished her career with 33 points on five goals and 28 assists in 114 games played.
Duquette earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in business administration and marketing from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2017.
