[1] Her freshman season with the Yale Bulldogs was in 2008-09 and she was recognized as a member of the ECAC All-Academic team.
[3] She became the 31st different person to captain the Yale women's ice hockey team during its 35-year varsity history.
In addition, Hughes was her team's representative for Yale Athletics' Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Program.
She won Yale's Mandi Schwartz Award for courage, grit and determination on two separate occasions.
Hughes attended USA Hockey's open tryouts for the 2010 Olympic team in the summer of 2009.
Her uncle, Jack, played for Harvard and the Colorado Rockies of the National Hockey League.