Sara DeCosta-Hayes

Sara Ann DeCosta (born May 13, 1977) is an American ice hockey player from Warwick, Rhode Island, an alumna of Toll Gate High School. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
DeCosta was named by Brandeis University, a contemporary Jewish sports heroine.
She is the daughter of Nancy and Frank DeCosta.

• 2000 and 2002 USA Hockey Women’s Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award)

• "Annual Awards - Through the Years". USA Hockey. Retrieved 24 June 2010.