The Hockey Humanitarian Award is an award that is given annually, since 1996, to a college ice hockey player – male or female – who has given back to their communities in the true humanitarian spirit.
Selection process
editEvery year, the foundation board solicits nominations from every NCAA varsity hockey program in the country, male and female, in Divisions I to III.
Leadership
editThe founding directors of the award are John R. Greenhalgh and Jeffrey Millman, after observing injured Division I player (and their choice as first recipient), J. P. McKersie, coaching their son's minor hockey team.[1][non-primary source needed] Sponsors of the award include Ulmer & Berne, LLP, the Joyce M. And Herbert W. Stielau Foundation, Brokaw, the American Hockey Coaches Association, and USCHO.com.
Winners
edit| Year | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | J. P. McKersie | Boston University |
| 1997 | Blake Sloan | Michigan |
| 1998 | Erik Raygor | Wisconsin |
| 1999 | Kristine Pierce | RIT |
| 2000 | James Leger | Maine |
| 2001 | Jason Cupp | Nebraska–Omaha |
| 2002 | Rocky Ray Reeves | Buffalo State |
| 2003 | Sam Paolini | Cornell |
| 2004 | Chanda Gunn | Northeastern |
| 2005 | Sarah Carlson | Boston College |
| 2006 | Eric Leroux | Princeton |
| 2007 | Kristin Savard | Yale |
| 2008 | William Bruce | Williams |
| 2009 | Missy Elumba | Northeastern |
| 2010 | Ethan Cox | Colgate |
| 2011 | Brooks Dyroff | Boston College |
| 2012 | Aleca Hughes | Yale |
| 2013 | Tucker Mullin | St. Anselm |
| 2014 | Jeffrey Reppucci | Holy Cross |
| 2015 | Brittany Ammerman | Wisconsin |
| 2016 | Chris Dylewski | Air Force |
| 2017 | Danny Divis | St. Michael's |
| Justin McKenzie | St. Michael's | |
| 2018 | Sidney Peters | Minnesota |
| 2019 | Jake Bunz[2] | Wisconsin |
| 2020 | Amanda Conger[3] | Saint Anselm Hawks |
| 2021 | Delaney Wolf | Saint Mary's University Cardinals |
| 2022 | Josh Kosack | Union |
| 2023 | Gabbie Hughes | Minnesota Duluth |
| 2024 | Dylan Lugris | Penn State |
Source[4]
References
edit- ^ "The Hockey Humanitarian Award | History". hockeyhumanitarian.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ "Jake Bunz from the University of Wisconsin was honored as the 2019 recipient of the Hockey Humanitarian Award". ncaa.com. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ "Saint Anselm's Amanda Conger named 2020 Hockey Humanitarian Award". ncaa.com. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ "Hockey Humanitarian Award | Recipients". hockeyhumanitarian.org. Retrieved 2023-02-12.