20 hockey student-athletes were nominated as candidates for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award on Wednesday. The winner will be announced at the 2015 Frozen Four in Boston.
According to the award's press release, a student-athlete must be classified as a senior and have notable achievements in four areas, the classroom, the community, character and competition. CLASS is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School.
Here are this year's 20 nominees:
Daniel Ciampini | Forward | Union College |
Austin Czarnik | Forward | Miami |
Chad Demers | Forward | Air Force |
Tanner Fritz | Forward | Ohio State |
Spiro Goulakos | Defense | Colgate |
Zach Hyman | Forward | Michigan |
Tanner Kero | Forward | Michigan Tech |
Adam Krause | Forward | Minnesota-Duluth |
Matt Lorito | Forward | Brown |
Mark MacMillan | Forward | North Dakota |
Nick Mattson | Defense | North Dakota |
Ross Mauermann | Forward | Providence |
C.J. Motte | Goaltender | Ferris State |
Michael Paliotta | Defense | Vermont |
Andrew Prochno | Defense | St. Cloud |
Kyle Rau | Forward | Minnesota |
Peter Schneider | Forward | Notre Dame |
Clay Witt | Goaltender | Northeastern |
Cody Wydo | Forward | Robert Morris |
Oleg Yevenko | Defense | Massachusetts |
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