Men’s Ice Hockey Candidates Announced for the 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award
December 08, 2021
Download in PDF formatOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (December 8, 2021) – Twenty of the top NCAA® men’s ice hockey student-athletes, who excel both on and off the ice, have been selected as candidates today for the 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award®.
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as a NCAA Division I senior or graduate student and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of candidates follows this release.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
The 20 candidates will be narrowed to ten finalists later in the season. Those ten names will then be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character, and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2022 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four® in April.
For more information on the candidates, please visit http://www.seniorclassaward.com.
Hockey 2021-22 Candidates
| Name | Position | School |
|---|---|---|
| Oskar Autio | G | Penn State |
| Tarek Baker | F | Wisconsin |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | Michigan |
| Wyatt Bongiovanni | F | Quinnipiac |
| Zach Driscoll | G | North Dakota |
| Adam Goodsir | F | Michigan State |
| Luke Kania | G | Brown |
| Josh Kosack | F | Union |
| Harrison Markell | D | Dartmouth |
| Miroslav Mucha | F | Lake Superior State |
| Quinn Preston | F | Ohio State |
| Will Riedell | D | Ohio State |
| Ethan Roswell | D | Bentley |
| Graham Slaggert | F | Notre Dame |
| Spencer Stastney | D | Notre Dame |
| Colin Theisen | F | Arizona State |
| Sammy Walker | F | Minnesota |
| Taylor Ward | F | Omaha |
| Gustaf Westlund | F | Ohio State |
| Jacob Wilson | D | Arizona State |
