Lowe's Senior CLASS Awards Criteria In addition to the core requirement that the candidate be a NCAA Division 1 senior, the finalists and eventual winner will be selected based on personal qualities that define a complete student athlete. These areas of excellence are defined under the categories of Classroom, Character, Community and Competition. Classroom: academic achievements and successfully progressing in regards to earning a degree Character: attributes that define the candidate's personal character, including leadership skills, work ethic and integrity Community: involvement in community and charity activities, utilizing the candidate's status as a college athlete to make an impact in worthwhile causes Competition: achievements within the athlete's respective sport and their role in the success of the team Hockey 2008-09 Athletes: Andrew Carroll Brian McCafferty Brock Bradford Chris Hahn Corey Elkins Dean Strong Dewey Thomson Erik Condra Jeff Lerg Jordan Pearce Mathias Lange Matt Cook Mike Phillipich Patrick Mullen Sean Erickson Shane Connelly Trevor Hyatt Zach McKelvie Zach Miskovic Zach Pelletier Andrew Carroll (University of Minnesota Duluth) Classroom Andrew is a two-time member of the WCHA All-Academic Team and was a WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient one year ago. He was the men's hockey representative on UMD's Athletic Academic Support Center Scholar List for maintaining the best cumulative grade point average of any Bulldog during the 2006-07 school year and currently maintains a 3.32 GPA. Carroll will finish his "course" work in his field of study (physical education) this spring and will have just his student teaching left. Once his hockey playing days are over, he hopes to become a teacher and coach. Character Carroll has held a full-time team captaincy role with the Bulldogs in each of the past three seasons and is serving as as a UMD tri-captain this winter. Co-captain the 2006-07 Bulldogs Andrew was the first sophomore to so in 56 years. In addition, he served as an alternate team captain one year ago and received the 2005-06 Goldie Wolfe Award as UMD's Most Inspirational Player. Community Carroll has been active in a number of volunteer activities in the Duluth Community over the past several years, and is the first one called when a player is requested for such events. Previous activities include fundraisers for the American Breast Cancer Society and the Duluth Boy's and Girl's Club, as well as making visits to local hospitals and elementary schools. In addition, he is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes on campus. Competition Andrew has skated a regular shift with the Bulldogs for the past four seasons, spending ample time on the team's power play and penalty killing units as well. He has collected 25 goals and 24 assists for 49 points in 119 career games and topped the 2007-08 Bulldogs in goals with eight. Brian McCafferty (Harvard University) Classroom Brian owns a very strong grade-point average as an economics concentrator at Harvard and was tabbed an ECAC Hockey All-Academic selection as a sophomore and junior. Character McCafferty was elected co-captain by his teammates. Community Brian serves as President of Crimson City Hockey Clinic, an organization run by Harvard hockey players, providing free ice time, inexpensive equipment and positive role models to Boston youth in the summer. Competition McCafferty helped Harvard lead the ECAC Hockey in scoring defense and penalty killing in league play last season. Harvard ranked 11th nationally in scoring defense last season, 26th his sophomore year and 23rd his freshman year. In addition, Brian is also a contributor on offense and the power play. He leads all active Harvard players (including forwards) in career assists (42) and ranks second in career points (48). Brian has been a fixture in the lineup for four seasons, playing in 101 games and reaching the ECAC championship game twice and was named Harvard's rookie of the year in 2005-06, when he helped the Crimson win ECAC and Ivy League titles. Brock Bradford (Boston College) Classroom Brock earned 2007-08 Hockey East All-Academic Team recognition. Character Bradford missed 39 games during the 2007-08 season because of injury to the same bone (left humerus) and suffered a broken humerus in his left arm in the team's season-opening game against Michigan (10/12) in the Ice Breaker Tournament in St. Paul, Minn. He returned to the lineup against Vermont (1/9) and netted the decisive goal in the team's 4-1 home win over the Catamounts. Brock scored twice, including a shorthanded score, in a 5-2 win over Vermont two nights later (1/11). Unfortunately, he sustained a season-ending injury - a break in the same bone (left humerus) - against Boston University (1/19). Community Brock is an active participant in BC hockey community service at YMCA in Brighton, Mass. and annually visits patients at Franciscan Hospital for Children. He also makes time to assist in providing food service at local homeless shelters throughout the year. Competition The Burnaby, British Columbia, resident has registered 23 points - 14 goals and nine assists - in 16 games. Currently, he is leading the nation in goals per game (0.88) and is tied for sixth in the country in points per game (1.44). The 5-foot-9-inch forward has scored at least one goal in nine (of 16) games and has scored multiple goals four times, including a hat trick at Merrimack (Nov. 14). He has totaled five multiple-point performances, including two four-point efforts and two three-point nights. Chris Hahn (Maine) Classroom Chris Hahn has excelled in the classroom at the University of Maine. He has a 3.78 grade point average in Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance. He has posted three consecutive semesters with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. In 2008, Hahn was selected one of three Hockey East Top Scholar-Athlete's. In addition, he was named to the Hockey East Academic All-Star Team, honoring six student-athletes with top GPAs by position. Hahn is a three-time member of the Hockey East All-Academic Team. He has earned the Dale Lick Academic Achievement Award in each of the past two seasons, for having the top grade point average on the Maine hockey team. Hahn has also been named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner and been named to the Dean's List. He is a two-time Team Maine selection, which honors the top scholar-athlete in each sport at the University of Maine. Led by Hahn, Maine posted a team grade point average of 3.11 last year, the highest in team history. Character Chris Hahn is a person of exceptional character. As one of four seniors on the Maine team this year, Hahn is an outstanding leader. He leads both on and off the ice for the Black Bears. Hahn had a very frustrating junior season, which left him more determined to make the most of his senior campaign. During the 2007-08 season, Hahn broke his hand in a game on Nov. 25. Having recovered from the hand injury and ready to play his first game back, Hahn was hit in the jaw with the puck during a pre-game skate the day he was scheduled to return to the lineup and was sidelined again. Hahn missed 12 games over the span of two months with the two injuries. The Black Bears went 4-7-1 in that time without Hahn. Determined to get back, Hahn returned to the lineup on Feb. 8 and the Black Bears were 5-5-0 in their final 10 games. Hahn had points in four of the final six games for the Black Bears, in which Maine went 5-1-0. It is the same character and determination that Hahn used to return to the lineup last year, that he uses every day in practice and in the locker room to lead a young Maine team that has 19 freshmen and sophomores on its roster. Community As part of the Maine hockey team, Hahn takes an active role in the local Orono community. Hahn and the Black Bears complete numerous community service projects each year. This past September, Hahn was the University of Maine men's ice hockey team's top finisher in the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure. He also participates in a pair of "Skate with the Bears" each year, where local children from the community come in and skate with the Maine team. Hahn has also volunteered with Maine Minor Hockey the past four years, where he teaches hockey skills to youth ages 5-14. Competition Hahn is one of Maine's top forwards. He is currently second on the team in scoring with a team-best four goals and one assist for five points in seven games. He currently has goals in three straight games for Maine. He scored three goals in Maine's weekend sweep of Niagara. He scored one of two Maine goals in victory over second-ranked Boston College. Hahn has been named to the Hockey East Weekly Top Performers list each of the past two weeks. He has one game-winning goal and three power play goals. His three power play goals rank tied for third in Hockey East and tied for 10th in the nation. Corey Elkins (Ohio State University) Classroom Elkins, a history major, has a 3.50 cumulative GPA and expects to graduate at winter quarter. He is a three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and a dean's list recipient.