{"id":44074,"date":"2012-04-05T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=44074"},"modified":"2012-04-05T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T22:00:33","slug":"minnesota-duluths-connolly-named-senior-class-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2012\/04\/05\/minnesota-duluths-connolly-named-senior-class-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota-Duluth’s Connolly named Senior CLASS Award winner"},"content":{"rendered":"
Minnesota-Duluth’s Jack Connolly has been named the 2012 winner of the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, presented to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men’s hockey.<\/p>\n
Connolly is one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, and he is a three-time WCHA All-Academic selection.<\/p>\n
“Winning the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award means a lot to me and the UMD hockey program,” Connolly said in a statement. “I always try to do my best in everything that I do whether it be hockey, school or helping out in the community. I am truly honored and proud to receive this prestigious award.”<\/p>\n
The award is chosen by a vote of the 58 Division I men’s hockey head coaches, media and fans.<\/p>\n
Connolly has volunteered for the Boys and Girls Club of Duluth, Minn., the Pucks for Poverty Program, the Northern Lights Foundation, the Adopt-A-Highway Program and cancer fundraisers.<\/p>\n
“‘Class’ is one of the best ways to describe Jack Connolly, so this is certainly a fitting and well-deserved honor for him,” Minnesota-Duluth coach Scott Sandelin said. “Everything he does — on and off the ice — he does with class. I really can’t say enough about what this young man has meant to our program, our school and our community over the past four years.”<\/p>\n
The Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award first-team All-Americans were Connolly, Ferris State defenseman Chad Billins, Merrimack forward Ryan Flanigan, Cornell defenseman Keir Ross and Air Force forward Paul Weisgarber.<\/p>\n
The second team is Ohio State defenseman Sean Duddy, Alaska goaltender Scott Greenham, Notre Dame defenseman Sean Lorenz, Brown forward Jack Maclellan and Miami goaltender Cody Reichard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Minnesota-Duluth’s Jack Connolly has been named the 2012 winner of the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, presented to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men’s hockey. Connolly is one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, and he is a three-time WCHA All-Academic selection. “Winning the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award means a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[692],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n