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North Dakota’s Nick Mattson epitomizes the term “student-athlete,” winning the NCAA Elite 89 Award again this season (photo: Candace Horgan).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the second consecutive year, North Dakota senior defenseman Nick Mattson has been named the men’s hockey recipient of the NCAA Elite 89 Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average among all participants at their NCAA championship.<\/p>\n

Mattson received the award at Wednesday night’s Frozen Four championship reception at Fenway Park in Boston.<\/p>\n

Mattson, a management major, owns a 3.922 cumulative grade point average. It marks the third time in the award’s six-year history that a UND student-athlete has won the award in men’s hockey, after Mattson received it last year and his former teammate, Brad Eidsness, was honored in 2011.<\/p>\n

In 32 games this season, Mattson ranks ninth among NCHC defensemen with 20 points and is a career-best plus-11. He is UND’s leading scorer since the Christmas break, registering three goals and 13 assists in 22 games in that span.<\/p>\n

One of 10 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, Mattson was also named the NCHC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in March. Last season, he was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Men’s At-Large Third Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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