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Bemidji State’s Brendan Harms was named the 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award winner (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Twenty of the top NCAA men’s hockey student-athletes who excel both on and off the ice were selected as candidates Wednesday for the 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award.<\/p>\n

To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player's Name<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Dylan Abood<\/td>Air Force<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louie Belpedio<\/td>Miami<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Bitzer<\/td>Bemidji State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Davison<\/td>Wisconsin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Dorantes<\/td>Ferris State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jake Evans<\/td>Notre Dame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brady Ferguson<\/td>Robert Morris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carson Gatt<\/td>Michigan State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karson Kuhlman<\/td>Minnesota Duluth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sam Lafferty<\/td>Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alfred Larsson<\/td>Merrimack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Merrick Madsen<\/td>Harvard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mitch McLain<\/td>Bowling Green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brady Norrish<\/td>RIT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judd Peterson<\/td>St. Cloud State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyler Pham<\/td>Army West Point<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sam Piazza<\/td>Michigan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Austin Poganski<\/td>North Dakota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryan Schmelzer<\/td>Canisius<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jared Wilson<\/td>Rensselaer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the 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.<\/p>\n

The 20 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists in February, and those 10 names will 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.<\/p>\n

The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2018 Frozen Four in April.<\/p>\n

Last year’s winner was Bemidji State forward Brendan Harms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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