Hockey Humanitarian Award

Annual award honoring college hockey players

The Hockey Humanitarian Award is an award that is given annually, since 1996, to a college ice hockey player - male or female - who has given back to their communities in the true humanitarian spirit.

## Selection process

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Every year, the foundation board solicits nominations from every NCAA varsity hockey program in the country, male and female, in Divisions I to III.

## Leadership

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The founding directors of the award are John R. Greenhalgh and Jeffrey Millman, after observing injured Division I player (and their choice as first recipient), J. P. McKersie, coaching their son's minor hockey team.[1][non-primary source needed] Sponsors of the award include Ulmer & Berne, LLP, the Joyce M. And Herbert W. Stielau Foundation, Brokaw, the American Hockey Coaches Association, and USCHO.com.

## Winners

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Year | Player | School

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1996 | J. P. McKersie | Boston University
1997 | Blake Sloan | Michigan
1998 | Erik Raygor | Wisconsin
1999 | Kristine Pierce | RIT
2000 | James Leger | Maine
2001 | Jason Cupp | Nebraska–Omaha
2002 | Rocky Ray Reeves | Buffalo State
2003 | Sam Paolini | Cornell
2004 | Chanda Gunn | Northeastern
2005 | Sarah Carlson | Boston College
2006 | Eric Leroux | Princeton
2007 | Kristin Savard | Yale
2008 | William Bruce | Williams
2009 | Missy Elumba | Northeastern
2010 | Ethan Cox | Colgate
2011 | Brooks Dyroff | Boston College
2012 | Aleca Hughes | Yale
2013 | Tucker Mullin | St. Anselm
2014 | Jeffrey Reppucci | Holy Cross
2015 | Brittany Ammerman | Wisconsin
2016 | Chris Dylewski | Air Force
2017 | Danny Divis | St. Michael's
Justin McKenzie | St. Michael's
2018 | Sidney Peters | Minnesota
2019 | Jake Bunz[2] | Wisconsin
2020 | Amanda Conger[3] | Saint Anselm Hawks
2021 | Delaney Wolf | Saint Mary's University Cardinals
2022  | Josh Kosack  | Union
2023 | Gabbie Hughes | Minnesota Duluth
2024 | Dylan Lugris | Penn State
2025 | Sarah Thompson | St. Lawrence[4]

Source[5]

## References

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1. ^ "The Hockey Humanitarian Award | History". hockeyhumanitarian.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
2. ^ "Jake Bunz from the University of Wisconsin was honored as the 2019 recipient of the Hockey Humanitarian Award". ncaa.com. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
3. ^ "Saint Anselm's Amanda Conger named 2020 Hockey Humanitarian Award". ncaa.com. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
4. ^ Nichols, Megan (2025-04-11). "Thompson named 2025 Hockey Humanitarian Award Recipient". St. Lawrence Athletis. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
5. ^ "Hockey Humanitarian Award | Recipients". hockeyhumanitarian.org. Retrieved 2023-02-12.