NCAA Men's Hockey Announces CLASS Award Finalists

iStock/Thinkstock(OVERLAND PARK, Kan.) — Ten NCAA men’s hockey student-athletes were selected as finalists on Friday for the 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award.

CLASS, an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, recognizes the complete student-athlete and encourages students to use their respective platforms as positive role models in their communities.

The ten athletes were chosen from a list of candidates announced in January.

The NCAA announced the Men’s Hockey Finalists as:

Gavin Bayreuther, St. Lawrence
Will Butcher, Denver
Parker Gahagen, Army West Point
David Goodwin, Penn State
Brendan Harms, Bemidji State
Johnny Hrabovsky, Air Force
Alexander Kerfoot, Harvard
Brock Maschmeyer, Northern Michigan
Chad McDonald, Ferris State
John Stevens, Northeastern

Media representatives, Division I head coaches and nationwide fan voting will determine the winner.  

The Senior CLASS Award recipient will be announced during the 2017 Men’s Frozen Four in Chicago on April 6, 2017. 

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