The Hockey Humanitarian Award is an award that is given annually, since 1996, to a college ice hockey playermale or femalewho has given back to their communities in the true humanitarian spirit.
Every year, the foundation board solicits nominations from every NCAA varsity hockey program in the country, male and female, in Divisions I to III.
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] 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.
| Year | Player | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | J. P. McKersie | Boston University | |
| 1997 | 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 | Northeastern | ||
| 2005 | Sarah Carlson | Boston College | |
| 2006 | Eric Leroux | Princeton | |
| 2007 | Kristin Savard | Yale | |
| 2008 | William Bruce | Williams | |
| 2009 | Missy Elumba | Northeastern | |
| 2010 | Colgate | ||
| 2011 | Brooks Dyroff | Boston College | |
| 2012 | 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 | Minnesota Duluth | ||
| 2024 | Dylan Lugris | Penn State |