Hobey Baker Award

Hobey Baker Award

Award details
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	NCAA player who best "exhibits strength of character both on and off the ice" and "contributes to the integrity of the team and displays outstanding skills in all phases of the game".[1]
History
First award	1981
Most recent	Jimmy Vesey

The Hobey Baker Award is an annual award given to the top National Collegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey player. It has been awarded 35 times.

It is named for hockey player and World War I veteran Hobey Baker, who played collegiately at Princeton University and learned the game at St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire).

The original statue for the award was commissioned and awarded by the Decathlon Athletic Club (now defunct) in Bloomington, MN. The model for the award trophy was Steve Christoff, who played for Richfield Minnesota High School, the University of Minnesota, the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and in the National Hockey League.^[2]

Award winners

Winners

Year	Winner	Position	School	Born
1981	Broten, NealNeal Broten	Center	Minnesota	Roseau, Minnesota
1982	McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	Left Wing	Bowling Green	Guelph, Ontario
1983	Fusco, MarkMark Fusco	Defense	Harvard	Burlington, Massachusetts
1984	Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers	Defense	Minnesota–Duluth	Minneapolis, Minnesota
1985	Watson, BillBill Watson	Right Wing	Minnesota–Duluth	Pine Falls, Manitoba
1986	Fusco, ScottScott Fusco	Center	Harvard	Burlington, Massachusetts
1987	Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac	Center	North Dakota	Thunder Bay, Ontario
1988	Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber	Goaltender	Minnesota	Duluth, Minnesota
1989	MacDonald, LaneLane MacDonald	Left Wing	Harvard	Tulsa, Oklahoma
1990	Miller, KipKip Miller	Center	Michigan State	Lansing, Michigan
1991	Emma, DavidDavid Emma	Center	Boston College	Cranston, Rhode Island
1992	Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin	Left Wing	Maine	Shediac, New Brunswick
1993	Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya	Left Wing	Maine	Vancouver, British Columbia
1994	Marinucci, ChrisChris Marinucci	Left Wing	Minnesota–Duluth	Grand Rapids, Minnesota
1995	Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	Center	Bowling Green	Parma, Ohio
1996	Bonin, BrianBrian Bonin	Center	Minnesota	Saint Paul, Minnesota
1997	Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison	Center	Michigan	Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
1998	Drury, ChrisChris Drury	Left Wing	Boston University	Trumbull, Connecticut
1999	Krog, JasonJason Krog	Center	New Hampshire	Fernie, British Columbia
2000	Mottau, MikeMike Mottau	Defense	Boston College	Boston, Massachusetts
2001	Miller, RyanRyan Miller	Goaltender	Michigan State	East Lansing, Michigan
2002	Leopold, JordanJordan Leopold	Defense	Minnesota	Golden Valley, Minnesota
2003	Sejna, PeterPeter Sejna	Left Wing	Colorado College	Liptovský Mikuláš, TCH
2004	Lessard, JuniorJunior Lessard	Right Wing	Minnesota–Duluth	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec
2005	Sertich, MartyMarty Sertich	Center	Colorado College	Roseville, Minnesota
2006	Carle, MattMatt Carle	Defense	Denver	Anchorage, Alaska
2007	Duncan, RyanRyan Duncan	Left Wing	North Dakota	Calgary, Alberta
2008	Porter, KevinKevin Porter	Center	Michigan	Northville, Michigan
2009	Gilroy, MattMatt Gilroy	Defense	Boston University	North Bellmore, New York
2010	Geoffrion, BlakeBlake Geoffrion	Center	Wisconsin	Plantation, Florida
2011	Miele, AndyAndy Miele	Left Wing	Miami (OH)	Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
2012	Connolly, JackJack Connolly	Center	Minnesota–Duluth	Duluth, Minnesota
2013	LeBlanc, DrewDrew LeBlanc	Center	St. Cloud State	Duluth, Minnesota
2014	Gaudreau, JohnnyJohnny Gaudreau	Left Wing	Boston College	Salem, New Jersey
2015	Eichel, JackJack Eichel	Center	Boston University	North Chelmsford, Massachusetts
2016	Vesey, JimmyJimmy Vesey	Left Wing	Harvard	Boston, Massachusetts

Winners by school School Winners Minnesota–Duluth 5 Harvard 4 Minnesota 4 Boston College 3 Boston University 3 Bowling Green 2 Colorado College 2 Maine 2 Michigan 2 Michigan State 2 North Dakota 2 Denver 1 Miami (OH) 1 New Hampshire 1 St. Cloud State 1 Wisconsin 1

Winners by place of birth Birthplace Winners Minnesota 9 Massachusetts 5 Michigan 4 British Columbia 3 Ontario 2 Alaska 1 Alberta 1 Connecticut 1 Czechoslovakia 1 Florida 1 Manitoba 1 New Brunswick 1 New Jersey 1 New York 1 Ohio 1 Oklahoma 1 Quebec 1 Rhode Island 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 15 Right Wing 2 Left Wing 11 Defense 6 Goaltender 2

See also

• Patty Kazmaier Award
• Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award

References

1. "Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation". Retrieved 2012-05-12.
2. Vintage Minnesota Hockey.com. "Hobey Baker Award". Retrieved 2 January 2013.

External links

• Hobey Baker Award.com