Hobey Baker Award History

[UncleRay]

Gray hairs are sapping my memory and brains. I know the AHCA now gives the Sid Watson Award to the DIII player of the year starting in 1993. But who made the award previously, and where are those records? Memory tells me that there was a "college division" Hobey Baker winner when I was in college in the '80's, but I can only find a few mentions of it on the sites of a few schools. Do any of you other geezers have a better memory, or can any of you young whippersnappers find that info? Thanks.

[joecct]

Re: Hobey Baker Award History

Gray hairs are sapping my memory and brains. I know the AHCA now gives the Sid Watson Award to the DIII player of the year starting in 1993. But who made the award previously, and where are those records? Memory tells me that there was a "college division" Hobey Baker winner when I was in college in the '80's, but I can only find a few mentions of it on the sites of a few schools. Do any of you other geezers have a better memory, or can any of you young whippersnappers find that info? Thanks.

In the beginning, the Hobey Baker Award was to be awarded to the best *college hockey* player irrespective of Division. There were a few D-II and D-III nominations in the early years.

When it became apparent that the Hobey Baker was only going to D-I players, the Sid was created.

There used to be a list of all the nominees up on the Hobey Baker site, but that appears to no longer exist.

[UncleRay]

Re: Hobey Baker Award History

From Babson's site:

However, no star shone more brightly during this stretch than Tom Sasso, whose individual accolades are unmatched in the annuls of Babson hockey. In 1986, the legendary forward was the program's first-ever winner of the College Division Hobey Baker Award - given annually to the best college hockey player in the country. The following year, he became the first person in Hobey Baker history to win the College Division Award twice.

I graduated a year before Tom and remember the Hobey stories from those years. I shot all the team pictures and individual head shots for the AD, and I don't think there was another athlete in my four years who ended up providing me more income.

USCHO has the list of nominees and has some of the DIII players, but I can't find a list of DIII winners. And the Hobey site doesn't have a "Contact" button.

[UML]

Re: Hobey Baker Award History

Why is there no mention of the DII winners on the Hobey site? Paul Lohnes won the award while playing at ULowell in 1982.