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ALBANY, N.Y. -- ECAC Hockey announced today the nominees for 2007-08 Male Student-Athlete of the Year.  Seven student-athletes comprise the list of scholars in the classroom and leaders on the ice. 

Each school was asked to nominate a top scholar athlete who met the following requirements: a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 on a 4.00 scale through the fall term; participation in a minimum of 50 percent of the team's contests (33 percent of team's minutes for goaltenders); demonstrated leadership on and off the ice (e.g., character, contributions to the community, participation/involvement in institutional groups/committees, etc.).

The nominees were chosen by the various schools' athletic departments and coaches.  A committee made up of athletic department and university administrators will select three finalist next week and and the winner to be announced at the league's annual banquet held on March 20. 

Listed below are this season's nominees:

Mark Anderson  Colgate  3.79 Cellular Neuroscience
* Received Haskell Schiff Memorial Prize and Charles A. Dana Scholar awards, given to a Colgate student who shows most promising potential in chemistry and to those who show high academic achievement respectively.
* Serves as a student-athlete on the Reid Athletic Center Conceptual Planning Committee, which is working to improve Colgate's athletic facilities.
* Has been accepted to Medical School at George Washington University and will pursue a career in sports medicine.

Colin Greening  Cornell  3.83 Economics
* On pace to lead the Big Red in scoring for the second consecutive season.
* Recipient of the hockey program's Wendell and Francelia Earle Award, presented annually to the top student in each class.
* Also the recipient of the hockey program's Greg Ratushny Award, given to the most promising freshman.

Andrew Lord  Rensselaer 3.99 Management
* Team's Scholar-Athlete Award recipient on multiple occasions.
* Dean's List every semester and ECAC Hockey All-Academic on multiple years.
* Volunteer youth hockey coach.
* Volunteer with HEROS, helping inter-city children get involved in hockey.

David MacDonald Harvard  3.50 Economics
* Recently completed an independent study with Dean of Harvard Business School, while seeking honor distinctions.
* Is a peer tutor for a number of classes and also an Economic problem set grader.
* He is active in the Allston-Brighton Youth Hockey Program, an inner-city that makes hockey accessible to all and participated in World T.E.A.M. sports event, which brings together able bodied athletes with both mental and physical disabled athletes.
* Co-captain of team that exhibits leadership on and off the ice, often playing on the line that stops opposing top offenses.

Chris Potts  Union  3.75 Electrical Engineering/Mathematics and Economics
* Recipient of Presidential Merit Scholarship for being in the top 10% of class.
* Completed projects for typically every class, including:  three-stage operational modifier, microprossessor memory game, and project to remove random noise using audio filters to name a few.
* Possible candidate to work this summer with Plug Power, Inc. for testing and troubleshooting fuel cell system components.

David Robertson Brown  3.75 International Relations
* Last Summer interned at Morgan Stanley in their Income Department trading in foreign exchange.
* During this past Fall was one of two student-athletes selected to speak on an Ethics & Sport panel, also comprised of two coach es, faculty member, and a Providence Journal sports writer.  The panel was servicing a group of athletic administrators, coaches, students, athlete SAAC representatives, and team faculty representatives.
* Four-time member of SAAC and three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic team.

Landis Stankievech Princeton 3.96 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
* Rhodes Scholarship winner who will study in Oxford next year.
* Received Princeton's Pyne Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on a Princeton undergraduate.
* Daily inspiration on all college students for his work ethic and commitment to his mind and body.
* Elite athlete in league that is identified as one of the top defensive forwards.

About ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey boasts elite student-athletes and teams from 12 of the nation's most prestigious institutions - Brown University, Clarkson University, Colgate University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, Quinnipiac University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, St. Lawrence University, Union College, and Yale University.