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ALBANY, N.Y. -- ECAC Hockey announced today the finalists for 2007-08 Male Student-Athlete of the Year.  Three 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.).

A committee made up of athletic department and university administrators selected three finalists.  The winner will 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 prom-  ising 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.

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.

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.