SCOTIA, N.Y. -- The Union College men's hockey team celebrated the 2007-08 season with the Garnet Blades Hockey Banquet at the Glen Sanders Mansion Sunday evening. Adam Presizniuk (Calgary, Alb.) was voted the team's most valuable player and named the rookie of the year.  

Presizniuk led the team in points and was an ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team selection. He played in all 35 games and was named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on February 4. The winger recorded only six penalty minutes all season and earned a spot on the ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll four times.  

Matt Cook (Belle Mead, N.J.) received the Seventh Player Award, co-sponsored by das Design and Lee's Trophies. The Seventh Player Award is given to the player, as voted by fans, to be an individual who, with extra effort and skill, consistently creates excitement and aggressive play, resulting in a team advantage.  

Cook was also named the recipient of the Charles N. Morrison Award. The award is an endowed scholarship that was created from the gifts of friends in the memory of Charles N. Morrison, Union's head hockey coach from 1978 to 1988. It is given annually to a student who participates in extracurricular activities while demonstrating academic interest and achievement.  

Junior Chris Potts (Phillipsburg, N.J.) earned the Thomas VanArden Dukeheart Award, given to the player with the highest grade point average on the team. Potts, who was the Dukeheart Award recipient in 2005, is the first engineering major to be a two-time recipient since Bill Snow '88. Potts was an ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team selection and a nominee for the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year Award.  

Junior Mike Harr (Norwood, Mass.) was named the team's most improved player. Harr played in 34 games this season with a goal and five assists, and netted a goal and an assist against Nebraska-Omaha on December 14.  

Freshman Andrew Buote (Grande Prairie, Alb.) earned the Scott Richardson '86 Unsung Hero Award. Buote appeared in 32 games, and his two goals on the season were both game-winners. He was also a key member of the penalty kill. The award was named in honor of Richardson on November 3, in honor of the four-year letterwinner who passed away last summer. According to those who knew him, Richardson exemplified the true meaning of an unsung hero.  

Senior assistant captains Michael Beynon (Nepean, Ont.) and Sam Bowles (Davidsonville, Md.) were named recipients of the Coaches' Award. They were later recognized as part of the five-member senior class along with Josh Coyle (Brooklyn, Ohio), Torren Delforte (Shortsville, N.Y.) and Justin Mrazek (Regina, Sask.), for their four years of dedication to the team.