Boileau Named Finalist for Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.
– Union senior forward Stéphane Boileau has been
selected as one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award,
Lowe's announced today.
Boileau, who carries a 3.90 GPA in neuroscience, was a finalist
for the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year Award and made his
second straight appearance on the ECAC Hockey All-Academic team. He
won the Thomas Vanarden Dukehard Award for the highest GPA on the
men's ice hockey team for the second consecutive season, and was
named Union College's junior Student-Athlete of the Year. He was
also named to the 2010 ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic
All-America At-Large Second Team.
Boileau speaks every year at Schenectady-area high schools about
the importance of hockey in French-Canadian culture. He most
recently visited Burnt-Hills Ballston Lake High School, where he
spoke French with the students in class. He is a member of the
Union chapter of Active Minds, which promotes awareness and
education about mental health to fellow students on campus. He is
also the team's representative on the Union College Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee.
Boileau is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a National Leadership
Honors Society which recognizes exceptional college students for
community service, among other attributes. Boileau and his
teammates served Thanksgiving dinner at the Schenectady chapter of
the YMCA and participated in the Albany Center for Disability
Services telethon on Sunday, which helped raise $1.96 million.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in
School®, the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total
student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in
athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their
communities.
The finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 20
candidates announced in October. Nationwide fan voting begins
immediately to determine the winner. Fans are encouraged to vote
via the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
website or on the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Facebook fan
page through March 20. Fan votes will be combined with
media and coaches votes to determine the winner.
Lowe's, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce
the winner April 7 at the NCAA Frozen Four® in Saint Paul,
Minnesota.
Finalists are listed below:
2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS
Award
Hockey Finalists
Stéphane Boileau, Forward, Union (New York)
Carter Camper, Forward, Miami (Ohio)
Cory Conacher, Forward, Canisius
Chay Genoway, Defense, North Dakota
Tanner House, Forward, Maine
Jacques Lamoureux, Forward, Air Force
Bryant Molle, Defense, Alaska Fairbanks
Chase Polacek, Forward, Rensselaer
Matt Read, Forward, Bemidji State
Calle Ridderwall, Left Wing, Notre Dame
For more information on all the finalists, visit www.seniorCLASSaward.com.
