February 16, 2011
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BC, MSU Players Among Hockey Humanitarian Finalists
CHN Staff Report
The eight finalists for this year's Hockey Humanitarian Award include two Division I men's student-athletes — Brooks Dyroff of Boston College and Trevor Nill of Michigan State.
Dyroff, from Boulder, Colo., co-founded an organization called "CEO 4 Teens" that has raised money to send Indonesian teens to school, as well as help Boston-area teenagers obtain their GEDs. The sophomore forward also founded “Mathletes,” an after school math enrichment program. Dyroff was also a member of the 2009-2010 All Hockey East Academic Team, and likes to make films.
Nill is a junior forward from Novi, Mich. Deeply moved by his mother’s battle with cancer, at age 16 he and a friend organized ‘Bike Across Michigan,’ which raised over $2,500 for cancer research. At Michigan State, he has taken the lead on charities like Shoot for a Cure (which raises money to fight children’s cancer), and the “Spartan Buddies” program, which was started by past HHA nominee (and current Detroit Red Wing) Drew Miller, and creates interaction between students and patients at Sparrow Hospital’s pediatric ward. Nill is the son of current Detroit Red Wings assistant general manager Jim Nill.
Division III men's nominees are Alex Higgins (senior forawrd, St. Michaels); Sam Kuzyk (senior wing, Adrian), a repeat finalist; Tucker Mullin (sophomore forward, St. Anselm);
The finalists from women's hockey programs are Aleca Hughes (Yale), Whitney Pappas (senior defense, Robert Morris) and Brigid O’Gorman (senior captain, Connecticut College).
This year’s winner will be announced in an afternoon ceremony on Friday, April 8 at 5:30 p.m. (CT) as part of the 2011 NCAA Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn.