March 11, 2008

FAIRBANKS, AK - The Central Collegiate Hockey Association announced that junior left wing Trevor Hyatt was named as one of eleven outstanding student-athletes designated as their team's 2007-08 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Tuesday.

The CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year will be chosen from among the group of nominees with the winner announced at the 2008 CCHA Awards, presented by RBC Financial Group on Thursday, March 20.

A civil engineering major at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the third-year Nanook has a perfect 4.00 out of 4.00 grade point average. Hyatt appeared in 23 games this season. Sunday night at the Qwest Center, Hyatt scored Alaska's only tally of the game in their eventual season ending triple-overtime 2-1 loss to the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks.

In addition to his relentless work ethic and dedication on the ice, the Anchorage native has duly applied himself in an unwavering fashion in the classroom: a quality that has not gone unnoticed by his coaches, professors and peers.

This season he was named one of 22 finalists for the Hockey Humanitarian Award. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society, Chi Epsilon, the National Civil Engineering Honor Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers, is a University of Alaska Scholar and a Chancellor's Gold Scholar. Last year he was named UAF's Sophomore Engineering Student of the Year.

The complete list of 2007-08 CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nominees includes:

Trevor Hyatt, Jr., Forward, Alaska, Civil Engineering
Kyle Page, So., Defenseman, Bowling Green, Sport Management
Aaron Lewicki, So., Forward, Ferris State, Finance
Jason Blain, Sr., Forward, Lake Superior, Finance/Economics
Charlie Effinger, Sr., Goaltender, Miami, American Studies/Political Science
Jeff Lerg, Jr., Goaltender, Michigan State, Finance
Jeremie Dupont, So., Goaltender, Nebraska-Omaha, Psychology
Billy Smith, So., Forward, Northern Michigan, Entrepreneurship
Jordan Pearce, Jr., Goaltender, Notre Dame, Anthropology/Pre-Med
John Dingle, Sr., Forward, Ohio State, Finance
Dave Krisky, Jr., Forward, Western Michigan, Business

The faculty athletic representative at each school, in consultation with the head coach, selected the institution's Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Each school's Scholar-Athlete of the Year serves as the school's nominee for CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Nominees must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 through the fall term of the selection year to receive the school's Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. The CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year is selected by the 12 faculty representatives. Voting is based on a system that awards five points for a first-place vote, three points for a second-place vote and one point for a third-place vote.

The 2008 CCHA Awards will be held on Thursday, March 20 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $15. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30 p.m., followed by the presentation of awards at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door or by mailing a check or money order to: CCHA, 23995 Freeway Park Dr., Farmington Hills, MI 48335.

Previous CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year Winners
2006-07 - Michael Eickman, SR, D, Nebraska-Omaha
2005-06 - Michael Eickman, JR, D, Nebraska-Omaha
2004-05 - Cory McLean, SR, F, Notre Dame
Prior to the 2004-05 season, the conference selected an All-Academic Team.