BIDDEFORD — University of New England men’s ice hockey player Sean Sullivan has been selected as the recipient of the 2014 J. Thom Lawler Award, which is presented annually to a NCAA III hockey player from Massachusetts/New England.
Sullivan, a senior from Worcester, Mass., played in a total of 86 games during his four-year career at UNE, serving as captain for the 2013-14 season. A Dean’s List student and three-time ECAC East all-academic team selection, he spearheaded numerous community service projects for the Nor’easters and was a three-year member of UNE’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Presented by the Eastern Massachusetts Hockey Officials Association, Sullivan will receive the award at the New England Hockey Writers Dinner on April 16 at the Prince Restaurant in Saugus, Mass.
The award is named in memory of the late J. Thom Lawler, who served as head coach and director of athletics at Merrimack College, where he led the Warriors to the NCAA III national championship in 1978. The award serves to recognize a player who is academically solid and is a team leader on and off the ice. The recipient is someone who makes sacrifices for the good of their team and teammates.
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