Sid Watson Award

The Sid Watson Award is an annual award given to the top player in NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey. It is given by the American Hockey Coaches Association. It was known as the Division III Men's Player of the Year Award prior to 2005.

Sid Watson Award
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	The most outstanding player in NCAA Division III men's ice hockey.
History
First award	1993
Most recent	Tom Aubrun (Norwich)

In 2004, the AHCA voted to rename the Division III Men's Player of the Year after Sid Watson.[1] The award is named for longtime Bowdoin College hockey coach and athletic director Sid Watson, who died in April 2004 at age 71. Watson played four seasons in the NFL before starting his coaching career at Bowdoin in 1958.

Award winners

Year Winner Position School 1993 Frank Cirone Forward Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1994 Ray Alcindor Forward Middlebury 1995 Charlie Gaffney Forward Bowdoin 1996 Ian Smith Defense Middlebury 1997 Steve Toll Forward RIT 1998 Mark Spence Forward Middlebury 1999 Rob Smillie Forward St. Norbert 2000 Steve Aronson Forward St. Thomas 2001 Keith Aucoin Forward Norwich 2002 Jerry Galway Defense RIT 2003 Maris Ziedins Forward St. Norbert 2004 Kevin Cooper Forward Middlebury 2005 Kurtis McLean Forward Norwich 2006 Adam Hanna Goaltender St. John's

Year Winner Position School 2007 Andrew Gallant Goaltender Manhattanville 2008 Kyle Jones Goaltender St. Norbert 2009 Jeff Landers Defense Amherst 2010 David Martinson Forward Gustavus Adolphus 2011 Chris Berenguer Defense Hamline 2012 Jonathan LaRose Goaltender Amherst 2013 Paul Rodrigues Forward Oswego State 2014 David Jacobson Goaltender St. Norbert 2015 Drew Fielding Goaltender St. Thomas 2016 Jamie Murray Goaltender Babson 2017 Evan Buitenhuis Goaltender Hamilton 2018 Colin Larkin Forward Massachusetts–Boston 2019 Devin McDonald Goaltender Geneseo State 2020 Tom Aubrun Goaltender Norwich

Winners by school School Winners Middlebury 4 St. Norbert 4 Norwich 3 Amherst 2 RIT 2 St. Thomas 2 Babson 1 Bowdoin 1 Geneseo State 1 Gustavus Adolphus 1 Hamilton 1 Hamline 1 Manhattanville 1 St. John's 1 Oswego State 1 Massachusetts–Boston 1 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1

Winners by position Position Winners Forward 13 Defense 4 Goaltender 10

See also

• Hobey Baker Award - D-I men
• Laura Hurd Award - D-III women
• Patty Kazmaier Award - D-I women

References

1. "ACHA D-III Player Award Named for Bowdoin's Legendary Sid Watson". uscho.com. Retrieved 2016-10-05.