Di Pauli von Treuheim finalist

by Ryan Fay

Union senior forward Theo Di Pauli von Treuheim is one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, it was announced Wednesday.

The finalists were chosen by the national media from the list of 20 candidates announced last month. DiPauli is the third Dutchmen to be selected as a finalist.

Di Pauli von Treuheim

To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence -- community, classroom, character and competition.

Di Pauli von Treuheim, who was the 2014-15 Union Athletics Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, has received the team's Thomas Van Arden Award for the highest grade point average in each of his previous three seasons. A two-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic honoree, he received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, Tau Beta Pi's Engineering Scholarship, the four-year Michael R. Novack Scholarship, the NSF-REU Fellowship Grant and is also a candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship.

The Downers Grove, Ill. native is the co-founder of the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorder at Albany Medical. He visited and established a friendship with terminally ill children prior to home games and invited them to meet the team after the games. As a role model for Hockey in Harlem, he inspires young, underprivileged inner-city youth hockey players to pursue an education and sport-focused lifestyle.

Fans can help select the winner by submitting their votes online at the Senior CLASS Award website through March 28. Fan votes count for one third of the total, while votes from the media and Division I head coaches count for the remaining two thirds.

The Senior CLASS Award recipients will be announced during the 2016 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four in Tampa, Fla.

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