From the Hobey Baker Foundation Website:

 

Character Makes the Game Better

Character. Excellence. A love for the game. Sportsmanship.

 

These are the values that shaped the legend of Hobey Baker. The Hobey Baker Award committee believes that adversity builds character, and character builds excellence. Character makes the game better.

Success in life, much like success in hockey, demands more than skill alone. It demands a positive attitude, an excellent work ethic, and a will to succeed, no matter the circumstances.

 

In 2003 we established the Hobey Baker High School Character Award to honor high school hockey players who exemplify the Hobey Baker ideal that “Character Builds Excellence.” We believe that character makes the game better and it makes our players better.  Candidates for a High School Hobey Baker Award are selected by their coaches, based on the following criteria:

 

• Coachability
• Strength of character
• Integrity
• Commitment
• Teamwork
• Community leadership
• Outstanding sportsmanship.

Each year, a single senior hockey player from each participating high school is selected by his or her coach to be honored by teammates and celebrated by the school and the community for outstanding individual performance on and off the ice.  Because their presence makes the game better, we want them to be a part of Hobey Baker’s Legend.

 

Winners receive a personalized commemorative plaque – and a distinction shared by some of the top players to ever hit the ice: Hobey Baker winner.

 

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Rhode Island adopted the award in 2006, and began recognizing a player from each high school hockey team in the State.  Below is a list of the recipients from past Patriots Hockey Teams.

 

 

2020 - Present	2010 - 2019	2006 - 2009
2026    Luke West	2019    Award Not Presented	2009    Matthew Chappell
2025    Shane Temple	2018    Nolan O'Brien	2008    Adam Reese
2024    Hayden Krzych	2017    Michael Adkins	2007    Christopher Palmer
2023    Andrew Alvanas	2016    Aidan O'Brien	2006    Bradley Updegrove
2022    Mac Dunn	2015    Matt Alexander
2021    Ben McGowan	2014    Ryan Goulart
2020    Max Dooley	2013    Steven Vierkant
	2012    Steve Souza
	2011    Dewey Rosa
	2010    Nathan Cole

 

 

For more information on the Hobey Baker High School Character Award click on the link to the Hobey Baker Foundation web site. 

 

Learn about the life of Hobey Baker at these links

 

A video about Hobey Baker and the award that is named in his honor is also available through this link.