{"id":31278,"date":"2010-04-09T21:15:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T02:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/04\/09\/browns-jordan-pietrus-wins-derek-hines-unsung-hero-award\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:58","slug":"browns-jordan-pietrus-wins-derek-hines-unsung-hero-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2010\/04\/09\/browns-jordan-pietrus-wins-derek-hines-unsung-hero-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown’s Jordan Pietrus Wins Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
Brown forward Jordan Pietrus is the 2010 winner of the Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award, presented by the Hockey Commissioners’ Association. The award is named for the former Army co-captain who played for the Black Knights from 1999-2003 and who was killed in action in Afghanistan in Sept. 2006.<\/p>\n
“I am extremely honored to earn recognition in remembrance of Derek Hines,” Pietrus said. “The character, sacrifice, and leadership he possessed are traits I admire and attempt to emulate in not only athletics, but also in my every day life as well.”<\/p>\n
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Jordan Pietrus (photo: Brown University sports information)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Pietrus led the Bears in scoring through the first 21 games of the season before what was thought to be a season-ending injury against Union on Jan. 30. He returned to the lineup about three weeks ahead of schedule and helped Brown to a third-place finish in the league playoffs after finishing next to last in the regular season.<\/p>\n
The Winnipeg, Manitoba, native has a 3.50 GPA and has been on the ECAC Hockey all-academic team all four years. Pietrus has been involved in the Providence, R.I., community, including volunteer work at an elementary school and organizing a toy drive.<\/p>\n
“At his core, Jordan embodies integrity, strength in community, responsibility, competitive spirit, and pride,” said Brown first-year coach Brendan Whittet. “His values are unwavering and correlate completely with with founding principles upon which Brown Bear hockey is based.”<\/p>\n
Each of the six NCAA Division I hockey conferences submitted a nominee for the student-athlete who “best personifies Hines’ spirit and restless commitment,” according to the HCA. The winner is selected by the sports information directors of each of the six conferences.<\/p>\n
Honorable mentions were Matt Fairchild, Air Force\/Atlantic Hockey; Luke Glendening, Michigan\/CCHA; Davide Nicoletti, Alabama-Huntsville\/CHA; Darcy Zajac, North Dakota\/WCHA; and Brett Watson, Massachusetts\/Hockey East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brown forward Jordan Pietrus is the 2010 winner of the Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award, presented by the Hockey Commissioners’ Association. The award is named for the former Army co-captain who played for the Black Knights from 1999-2003 and who was killed in action in Afghanistan in Sept. 2006. “I am extremely honored to earn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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