North Reading's Jimmy Vesey is up Hobey Baker Memorial Award

North Reading resident Jimmy Vesey has made the Top 10 for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award -- and you can help him get to the next level.

Vesey is a junior at Harvard and was a nominee for the Hobey Baker Award last year too. He was named ECAC Player of the Month for November and began the 2014-2015 campaign with points in all 13 games.

Voting is currently ongoing for the award. You can vote by going here. You can vote once every 24 hours.

North Reading’s Ryan Fitzgerald, who plays for Boston College, was also up for the award in the first round of voting this year.

Nominees are chosen with these four areas in mind:

1. Strength of character, on and off the ice
2. Contribution to the integrity of the team and outstanding skills in all phases of the game
3. Scholastic achievement and sportsmanship
4. Compliance with all NCAA rules, including being a full-time student in an accredited college or university and completing 50 percent or more of the season

Here is how the voting is done:

“The selection process for the award is in three parts. First, the head coaches of NCAA Division I schools nominate the top three players in their league and the top three players in the nation. College hockey fans can also vote online at this time—and fan voting can be an important factor in the balloting outcome. Price Waterhouse Coopers tabulates the votes and the top 10 candidates are announced.

“Voting then commences for the ’Hobey Hat Trick,’ which is a narrowing of the field from ten players to three, from which the winner is selected. The primary voting in this part of the process is by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Selection Committee, a geographically balanced group of 27 individuals representing print and electronic sports media, college hockey coaches and officials, and NHL scouts. Fans may also vote online for their favorite candidate during this phase of the process.

“After the three finalists for the award are announced (’Hobey Hat Trick’), the countdown begins toward the announcement of the award winner in a nationally televised ceremony,” according to the Hobey Baker Award website.

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