Zarbo Named As Candidate for Senior CLASS Award

Clarkson University Hockey senior forward Matt Zarbo has been named one of 20 national candidates for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate men's hockey. An acronym, for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award honors the attributes of senior student-athletes in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.

The candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. The winner will be announced at the 2014 NCAA Men's Frozen Four, which will be staged April 10-12 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Men's ice hockey candidates announced for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award

Zarbo, a native of Grand Island, NY, is an exceptional student-athlete, who competes at a high level for Clarkson's Division I hockey team while studying in the University's rigorous curriculum of Civil Engineering. He was selected as the 2012-2013 ECAC Hockey Scholar-Athlete of the Year and holds a 3.935 GPA in his course of study.

Entering this season, Zarbo was a three-year letterwinner for the Golden Knights. He is a versatile forward who has played on all four lines. He played in 94 career games entering his senior campaign, recording 12 goals, including three game-winners, and 17 assists. Zarbo has earned ECAC Hockey All-Academic team distinction in each of his first three years. Through nine games of the 2013-14 campaign he has recorded two assists.

Zarbo is actively involved in his hometown community and in the Potsdam area. He has worked on several Volunteer Construction Projects through Akron Free Methodist Church. He has volunteer with the Adopt a Bear Program at Potsdam's Lawrence Avenue Elementary School along with numerous other small community service projects through Clarkson hockey (Community cleanup, Potsdam's Lawrence Avenue Elementary School Fun Night, Read to Students at Potsdam's Lawrence Avenue Elementary School, Volunteered with kids with Autism from Potsdam's Lawrence Avenue Elementary School). Zarbo has also worked in community service events through Clarkson's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

Zarbo has a career interest of obtaining PE (professional certification for engineers). He has interned the last two summers with the Town of Grand Island Engineering Dept. Zarbo is involved with Research on Clarkson Campus (SMART Housing project, researching student energy consumption in the new Woodstock dorms and ways to make students energy conscious and efficient).

Zarbo is one of seven players from ECAC Hockey on the list, joining Jack Berger (Princeton), Greg Carey (St. Lawrence), Brock Higgs (Rensselaer), Cole Ikkala (Union), Andy Iles (Cornell) and Dennis Robertson (Brown).

2014 Lowe's Senior CLASS Men's Ice Hockey Candidates
Mac Bennett, Michigan
Jack Berger, Princeton
Sam Brittain, Denver
Greg Carey, St. Lawrence
Scott Czarnowczan, Ferris State
Nic Dowd, St. Cloud State
Kyle Gibbons, Canisius
Kevin Goumas, New Hampshire
Jordan Heywood, Merrimack
Brock Higgs, Rensselaer
Cole Ikkala, Union
Andy Iles, Cornell
Stephen Johns, Notre Dame
Nick Jones, Mercyhurst
Dennis Robertson, Brown
Kevin Ryan, Niagara
Steven Shamanski, Providence
Dillon Simpson, North Dakota
Ryan Walters, Nebraska Omaha
MATT ZARBO, CLARKSON

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