MADISON – Four students have been named as finalists for the sixth annual Jeff Sauer Humanitarian Award, which is presented annually to recognize good high school hockey players being great people.

The nominees include two boys and two girls from throughout Wisconsin.

They are Brooke Brennan, a senior defenseman from Hayward co-op; Jack Redman, a junior forward from Onalaska/LaCrosse; Autumn Cooper a junior forward from Superior; and Ben Accola, a senior forward from River Falls.

Abe Thompson of Madison Edgewood and Alex Poltratz of Hudson were also nominated for the award which hopes to encourage community service among girls and boys high school hockey players in the state of Wisconsin. Luke Lindsay of Eau Claire Memorial was last year’s winner. It is named after the legendary former University of Wisconsin coach and hockey ambassador Jeff Sauer, who passed away in February, 2017.

The Coach Sauer Foundation, which sponsors the award, was very impressed with all the nominated candidates and their stories of student athletes who deserve notice for reasons that ultimately are more important than mere personal statistics.

The award will be presented March 2 as part of the Wisconsin High School Hockey Coaches annual banquet prior to the state tournament.