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

The nominees are Andrew Budzinski, a senior defenseman from Madison Edgewood; and Luke Lindsay, a senior defenseman from Eau Claire Memorial. 

The annual award hopes to encourage community service among girls and boys high school hockey players in the state of Wisconsin. Shane Ryan, a goalie from Madison Edgewood, was the first recipient, Parker Esswein of Wauwatosa East and the Brookfield Stars won the award in 2019, Ava Jambor of Middleton High School and the Metro Lynx in 2020 and Zoe Uihlein, from Milwaukee University School. 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 3 at the Wisconsin High School Hockey Coaches annual banquet prior to the state tournament.