Sid Watson Award

The Sid Watson Award is an annual award given to the top player in List of NCAA [Division III men's ice hockey seasons|NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey]. It is given by the American Hockey Coaches Association. It was known as the Division III Men's Player of the Year Award prior to 2005.
In 2004, the AHCA voted to rename the Division III Men's Player of the Year after Sid Watson. The award is named for longtime Bowdoin College hockey coach and athletic director Sid Watson, who died in April 2004 at age 71. Watson was a three sports star at Northeastern and went on to play four seasons in the NFL before starting his coaching career at Bowdoin in 1958.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the award was not conferred during the 2021 season.

Award winners

Year	Winner	Position	School
1993	Frank Cirone	Forward	[Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers men's ice hockey\|]
1994	Ray Alcindor	Forward	[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey\|]
1995	Charlie Gaffney	Forward	[Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey\|]
1996	Ian Smith	Defense	[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey\|]
1997	Steve Toll	Forward	[RIT Tigers men's ice hockey\|]
1998	Mark Spence	Forward	[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey\|]
1999	Rob Smillie	Forward	[St. Norbert Green Knights men's ice hockey\|]
2000	Steve Aronson	Forward	[St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey\|]
2001	Keith Aucoin	Forward	[Norwich Cadets men's ice hockey\|]
2002	Jerry Galway	Defense	[RIT Tigers men's ice hockey\|]
2003	Māris Ziediņš	Forward	[St. Norbert Green Knights men's ice hockey\|]
2004	Kevin Cooper	Forward	[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey\|]
2005	Kurtis McLean	Forward	[Norwich Cadets men's ice hockey\|]
2006	Adam Hanna	Goaltender	[Saint John's Johnnies men's ice hockey\|]
2007	Andrew Gallant	Goaltender	[Manhattanville Valiants men's ice hockey\|]
2008	Kyle Jones	Goaltender	[St. Norbert Green Knights men's ice hockey\|]

Year	Winner	Position	School
2009	Jeff Landers	Defense	[Amherst Mammoths men's ice hockey\|]
2010	David Martinson	Forward	[Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties men's ice hockey\|]
2011	Chris Berenguer	Defense	[Hamline Pipers men's ice hockey\|]
2012	Jonathan LaRose	Goaltender	[Amherst Mammoths men's ice hockey\|]
2013	Paul Rodrigues	Forward	[Oswego State Lakers men's ice hockey\|]
2014	David Jacobson	Goaltender	[St. Norbert Green Knights\|]
2015	Drew Fielding	Goaltender	[St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey\|]
2016	Jamie Murray	Goaltender	[Babson Beavers\|]
2017	Evan Buitenhuis	Goaltender	[Hamilton Continentals men's ice hockey\|]
2018	Colin Larkin	Forward	[UMass Boston Beacons\|]
2019	Devin McDonald	Goaltender	[Geneseo State Ice Knights men's ice hockey\|]
2020	Tom Aubrun	Goaltender	[Norwich Cadets men's ice hockey\|]
2022	Peter Bates	Forward	[St. Norbert Green Knights men's ice hockey\|]
2023	Matus Spodniak	Forward	[Adrian Bulldogs men's ice hockey\|]
2024	Devon Bobak	Goaltender	[Trinity Bantams men's ice hockey\|]
2025	Shane Soderwall	Goaltender	[Curry Colonels men's ice hockey\|]