Braithwaite Recipient of Prestigious Academic Scholarship

NORTH ANDOVER, MA – Goaltender Andrew Braithwaite (Kingston, Ontario) was recently award a $2,000 scholarship from the Boston Chapter of Financial Executives International.

Braithwaite, who received the award for the Highest Male Athlete Grade-Point-Average at Merrimack for the second straight year, maintains a 3.98 GPA as he concludes his junior year.

A business major, Braithwaite is one of the best students in the history of Merrimack athletics.

As a freshman, he was named the Hockey East Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year, along with his teammate Ryan Sullivan. As a sophomore, he was named to the Hockey East All-Academic team for the second straight year and was the Merrimack Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. Braithwaite, who also received the Highest Male GPA award as a sophomore, seized the starting goaltending job midway through the 2007-08 season and earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors three times, while ranking second in Hockey East in goals-against and save percentage. As a junior, he was named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week on November 10 after stopping 34 shots in a 3-1 win over UMass.

The 2008-09 Hockey East All-Academic team will be released in June.