Hobart Standout is 1st Team All-American,

Elite-90 Winner and National Champion!

by Mike McPartlin, Headmaster, Bridgedale Academy

Bridgedale Academy grad Tanner Hartman has just wrapped up a truly amazing 2023-24 NCAA D3 college hockey season. 

The star sophomore's list of individual and team awards is truly astounding. 

Tanner and his Hobart teammates repeated as NCAA National Champions, defeating Trinity College and Bridgedale grad Jakob Karpa in a 2-0 thriller. (Trinity had defeated Adrian College and Bridgedale grad Anton Sorensen in the semis.)

The Statesmen also repeated as New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) league and playoff champions.

Along the way Tanner led his team in goals (20), assists (25), points (45), game winning goals (6) and plus/minus (+42). He also scored the team's lone short-handed goal.

For his play during the season and playoffs, Tanner was named:

• NEHC 1st Team All-Conference
• NEHC All-Tournament Team
• AHCA 1st Team All-American
• NCAA Elite 90 Award
• NCAA All-Tournament Team

The NCAA Elite 90 Award went to Tanner as the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA participating at this year's D3 college hockey championships. The NCAA presents only one Elite 90 Award per year for each of the NCAA's 90 National Championships.

Tanner, the consummate student-athlete, carries a 4.0 GPA at Hobart.

All in all, one very amazing college hockey season.

Congratulations to Tanner (and parents Craig and Kim) on his outstanding accomplishments.

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Bridgedale Academy is an all-boys school for athletes, a prep school for serious youth hockey players offering the 4th through 8th grades each school year. Our winning combination of academics and athletic development is unmatched. We use a classical academic curriculum and our graduates go on to attend some of the most prestigious high schools in the country, including Lake Forest Academy, Culver Military Academy, Shattuck St. Mary’s, Northwood School, Benet Academy, Fenwick Prep, St. Ignatius Prep, Marmion Academy, St. Francis, Latin School and Providence Catholic. We pride ourselves on being the top youth hockey prep school in the nation. More than thirty-three (33) of our former or current students have already received their NCAA Division 1 college hockey commitments. Seven (7) of our graduates competed for USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. Nine have been NHL-drafted and a number have already signed their entry-level contract with the NHL. Numerous Bridgedale grads are now playing NCAA D1 and D3 hockey as well as junior hockey, including in the USHL, the OHL and the NAHL.