Schultz Named Co-Winner Of Edward Jeremiah Award
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GENESEO, N.Y.- SUNY Geneseo men's ice hockey coach Chris Schultz was named the co-winner of the 2016 Edward Jeremiah Award, given to the Division III National Coach of the Year. Schultz shared the award with UMass-Boston coach Pete Belisle, as announced Thursday night at the annual NCAA Division III Championship banquet.
Schultz, who also won the award in 2014, was voted the 2016 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Coach of the Year, marking the third time in the last four seasons he has been honored with the conference's top coaching award.
Schultz has led Geneseo to a 20-4-6 record, the 2016 SUNYAC Championship and a pair of NCAA Division III Tournament victories. He and the Knights are set to take on Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the National Semifinalson Friday at 4:00 p.m. in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Schultz led the Knights to the postseason for the sixth-consecutive season and eighth-overall time during his 10-year tenure, including NCAA Tournament showings in 2014 and 2016.
Also named the SUNYAC Coach of the Year in 2011, 2012 and 2014, Schultz's Knights moved into both national polls the first week of December this season and have remained in the top-15 rankings ever since. Geneseo entered the NCAA Tournament ranked seventh in the d3hockey.com poll and eighth in the USCHO.com standings.
Schultz was last honored with the award following the 2013-14 season after guiding the Knights to the SUNYAC regular-season championship, an at-large invitation to the NCAA Division III Tournament and the program's first appearance in the Frozen Four.
