June 25, 2009
Vote for Gilroy
Matt Gilroy, who co-captained the Boston University men's ice hockey team to the 2009 NCAA title and was the recipient of the 2009 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, is one of five nominees for the ESPY Best Male College Athlete award, as announced by ESPN on Thursday.
Gilroy's compeition for the award is Sam Bradford (Oklahoma - football), Blake Griffin (Oklahoma - basketball), Stephen Strasburg (San Diego St. - baseball) and Tim Tebow (Florida - football). Gilroy is the only nominee to win both a national championship and his respective sport's top individual honor this year.
The 2009 ESPY Nomination Special will be shown on Friday (June 26) on ESPN2 at 8 p.m.