“Stankievech is Canada's No. 1 academic son” (news item)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p><a href="http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=352557%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=352557&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>“Perhaps you haven’t heard of Princeton's Mike Spence ('65), Harvard's David Johnson ('74), and Yale's Gary Lawrence ('80). But these three form one of college hockey's most elite trios.</p>

<p>“And now, you can add Princeton forward Landis Stankievech to the list.</p>

<p>“Meet college hockey's Hobey Baker of the classroom, poster boy of the NCAA's "student-athlete" campaign, MVP of academia. The Princeton senior has become just the fourth NCAA player in hockey history to receive the most prestigious scholarship in the world. He’s also the first Canadian in NCAA history to be named a Rhodes Scholar.</p>

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<p>Landis Stankievech ’08 is one of Princeton’s three Rhodes Scholars this year and the subject of a feature story on the National Hockey League’s NHL.com website today.</p>

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<p>Congrats! Best of luck to his future professional career!</p>