Ilitch Humanitarian Award

The Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season to the league's top citizen.
The Award was donated by and named after Mike and Marian Ilitch, a pair of wealthy Detroit-based businesspeople who well known both for their philanthropic efforts as well as their ownership of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers. The Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award was first bestowed in 2001 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten forming its men's ice hockey conference.
==Award winners==
Year 	Winner 	Position 	School
2000–01	Jason Cupp 	Center 	Nebraska-Omaha
2001–02	Kevin O'Malley 	Goaltender	Michigan
2002–03	Mike Betz 	Goaltender	Ohio State
2003–04	Neil Komadoski 	Defenceman	Notre Dame
2004–05	Bo Cheesman 	Right Wing	Lake Superior State
2005–06	Drew Miller 	Left Wing 	Michigan State
2006–07	Tim Cook 	Defenceman	Michigan
2007–08	Justin Abdelkader	Left Wing 	Michigan State
2008–09	Jeff Lerg 	Goaltender	Michigan State
 	Jerad Kaufmann 	Goaltender	Nebraska-Omaha
2009–10	Dion Knelsen 	Center 	Alaska
2010–11	Trevor Nill 	Center 	Michigan State
2011–12	Cody Reichard 	Goaltender	Miami
2012–13	Brett Beebe 	Right Wing	Western Michigan
 	Kaare Odegard 	Defenceman	Alaska
===Winners by school===
School 	Winners
Michigan State 	4
Alaska 	2
Michigan 	2
Nebraska-Omaha 	2
Lake Superior State	1
Miami 	1
Notre Dame 	1
Ohio State 	1
Western Michigan 	1
===Winners by position===
Position 	Winners
Center 	3
Right Wing	2
Left Wing 	2
Defenceman	3
Goaltender	5
==See also==
*CCHA Awards
== References ==
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==External links==
*CCHA Awards (Incomplete)
Category:Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Category:NCAA trophies