Tim Taylor Award (NCAA)

The Tim Taylor Award is an award given out to the NCAA Division I player judged to be the most outstanding freshman. The annual award was first received by Andreas Nödl after the conclusion of the 2006–07 season.
Shortly after his succumbing to cancer, the NCAA renamed the 'National Rookie of the Year Award' after long-time Yale head coach Tim Taylor. Starting in 2013–14 the honor was renamed the 'Tim Taylor Award'. ECAC Hockey already confers an award with the same name, given each year to the conference Coach of the Year. It was renamed in Taylor's honor in 2007.
==Winners==
Year 	Winner 	Position 	School
2006–07	Andreas Nödl 	Right Wing	St. Cloud State
2007–08	Richard Bachman 	Goaltender	Colorado College
2008–09	Kieran Millan 	Goaltender	Boston University
2009–10	Stéphane Da Costa	Center 	Merrimack
2010–11	T. J. Tynan 	Center 	Notre Dame
2011–12	Joey LaLeggia 	Defenceman	Denver
2012–13	Jon Gillies 	Goaltender	Providence
2013–14	Sam Anas 	Center 	Quinnipiac
2014–15	Jack Eichel 	Center 	Boston University
2015–16	Kyle Connor 	Left Wing 	Michigan
2016–17	Clayton Keller 	Center 	Boston University
2017–18	Scott Perunovich 	Defenceman	Minnesota–Duluth
2018–19	Joel Farabee 	Left Wing 	Boston University
2019–20	Alex Newhook 	Center 	Boston College
===All-Tournament Team players by school===
====Current Members====
School 	Winners
Boston University	4
Boston College 	1
Colorado College 	1
Denver 	1
Merrimack 	1
Michigan 	1
Minnesota–Duluth 	1
Notre Dame 	1
Providence 	1
Quinnipiac 	1
St. Cloud State 	1
===Winners by position===
Position 	Winners
Center 	6
Goaltender	3
Left Wing 	2
Defenceman	2
Right Wing	1
==References==
Category:College sports freshman awards
Category:College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States
Ice Hockey National Rookie of the Year
Category:NCAA Division I ice hockey
Category:Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey
Category:Established in 2006