Phillips named Midwest Division Academic Player of the Month
TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the OHL Academic Players of the Month for February 2016, and Owen Sound’s Markus Phillips has been named the Midwest Division’s Academic Player of the Month.
Rookie blueliner Markus Phillips of the Owen Sound Attack is the OHL Midwest Division Academic Player of the Month for February. The 16-year-old Toronto native has excelled in his university level studies as a grade 11 student at West Hill Secondary School, earning five credits in the first semester. “Markus is an amazingly gifted student athlete,” said Attack academic advisor Sarah Rowe. “He is self-motivated and takes responsibility for his own learning. Teachers have commented on his maturity and absolute dedication to his school work.” Owen Sound’s first round (9th overall) pick in the 2015 OHL Priority Selection, Phillips has two goals, eight assists and 10 points in 54 games this season.
2015-16 OHL Academic Players of the Month:
West Division:
February – Kyle Auger (Windsor Spitfires)
January – Conor Timmins (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
December – Sasha Chmelevski (Sarnia Sting)
November – Brady Gilmour (Saginaw Spirit)
October – Kyle Keyser (Flint Firebirds)
Midwest Division:
February – Markus Phillips (Owen Sound Attack)
January – Cliff Pu (London Knights)
December – Luke Richardson (Kitchener Rangers)
November – Brock Philips (Guelph Storm)
October – Jake Lawr (Erie Otters)
Central Division:
February – Nicolas Hague (Mississauga Steelheads)
January – Brady Pataki (Sudbury Wolves)
December – Stephen Dhillon (Niagara IceDogs)
November – Jacob Ramalho (North Bay Battalion)
October – Ruan Badenhorst (Barrie Colts)
East Division:
February – Zach Gallant (Peterborough Petes)
January – Austen Keating (Ottawa 67’s)
December – Riley Stillman (Oshawa Generals)
November – Sam Field (Kingston Frontenacs)
October – Jack Hanley (Hamilton Bulldogs)
During the 2014-15 season, the CHL proudly awarded 769 graduate players with academic scholarships representing an investment of over $6.2 million this season. Scholarship Programs throughout the CHL are solely funded by the member clubs of the Western Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
