Sophomore Brooks Dyroff was a recruited walk-on to the BC hockey team and has been working to improve his game on the ice, but it is his efforts off the ice that have earned him national recognition. Dyroff was named the 16th recipient of the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award in a ceremony [...]

The Observer: You were just named the 16th recipient of the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. What does that award mean to you? It recognizes you as a “hall of fame human being.” That’s a huge honor. How does it feel to be nationally recognized for that? Brooks Dyroff: As you said, it [...]

Cameron Atkinson is making a name for himself here at Boston College as he is one of the nation’s best collegiate hockey players. A top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate player, he is one of the top scorers in the nation, with 48 points. For the [...]

The Boston College Men’s Water Polo team ordinarily competes in the North Atlantic Division, but is not in an official division right now. They were just recently reinstated as a club at BC after serving a one-year suspension for hazing activities that the team strongly believes were non-violent and meant as a bonding activity for [...]

The 5’5” senior forward captain from Ohio has a lot of accomplishments to her name, and not just at BC, but on a world stage. She won a silver medal with Team USA at XXI Vancouver Winter Olympics. In her last season with BC, Stack’s time on the ice is showing everyone why she made [...]

Six-foot-six center Carolyn Swords is having an impressive senior season. As one of three seniors, she has started in all 19 games and is leading the lady Eagles, who are 15-5 (2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). The Observer spoke with her while she was on the road for a tough game against Georgia Tech. The team [...]

Sophomore Luke Kuechly, junior Montel Harris, and senior Anthony Castonzo all had outstanding seasons and helped their team go from 2-5 to 7-5, earning BC a bid to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Now that the regular season is over, Castonzo, Kuechly, and Harris are being recognized for their accomplishments this season. The linebacker, running [...]

The No.2 men’s ice hockey team beat Merrimack 3-2 in the first regular season home game, a Hockey East matchup, on October 29. The team was honored before the game with the raising of the 2010 National Championship Banner. The 2010 banner was raised collectively by Len Ceglarski, long-time BC head coach and a member [...]

BC showed up in Tallahassee on Ocotber 16th and actually hung tough against the No. 16 Florida State Seminoles, but in the end, it wasn’t enough. As FSU ran out the last two minutes of the game, it was difficult not to feel disappointed despite the great effort by the Eagle defense. The game aired [...]

It was raining at Newton Campus Field, but four different players scored for Boston College to earn them a 4-3 victory over Atlantic Coast Conference competition North Carolina State. Sophomore forward Charlie Rugg, sophomore defender Sacir Hot, sophomore defender Stefan Carter and junior defender/midfielder Conor Fitzpatrick scored one goal each for an ACC victory. The [...]