NEW YORK (Apr. 7, 2016) – The National Hockey League (NHL) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund today announced four recipients of the NHL/Thurgood Marshall College Fund academic scholarship, which has been awarded annually to outstanding youth hockey players since 2012. Each recipient is involved in one of the League’s Hockey Is For EveryoneTM nonprofit organizations, dedicated to providing youth of all backgrounds an opportunity to learn essential life skills, play hockey, and learn its core values of commitment, perseverance, and teamwork.
"These outstanding young people are skating toward a bright future," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said.