The Rensselaer men's hockey
team held its annual end-of-the-year banquet, where the 2002-03
team award winners were announced. Junior Ben Barr,
a forward, took home the Most Valuable Player Award as well as
the Coaches Award. Sophomore forward Nick Economakos
was selected as the Most Improved Player while Tim Camitta,
a goaltender, earned the Scholar-Athlete Award.
Playing in all 40 games for the Engineers (12-25-3),
Barr had 11 goals and 13 assists for 24 points. He was second
on the team in goals and points and third in assists. He scored
four power play goals, three shorthanded markers and three game-winners.
He also amassed 12 penalties for 43 minutes. A native of Faribault,
Minn., Barr had seven multiple-point games, including two shorthanded
goals in the second game of a first round playoff series at Union
College. Rensselaer swept the Dutchmen, 2 games to 0, before seeing
their season end in the next round to the nation's top-ranked
team, Cornell University.
Economakos, a native of Lockport, Ill., had eight
goals, including one on the power play, and ten assists for 18
points in 39 games this season. He was third on the Engineers
in goals and fourth in points while also compiling 13 penalties
for 26 minutes. He had five multiple-point games. A former standout
for the Danville Wings of the North American Hockey League, Economakos
had four points (1 goal, 3 assists) and four penalty minutes in
12 games as a freshman.
Camitta, a native of Grosse Point Park, Mich.,
was awarded the Scholar-Athlete Award, which is presented to the
player with the highest cumulative grade point average over a
minimum of three semesters at Rensselaer. A mechanical engineering
major in his second season, he has yet to appear in a game for
RPI. Camitta is a transfer from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
4/21/03
A book authored by Rensselaer at Hartford professors
M.L. Bob Emiliani, David J. Stec,
Lawrence P. Grasso, and James P. Stodder
has been awarded a 2003 Shingo Research and Publication Prize
by the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing. The honor
recognizes and promotes research and technical writing on manufacturing
that is consistent with the philosophy that world-class performance
may be achieved through focused improvements in core manufacturing
and business processes. It is administered by Utah State University’s
College of Business. The professors’ book, Better Thinking,
Better Results: Using the Power of Lean as a Total Business Solution,
detailed the findings of a nine-year study of the Wiremold Company
in West Hartford, Conn. 4/14/03
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