Hastings, Williams earn major awards

The WCHA awards were announced Thursday afternoon, and Mike Hastings was named the league's Coach of the Year, while goaltender Stephon Williams was named Rookie of the Year, First Team All-WCHA and to the league's All-Rookie Team.

Senior forward Eriah Hayes and sophomore center Matt Leitner were named Third Team All-WCHA.

St. Cloud State's Drew LeBlanc is the WCHA's Player of the Year.

Here are the WCHA awards:

All-WCHA Awards

First team

Forwards: Drew LeBlanc, St. Cloud State; Ryan Walters, Nebraska Omaha; Danny Kristo, North Dakota

Defensemen: Nate Schmidt, Minnesota; Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State

Goaltender: Stephon Williams, Minnesota State

Second team

Forwards: Corban Knight, North Dakota; Erik Haula, Minnesota; Rylan Schwartz, Colorado College

Defensemen: Joey LaLeggia, Denver; Mike Boivin, Colorado College

Goaltender: Juno Olkinuora, Denver

Third team

Forwards: Matt Leitner, Minnesota State; Eriah Hayes, Minnesota State; Nick Bjugstad, Minnesota

Defensemen: Andrej Sustr, Nebraska Omaha; Jake McCabe, Wisconsin

Goaltender: Adam Wilcox, Minnesota

Rookie team

Forwards: Tony Cameranesi, Minnesota Duluth; Alex Petan, Michigan Tech; Rocco Grimaldi, North Dakota

Defensemen: Nolan Zajac, Denver; Andy Welinski, Minnesota Duluth

Goaltender: Stephon Williams, Minnesota State

Player of the Year: Drew LeBlanc, St. Cloud State

Rookie of the Year: Stephon Williams, Minnesota State

Defensive Player of the Year: Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State

Student-Athlete of the Year: Drew LeBlanc, St. Cloud State

Coach of the Year: Mike Hastings, Minnesota State

Scoring Champion: Ryan Walters, Nebraska Omaha

Goaltending Champion: Stephon Williams, Minnesota State

Read the MSU release here and the WCHA release here.