AMESBURY, Mass. – The Hockey East Association announced today the inaugural winners of the Hockey East Academic Champion Award, honoring outstanding accomplishments from one men's and one women's player both on the ice and in the classroom. The 2024 recipients are Northeastern's Megan Carter and Boston University's Cade Webber.
 
"We are proud to honor Megan and Cade as the inaugural Hockey East Academic Champions and acknowledge their incredible accomplishments in the classroom and on the ice," said Hockey East Commissioner Steve Metcalf. "Hockey East prides itself on developing not just professional athletes, but first-class students and people. We hope to elevate these achievements with this award and create a lasting legacy of their service to their campus communities for years to come."
 
Carter, the 12th overall selection in the 2024 PWHL Entry Draft, established a new standard for academic and athletic success during her five-year career at Northeastern. Serving as captain of the Huskies as a graduate student, Carter led her squad to four Bertagna Trophies as Hockey East Tournament Champions and three Frozen Fours. She was twice named the Hockey East Defender of the Year, Hockey East First-Team All Star, New England Division I All-Star, and was selected to the Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team during her freshman campaign. Carter will being her professional hockey career next season with PWHL Toronto before pursuing medical school.
 
Throughout her career, Carter compiled a 4.0 GPA as a biology major in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern and gained experience as a medical assistant and clinical research assistant at Brigham and Women's Hospital. In addition to her on-ice accolades, Carter was awarded the Elite 90 Award for three consecutive seasons. The Elite 90 award is presented by the NCAA to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the championship site for each sport. She was also honored with places on the Hockey East All-Academic Team as a Top Scholar-Athlete and Distinguished Scholar, as well as an AHCA All-American Scholar. She served as the president of Northeastern's Student Athlete Advisory Committee, claimed the Rowlands Award as NU's top female senior scholar athlete and was the graduate commencement ceremony student speaker. Carter is on track to graduate with a Master of Science in Human Movement and Rehabilitation Science in August with a 4.0 GPA.