Bowling Green State University Athletics
Jordan Sigalet Nominated for an ESPY
June 24, 2005 | Ice Hockey
June 24, 2005
Bowling Green, Ohio -
Former Bowling Green State University student-athlete Jordan Sigalet (Surrey, B.C.) has been nominated for an ESPY as "Best Comeback Athlete" for 2004-05. The ESPY Awards were created by ESPN in 1993 and are presented for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly. This year's ESPYs will be held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and will air on ESPN on Sunday, July 17 at 9 p.m. (EST).
Sigalet is the first BGSU student-athlete to be nominated for an ESPY and is one of four nominees for this year's "Best Comeback Athlete". Sigalet joins the University of Washington's Kayla Burt, Carolina Panthers' Mark Fields, and Olympic wrestler Rulon Gardner.
Voting for this award, along with the nearly 30 other ESPY awards, is conducted on-line by fans and begins today. Click here for the ESPY Awards Official Website.
The goalie completed his collegiate hockey career at BGSU this past season as the school's all-time leader in save percentage (.915) through 102 career games. He also finished second all-time at BGSU with a 2.98 goals-against-average and third all-time with 3,147 saves. Sigalet's 5,924:09 career minutes played are the fifth-most in BGSU history. He was named All-CCHA First Team in 2004 and All-CCHA Second Team in 2005.
The 2001 draft pick of the Boston Bruins (7th round) was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in March of 2004 and made his disease public on December 11, 2004. He played in 32 of BGSU's 36 games last season and had a 2.89 gaa. and .915 save pct. Sigalet was in net for all of BGSU's 16 victories, helping lead the Falcons to its best season in nearly a decade.
For his efforts, Sigalet was one of 10 finalists for the 2005 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given annually to the top collegiate hockey player. He was the first BGSU finalist for the award since 1995 when Brian Holzinger won the award.
