EDINA, Minn. – Michigan Tech senior co-captain Alex Petan has been named the WCHA Player of the Year, while senior goaltender Jamie Phillips earned the honor as the WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete and head coach Mel Pearson was announced as the WCHA Coach of the Year.

Petan, who also claimed the WCHA scoring title, led the conference in goals (16), points (29), goals-per-game (0.59), points-per-game (1.07) and power-play points (13) and was second among all WCHA players in power-play goals (7) and game-winning goals (4). The Delta, B.C. native notched seven multi-point games and had a least one point in 19-of-27 WCHA outings, including a 12-game league point streak that stretched from Nov. 13 through Jan. 30. Petan, who is a candidate for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, was a two-time WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Dec. 14 and Jan. 18) and collected WCHA Player of the Month honors for January.

Phillips, who is also a candidate for the Mike Richter Award, led the WCHA in minutes (1636:20) and wins (18) while ranking second in shutouts (3), third in goals against average (1.87) and fourth in save percentage (.927). The senior from Caledonia, Ont., went 9-1-2 over his final 12 league outings and recorded a 1.72 goals against average and .932 save percentage during that stretch to help lead the Huskies to the MacNaughton Cup. A candidate for the Mike Richter Award as the top goaltender in NCAA Division I hockey, Phillips is Tech's all-time shutout leader with 10 and is just three wins away from tying the school's career wins record of 58.

Pearson earned his second WCHA Coach of the Year citation in just his fifth season behind the bench at his alma mater, becoming the first Michigan Tech head coach to capture the award on multiple occasions since John MacInnes (the legendary coach won the award a record five times). Pearson led the Huskies to another 20-win season in 2015-16 – the first Tech coach to reach the 20-win plateau in back-to-back campaigns since MacInnes did it in 1980-81 and 1981-82 – while guiding Michigan Tech to its first MacNaughton Cup championship since 1975-76. A four-year member of the Huskies from 1977-81, Pearson has helped the program return to national prominence and will be behind the bench this weekend when Tech hosts Alaska in a WCHA first-round series.

NOTES: Petan is the fourth WCHA Player of the Year from Michigan Tech, joining Rob Murray (1971), Mike Zuke (1976) and Tanner Kero (2015) … The Huskies are the first team to have back-to-back Player of the Year honorees since North Dakota's Curtis Murphy and Jason Blake earned the award in 1998 and 1999 … Phillips becomes the third Husky to earn Outstanding Student-Athlete honors, joining Eli Vlaisavljevich (2009-10) and Tanner Kero (2014-15) … Pearson's Coach of the Year Award marks the ninth by a Tech head coach, second-most in WCHA history behind North Dakota (10). Other Michigan Tech coaches to win the award are John MacInnes (1960, 1962, 1966, 1971, 1976), Herb Boxer (1988), and Jamie Russell (2006).