Julee Burgess Executive Senior Associate AD for Sport Administration | Michigan State Spartan Athletics Website
Julee Burgess Executive Senior Associate AD for Sport Administration | Michigan State Spartan Athletics Website
Michigan State head coach Adam Nightingale has announced the team captains for the 2024-25 season. Senior Red Savage (Scottsdale, Ariz.) will be the 79th Spartan to wear the "C," while juniors Matt Basgall (Lake Forest, Ill.), Karsen Dorwart (Sherwood, Ore.), and Tiernan Shoudy (Marysville, Mich.) will serve as alternate captains. The captains are determined by a vote of team members.
"These four embody what it means to be a Spartan," noted Nightingale. "They will do a great job in leading our program."
Savage is coming off a junior campaign in which he established new career highs in all offensive categories. He had 10 goals and 17 assists for 27 points (+9), and his assist total matched his combined career total from his first two collegiate seasons. A fourth-round draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings, Savage came to MSU in the summer of 2023 after two seasons at Miami (Ohio).
Both Basgall and Dorwart were alternate captains for the 2023-24 season and carry that over into their junior campaigns as well. Basgall posted a career-best 15 assists as a sophomore and was MSU's least-penalized player while leading the team in blocked shots (61, eighth in the Big Ten). Dorwart established new career bests in goals (15), assists (19), and points (34), and tied for second in the Big Ten and 11th nationally in shorthanded goals. Shoudy is in his first season wearing a letter, and last year surpassed his freshman year totals in both assists (12) and points (16), finishing +3 with 25 blocked shots. He also owned the team's best faceoff win percentage (253-218, .537).
All four captains have been active in community outreach programs like Adaptive Trick-or-Treating, the Student-Athlete Food Drive, and visits to the pediatric playroom at Sparrow Hospital. The three alternate captains are Academic All-Big Ten selections, and Basgall and Shoudy are not only the two hockey representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee but were also 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Selections and AHCA All-American Scholars.
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