Award Winners - Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award
For outstanding achievement in academics, athletics, sportsmanship and citizenship (click name for extended profile.)
| 2009 | Mark Herzlich | Boston College |
| 2009 | Alex Rubino | MIT |
| 2008 | James Oleinik | MIT |
| 2008 | Andrew Berry | Harvard |
| 2007 | Ryne Nutt | Central Connecticut |
| 2007 | Steve Morgan | Brown |
| 2007 | Dan Guariglia | Amherst |
| 2006 | Brendan Fulmer | Williams |
| 2006 | Ed McCarthy | Yale |
| 2005 | Nick Hartigan | Brown |
| 2005 | David Diamond | Bowdoin |
| 2004 | Keron Henry | Connecticut |
| 2004 | Fletcher Ladd | Amherst |
| 2003 | Greg Wood | Worcester State |
| 2003 | Steve Fox | Holy Cross |
| 2002 | Chuck McGraw | Tufts |
| 2002 | Kevin Noone | Dartmouth |
| 2001 | John Richardson | Boston College |
| 2001 | Bob Montgomery | UMass-Lowell |
| 2000 | Tim McCarthy | Middlebury |
| 2000 | Eric Johnson | Yale |
| 1999 | Isaiah Kacyvenski | Harvard |
| 1999 | Nicholas Kozy | MIT |
| 1998 | Eric Trum | Tufts |
| 1998 | Matt Jordan | Massachusetts |
| 1997 | Daniel Lord | Tufts |
| 1997 | Matt Hasselbeck | Boston College |
| 1996 | Joseph DeAngelis | Trinity |
| 1995 | Mike Rymsha | Bentley |
| 1995 | Tim O'Brien | Boston College |
| 1994 | Andre Miksimow | Boston University |
| 1994 | Nate Sleeper | Williams |
| 1993 | Michael Turmelle | Bowdoin |
| 1993 | Keith Miller | Boston College |
| 1992 | Roderick Tranum | MIT |
| 1992 | Jay Fiedler | Dartmouth |
| 1991 | Paul Capriotti | Maine |
| 1991 | Paul Oliveira | Tufts |
| 1990 | Mark Katz | Bowdoin |
| 1990 | Brad Preble | Dartmouth |
| 1989 | Rich Schachner | Coast Guard |
| 1989 | Ben Cowan | Boston University |
| 1988 | Tom Waddle | Boston College |
| 1987 | Gordie Lockbaum | Holy Cross |
| 1986 | Stan Kaczorowski | Massachusetts |
| 1985 | Guy Carbone | Rhode Island |
| 1984 | Steve Strachan | Boston College |
| 1983 | Matt Martin | Holy Cross |
| 1982 | John Loughery | Boston College |
| 1981 | Kenny Duckett | Wake Forest |
| 1980 | Jerry Pierce | Dartmouth |
| 1979 | Tom Bell | Brigham Young |
| 1978 | Rich Leach | Michigan |
| 1977 | Roy Heffernan | Middlebury |
| 1976 | Peter Cronan | Boston College |
| 1975 | George Niland | Trinity |
| 1974 | Peter Gorniewicz | Colby |
| 1973 | James Stoeckel | Harvard |
| 1972 | Otis Armstrong | Purdue |
| 1971 | Richard Jauron | Yale |
| 1970 | Renso Perdoni | Georgia Tech |
| 1969 | Steve Smear | Penn State |
| 1968 | Vic Gatto | Harvard |
| 1967 | Brian Dowling | Yale |
| 1966 | Floyd Little | Syracuse |
| 1965 | Thomas Clarke | Dartmouth |
| 1964 | Arthur Roberts | Columbia |
| 1963 | Bob Cappadona | Northeastern |
| 1962 | Pat Culpepper | Texas |
| 1961 | Joseph Kowalski | Rutgers |
| 1960 | Alan Rozycki | Dartmouth |
| 1959 | George Roden | Colby |
| 1958 | J.W. Brodnax | Louisiana State |
| 1957 | Thomas Salvo | Boston University |
| 1956 | James Swink | Texas Christian |
| 1955 | Major Don Holleder | Army |
| 1954 | Arthur Luppino | Arizona |
| 1953 | Don King | Clemson |
| 1952 | Joseph Mitinger | Yale |
| 1951 | John Bright | Drake |
| 1950 | Bob Williams | Arkansas |
| 1949 | Doak Walker | Southern Methodist |
| 1948 | Gordon Long | Arkansas |
| 1947 | Everett Dorr | Boston University |
| 1946 | Perry Moss | Illinois |