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By Bill Van Tassel
LISBON FALLS — Noah Austin has been playing ice and street hockey with his older brother, Ryley, since he was a youngster. Now a senior at Lisbon High School, he plays for the Eagles, the combined hockey team of Lisbon, Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham, Morse High School in Bath and Hyde School, also in Bath.
At 16, his years of playing with the older kids has paid off in a big way. He was recently named recipient of the 2019 Travis Roy Award, which is awarded annually by the Travis Roy Foundation to the top Class A senior boys ice hockey player in the state. Austin scored a Class A-high 54 points and the Eagles made the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.
He received the award during a ceremony at Auburn’s Hilton Garden Inn on March 16, one of five finalists for the award.
His mother, Traci Austin, said, “To be recognized by the hockey community in this manner is incredible. We are very proud parents; not only because he won the award but because of his pure determination in what he sets out to achieve.” She said he “works hard on and off the ice in striving to be a stand-up individual.”
Noah “would speak more about the meaning of partnering with Lisbon’s Unified Basketball team than his record-breaking stats,” Traci Austin said.
Lisbon Assistant Principal Eric Hall said that Noah “is an extremely hard-working student athlete who exemplifies what it is to be dedicated to both academics and athletics.”
The Travis Roy Foundation was started by Roy, a former North Yarmouth Academy hockey player, after he was paralyzed from the neck down while playing hockey in his first game for Boston University in 1995. The foundation is dedicated to research and assistance for spinal injury cases.
