Jacob Trouba presents longtime fan and Sandy Hook survivor, with scholarship

One hockey-loving teenager is effectively on his solution to a future regulation diploma, thanks partially to one among his favourite gamers.

After the Rangers accomplished their common season with a 3-2 loss to the Maple Leafs on Thursday night time on the Backyard, captain Jacob Trouba gave the jersey off his again — and signed it — to beaming 18-year-old Isaiah Márquez-Greene.

The Rangers’ veteran defenseman introduced Márquez-Greene, a self-identified fan of the blueliner relationship again to his days with the Winnipeg Jets, with the Backyard of Goals Encourage Scholarship, which can go towards paying for regulation college as soon as he completes his undergraduate diploma.

“I would like an invite for while you graduate regulation college,” Trouba tells Márquez-Greene after providing to trade cellphone numbers, “and I’m gonna examine in on you while you go to school subsequent yr.”

Márquez-Greene’s youthful sister, Ana, was one of many victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary college capturing in Connecticut.

Their mom, Nelba, is a therapist working with grieving households, and she or he additionally operates The Ana Grace Mission in her daughter’s honor.

Isaiah Márquez-Greene, a survivor of the tragic occasion in Newtown, Conn., is the beginning goalie for Taft Excessive Faculty in Watertown, Conn., and is a tutorial standout who has been accepted on the College of Connecticut.

“I do know your story. I really feel for you,” Trouba instructed Márquez-Greene, who knowledgeable the previous Jet he lived in in Winnipeg between the ages of 5 and eight. “You’re a tremendous human.”

At UConn, Márquez-Greene will take part within the Particular Program in Regulation, which robotically enrolls him within the college’s regulation program that accepts 10 % of candidates.