LOWELL, Mass. – Thirteen River Hawks have been named All American Scholars by the American Hockey Coaches Association. The announcement was made this morning.
UMass Lowell, with 13, topped Hockey East. Only two schools in the country had more honorees; AIC and Robert Morris each had 14. Twenty-nine UMass Lowell players previously were named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team. The River Hawk hockey team also earned the university's Bob Griffin Academic Award with the highest grade point average, 3.67, among men's teams.
"We are extremely proud of this group of student-athletes who have competed at the highest levels of the game on the ice and matched that performance in the classroom," said AHCA executive director Joe Bertagna who is also the Hockey East Commissioner. "The sport demands a great deal from these athletes so it is a great statement they make, individually and collectively, with their ability to attain this level of academic achievement."
Among the UMass Lowell players named All American Scholars were seniors
Avni Berisha (Lake Ariel, Penn.) and
Ryan Dmowski (East Lyme, Conn.), juniors Mattias Göransson (Slottsbron, Sweden),
Kenny Hausinger (Anchorage, Alaska),
Ryan Lohin (Chadds Ford, Penn.),
Nick Marin (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and Colin O'Neil (Odenton, Md.), sophomores
Anthony Baxter (Oakville, Ont.),
Charlie Levesque (Russell, Ont.) and
Chris Schutz (Keller, Texas) and Freshmen
Chase Blackmun (Hudson, Wis.),
Sam Knoblauch (Rochester, Mich.) and
Reid Stefanson (Winnipeg, Manitoba).
The players were recognized for attaining a 3.6 Grade Point Average while participating in at least 40-percent of the team's games. Nationally 292 players were honored. The AHCA also honored 205 women as All American Scholars.
