WAKEFIELD, Mass.—For the third consecutive season, the UMass Lowell men's hockey program led Hockey East with a league-high 27 student-athletes tabbed to the 2020-21 Hockey East All-Academic Team, as announced by the league Friday.
UMass Lowell's 27 student-athletes were a part of a record-setting 187 honoree Hockey East All-Academic Team, which each student-athlete achieving a grade point average of 3.0 or better in each of the two academic periods during which he was actively competing.
Nine River Hawk juniors—
Seth Barton (Kelowna, B.C.),
Chase Blackmun (Hudson, Wis.),
Lucas Condotta (Georgetown, Ontario),
Sam Knoblauch (Rochester, Mich.),
Jon McDonald (Livonia, Mich.),
Austin O'Rourke (Canton, Ga.),
Dominick Procopio (Grosse Pointe, Mich.),
Nolan Sawchuk (Burnsville, Minn.) and
Reid Stefanson (Winnipeg, Manitoba)—made the list for the third time in their careers.
Blackmun, Procopio and Stefanson also earned Top Scholar-Athlete distinction, which is bestowed upon student-athletes who compiled a perfect 4.0 GPA for the season. For their academic achievements, the trio was named to the 2020-21 Hockey East Academic All-Star Team.
Eight sophomores—
Carl Berglund (Hammaro, Sweden),
Matt Brown (Wood Ridge, N.J.),
Brian Chambers (Weymouth, Mass.),
Zach Kaiser (Orangeville, Ontario),
Marek Korencik (Zilina, Slovakia),
Logan Neaton (Brighton, Mich.),
Jordan Schulting (Penticton, B.C.) and
Blake Wells (Blackie, Alberta)—as well as senior goaltender
Benjamin McEvoy (Dunstable, Mass.) also made the All-Academic cut for a second consecutive season.
To cap off his undergraduate career, McEvoy was also the recipient of the 2021 UMass Lowell Chancellor's Medal, which is the university's highest honor bestowed upon graduating seniors.
Seniors
Anthony Baxter (Oakville, Ontario),
Charlie Levesque (Russell, Ontario) and
Connor Sodergren (Tewksbury, Mass.) received Distinguished Honor accolades for earning a 3.0 or better in each semester of their four varsity seasons.
This season, the River Hawks earned the 2021 Griffin Award after earning a combined 3.67 GPA. The university honor is annually bestowed upon the men's and women's program with the highest grade point average at the end of each academic year.
2020-21 Hockey East All-Academic Honorees
Matt Allen
Nik Armstrong-Kingkade
Seth Barton ***
Anthony Baxter +
Carl Berglund **
Chase Blackmun *** ^
Matt Brown **
Brian Chambers **
Lucas Condotta ***
Brehdan Engum
Zach Kaiser **
Sam Knoblauch ***
Marek Korencik **
Josh Latta
Charlie Levesque +
Jon McDonald ***
Benjamin McEvoy **
Logan Neaton **
Austin O'Rourke ***
Dominick Procopio *** ^
Nolan Sawchuk ***
Jordan Schulting **
Connor Sodergren +
Reid Stefanson *** ^
Jackson Sterrett
Andre Lee
Blake Wells **
** two-time honoree
*** three-time honoree
+ Distinguished Scholar (3.0 in each semester of four varsity seasons)
^ Top Scholar-Athlete (Highest GPA in Hockey East)
