DENVER – University of Denver hockey has four student-athletes named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators' Academic All-District Men's At-Large Teams, with seniors
Matt Davis and
Jack Devine, junior
Kent Anderson and sophomore
Boston Buckberger earning honors for their performance on the ice and in the classroom.
CSC Academic All-District Teams recognize the top student-athletes in the nation based on their combined athletic and academic performances. Anderson and Davis were also named to the All-District list last season, with Anderson earning Academic All-America Second Team honors.
To be eligible for CSC Academic All-District honors, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution. Nominated student-athletes must have participated in at least 90 percent of their team's games this season or started 66 percent of the games.
Each school was limited to six nominees for the Men's At-Large Academic All-District Team, which includes athletes from the NCAA sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
The Pioneers' trio were among 23 players from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference to earn nods, and DU was one of three programs in the league with at least four players on the list along with Omaha (four) and Western Michigan (six).
Davis led the NCAA with 29 wins, the second-most in a single season in school history (George Kirkwood, 30, 1960-61), while also starting in 40 games—tied for the most by a Denver goalie in a single campaign. The Calgary, Alberta, native finished his senior campaign by registering a 29-10-1 overall record, .924 save percentage, 2.07 goals-against average and one shutout, helping the Pioneers return to the NCAA Frozen Four for the second straight season. The senior won each of his first 11 starts in 2024-25 (Oct. 5-Nov. 16), tying for the longest in-season win streak in the last 10 years by a Denver netminder. A member of the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team and an NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete, Davis was also recognized with the conference's Senior Scholar-Athlete Award for 2024-25.
Devine posted career highs and led the NCAA with 57 points and 44 assists. A top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award for the second-straight season, the forward was just the third Pioneer to finish first in the country in scoring, joining Bobby Brink in 2021-22 (57) and Ed Beers in 1981-82 (84) He was also first DU player to record back-to-back 50-point seasons since Daryn McBride in 1987-88 (58) and 1988-89 (51). Devine finished his career as the highest-scoring player in the modern era of Denver hockey with 163 points (57g/106a) and is one of 10 players all-time at the school to record at least 50 goals, 100 assists and 150 points in their career. The Glencoe, Illinois, native was also named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team and an NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.
Anderson matched his career high of eight points (1g/7a) and recorded a personal-best seven assists while playing in all 44 contests. The junior defenseman from Calgary, Alberta, finished with a plus-13 rating and 14 penalty minutes. The 2024 NCAA Elite 90 winner in men's hockey also recorded a career high of 32 shots on goal and placed second on the team with 55 blocked shots, including stopping a personal-best four shots twice. Anderson was also named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team and an NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.
Buckberger was the 2025 NCAA Elite 90 winner at the men's hockey Frozen Four and recorded career bests with nine goals and 30 points while also adding 21 assists. The defenseman had played in each of the first 85 games of his career before suffering a season-ending injury in in the postseason and missed the final three games of the year. He finished fifth in the nation with a plus-30 rating and was ranked second in the country at the time of his injury. The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, native also produced 71 shots on goal, 36 blocked shots 22 penalty minutes in his sophomore campaign, and he was also named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team and an NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.
In addition, Davis and Devine were also selected as finalists for the CSC Academic All-America awards and will now advance to the national ballot this month. This year's At-Large First, Second and Third Teams are set to be announced on July 9.
