DENVER – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference announced on Wednesday that 15 Denver Pioneers hockey players have been named to the 2021-22 NCHC Academic All-Conference Team and seven have earned Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recognition.
Ryan Barrow, Mike Benning, Bobby Brink, Connor Caponi, Jack Caruso, Magnus Chrona, Brett Edwards, Cole Guttman, Reid Irwin, Lane Krenzen, Justin Lee, Kyle Mayhew, Brett Stapley, Antti Tuomisto and
McKade Webster are all of the Denver players named to the Academic All-Conference Team.
Barrow, Brink, Chrona, Guttman, Irwin, Krenzen and
Mayhew are the seven Pioneers that earned NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete honors.
To be eligible for the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team, a student-athlete must have compiled a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average or better, while having completed at least one full academic year at his current institution. Student-athletes that have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better are honored as NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, in addition to Academic All-Conference.
While freshmen and first-year transfers, including graduate transfers, are not currently eligible for the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team or Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recognition (due to not having a full year at their current school), those freshmen and transfers that achieve a cumulative 3.0 GPA or better at the conclusion of the 2021-22 academic year will be added to the Academic All-Conference Team over the summer. Similarly, any freshmen or transfers who compile a 3.5 GPA or better will be named an NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.
Overall, the NCHC had a record 136 players named to the Academic All-Conference Team and 73 players named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.
The 2021-22 NCHC Senior Scholar-Athlete Award, chosen from senior Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, will be announced at the annual NCHC Awards Celebration, which returns this season on Thursday, March 17 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. NCHC All-Conference and All-Rookie Teams, along with NCHC individual award finalists, will be announced the week prior from March 8-10.
UP NEXT: The No. 3 Pioneers continue their season-long road trip as they travel to face the Omaha Mavericks on Friday and Saturday night at Baxter Arena. Both contests begin at 6 p.m. MT.
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