WINTHROP, Mass. – Three Mercyhurst women's ice hockey players were named College Hockey America Student-Athletes of the Year while 20 players were named to the All-Academic Team.
This year throughout the CHA there was a record setting 116 student-athletes named to the All-Academic Team, with 13 student-athletes being named as Student-Athletes of the Year
Alexa Vasko earned the Student-Athlete of the Year award for the second time in her career while
K.K. Thiessen and
Rachel Marmen earned it for the first time.
To qualify for Student-Athletes of the Year, a student-athlete must earn a 4/0 grade point average.
Along with Vasko, Thiessen and Marmen on the All-Academic Team are;
Kennedy Blair,
Aubrey Cole,
Summer-Rae Dobson, Céline Frappier,
Mary Katherine Gialames,
Sam Isbell,
Leah Klassen,
Maggie Knott,
Megan Korzack,
Sarah Nelles,
Emma Nuutinen,
Liliane Perreault,
Alexane Rheaume,
Michele Robillard,
Abigail Schauer,
Jenna Silvonen and
Alexandria Weiss.
To qualify for the All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must post a 3.0 GPA or better in the semesters in which she was competing.
Robert Morris led the way with 22 All-Academic Team members, Syracuse was next with 21, Mercyhurst had 20, RIT had 19, Lindenwood tallied 18 and Penn State had 16 members.
