KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) announced its initial Academic All-Conference Team this afternoon. Western Michigan had 13 players on the list, including 11 Distinguished Scholar Athletes.
To be eligible for the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team, a student-athlete must compile 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.
The Western Michigan Academic All-Conference selections were: , , , , , , , , , , , and .