KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) announced its initial Academic All-Conference Team this afternoon. Western Michigan had 16 players on the list, including 10 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.
WMU had the second most Distinguished Scholar Athletes in the conference and the third most Academic All-Conference honorees.