By Patrick McHugh, News Staff
Following a 2008-09 season that saw the men’s and women’s hockey teams qualify for the postseason, a total of 25 players were named to the Hockey East All-Academic team June 9.
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To be eligible for the All-Academic team players had to earn a grade-point average of 3.0 or above during the two academic periods they were playing.
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On the men’s side, recent graduate defenseman Dennis Chisholm and senior forward Rob Rassey were named Hockey East Distinguished Scholars for completing their four years of eligibility with a GPA of 3.0 or above. Also named to the All-Academic team are senior defenseman Andrew Linard; junior forwards Greg Costa and Dylan Wiwchar; sophomores goaltender Mike Binnington, and defensemen Mike Hewkin and Dan Nycholat; and freshmen forward Matt Lipinski, defenseman JP Maley and forward Mike McLaughlin.
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Junior defenseman Katy Applin is one of 14 members of the women’s hockey team to earn all-conference accolades. Applin was named one of two Hockey East Top-Scholar Athletes for finishing the season with the highest GPA in the league, a perfect 4.0. Recent graduate forward Missy Elumba and senior forwards Ali Bielawski and Cassie Sperry were recognized as Distinguished Scholars, while Applin and Elumba were placed on the Academic All-Star Team. Other members of the All-Academic team members include senior defenseman Erin Reil; juniors defenseman Ginny Berg, defenseman Lindsay Berman and forward Annie Hogan; sophomores forward Lori Antflick, defenseman Julia Marty, goaltender Leah Sulyma, defenseman Vanessa Tomchik and forward Alyssa Wohlfeiler; and freshman defenseman Stephanie Gavronsky.
