TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's hockey team has placed 28 student-athletes on the 2020-21 ECAC Hockey All-Academic team, the league has announced. The Engineers saw nine student-athletes earn the distinction for the first time.
Cory Babichuk was named to the Commissioner's List, earning a 4.0 grade point average in both semesters.
Senior goaltender
Linden Marshall (Victoria, BC/Trail Smoke Eaters) was the lone engineering majors to make the list, while the other 27 are Business and Management majors, including four-time recipients Marshall and
Billy Jerry (River Falls, WI / Madison Capitals). Three freshmen earned the award and now have a chance to be four-year recipients during their careers.
Players are eligible for the All-Academic team if they earn a cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.00 on a 4.00 scale or have a GPA over 3.00 over the past three semesters.
As a team, Rensselaer had a department-high GPA of 3.59 in the Spring 2021 semester and boast a cumulative average of 3.45. Twenty-eight student-athletes had at least a 3.0 GPA last semester with 20 of them earning a 3.50-or-better.
| Name |
Year |
Major |
All-Academic Teams |
| Cory Babichuk |
Jr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20 |
| John Beaton |
So. |
Business and Management |
2020-21 |
| Nick Bowman |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19 |
| John Brackett |
So. |
Business and Management |
2019-20, 2017-18 |
| Alec Calvaruso |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20 |
| Dylan Davies |
Fr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21 |
| Daniel DiGrande |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2019-20, 2018-19 |
| Zach Dubinsky |
Jr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20 |
| Brady Ferner |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19 |
| Jake Gagnon |
Fr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21 |
| Kyle Hallbauer |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20 |
| Louie Helsen |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20 |
| Rory Herrman |
Jr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20 |
| Billy Jerry |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18 |
| Jake Johnson |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19 |
| Simon Kjellberg |
Jr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21 |
| Mason Klee |
Jr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20 |
| Jakub Lacka |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19 |
| Ottoville Leppänen |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19 |
| Ture Linden |
Sr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19 |
| Ryan Mahshie |
Jr. |
Business and Management |
2020-21, 2019-20 |
| Linden Marshall |
Sr. |
Mechanical Engineering |
2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18 |
| James McIsaac |
So. |
Business and Management |
2020-21 |
| Brett Miller |
So. |
Business and Management |
2020-21 |
| Altti Nykanen |
Fr. |
Management Engineering |
2020-21 |
| Henri Schreifels |
So. |
Business and Management |
2020-21 |
| Lauri Serti |
So. |
Business and Management |
2020-21 |
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