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University of New Hampshire
AMESBURY, Mass. – Twenty-one members of the 2024-25 University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team have been named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team. The 21 selections ranked fourth in the conference. To qualify, a student-athlete must have recorded a 3.0 GPA or above for each semester. Senior captain Alex Gagne (Bedford, N.H.) and […]

To qualify, a student-athlete must have recorded a 3.0 GPA or above for each semester.
Senior captain Alex Gagne (Bedford, N.H.) and senior defenseman Luke Reid (Warman, Saskatchewan) each recorded a 4.0 to earn Hockey East Top Scholar Athlete honors for compiling the highest GPA at their position for the season. The two Wildcats were also named to the Academic All-Star Team.
Gagne and senior alternate captain Connor Sweeney (North Andover, Mass.) were recognized as a Distinguished Scholar for being named to the All-Academic Team for all four seasons.
Graduate student goalie Raphael Gaughan (Somersworth, N.H.) made the All-Academic Team for the third time, while senior defenseman Jack Babbage (Tully, N.Y.), graduate student alternate captain Nikolai Jenson (Cold Spring, Minn.), junior forward Cy LeClerc (Brentwood, N.H.), senior defenseman Luis Lindner (Spittal an der Drau, Austria), senior forward Conor Lovett (Franklin, Mass.), Reid, sophomore forward Jason Siedem (Madison, N.J.) and sophomore forward Ronan Walsh (Andover, N.H.) were selected for the second time.
First-time honorees were sophomore forward Ryan Conmy (Alexandria, Va.), senior goalie Rico DiMatteo (Brasher Falls, N.Y.), sophomore forward Brendan Fitzgerald (North Reading, Mass.), sophomore forward Zach Hahn (Huntington, N.Y.), senior defenseman Colton Huard (Foothill Ranch, Calif.), freshman forward Ryan MacPherson (Windsor, Ontario), freshman defenseman Josh Player (Thorofare, N.J.), sophomore forward Nick Ring (Hingham, Mass.), junior forward Kristaps Skrastins (Grobina, Latvia) and junior goalie Jared Whale (Calgary, Alberta).
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