Seven Mavs Named WCHA Scholar-Athletes
Feb 9, 2012 | General, Hockey
WCHA Release
MADISON, Wis. – Seven members of the UNO hockey team were named WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award winners today. They were part of a record class of 96 men's and women's honorees.
UNO's honorees included goaltender Fredrik Bergman, who earned the award for the second straight year, and first time honorees Bryce Aneloski, Terry Broadhurst, Kyle Ensign, Zahn Raubenheimer, Johnnie Searfoss and Alex Simonson.
The WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award was developed through Association member team Faculty Representatives and approved by the conference membership beginning with the 2005-06 season. To earn recognition as a WCHA Scholar-Athlete, conference-member student-athletes must have completed at least one year of residency at their present institution prior to the current academic year and must also have a grade-point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale for the previous two semesters or three quarters, or may qualify if his or her overall GPA is at least 3.50 for all terms at his or her present institution.
Over the first seven years of the award, there have now been 510 honorees representing all 12 men's-member and all eight women's-member institutions. The previous record for honorees in one season was 90 in 2010-11.
Forty-six (46) of this season's 96 men's and women's WCHA Scholar-Athletes are repeat honorees, including two four-time recipients and 14 three-time winners.
Earning this distinguished honor for the fourth time are Minnesota Duluth's Kenny Reiter (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12) and Minnesota State's Austin Lee (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12), who also become only the fourth and fifth conference student-athletes to do so. The others were North Dakota's Chay Genoway (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11), Colorado College's Scott McCulloch (2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09) and Minnesota State's Jenna Hewitt (2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10).
Fourteen of this season's honorees have now earned the WCHA Scholar-Athlete award for the third time in their careers. They are: Alaska Anchorage's Dusan Sidor; Bemidji State's Alana McElhinney and Montana Vichorek; Colorado College's David Civitarese; Michigan Tech's Corson Cramer; Minnesota State's Joe Schiller and Jackie Otto; North Dakota's Brad Eidsness; St. Cloud State's Jordy Christian, Anna Donlan, Drew LeBlanc, Travis Novak and Brittany Toor; and Wisconsin's Carolyne Prévost.
The complete list of honorees can be found in the attached release above.
MADISON, Wis. – Seven members of the UNO hockey team were named WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award winners today. They were part of a record class of 96 men's and women's honorees.
UNO's honorees included goaltender Fredrik Bergman, who earned the award for the second straight year, and first time honorees Bryce Aneloski, Terry Broadhurst, Kyle Ensign, Zahn Raubenheimer, Johnnie Searfoss and Alex Simonson.
The WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award was developed through Association member team Faculty Representatives and approved by the conference membership beginning with the 2005-06 season. To earn recognition as a WCHA Scholar-Athlete, conference-member student-athletes must have completed at least one year of residency at their present institution prior to the current academic year and must also have a grade-point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale for the previous two semesters or three quarters, or may qualify if his or her overall GPA is at least 3.50 for all terms at his or her present institution.
Over the first seven years of the award, there have now been 510 honorees representing all 12 men's-member and all eight women's-member institutions. The previous record for honorees in one season was 90 in 2010-11.
Forty-six (46) of this season's 96 men's and women's WCHA Scholar-Athletes are repeat honorees, including two four-time recipients and 14 three-time winners.
Earning this distinguished honor for the fourth time are Minnesota Duluth's Kenny Reiter (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12) and Minnesota State's Austin Lee (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12), who also become only the fourth and fifth conference student-athletes to do so. The others were North Dakota's Chay Genoway (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11), Colorado College's Scott McCulloch (2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09) and Minnesota State's Jenna Hewitt (2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10).
Fourteen of this season's honorees have now earned the WCHA Scholar-Athlete award for the third time in their careers. They are: Alaska Anchorage's Dusan Sidor; Bemidji State's Alana McElhinney and Montana Vichorek; Colorado College's David Civitarese; Michigan Tech's Corson Cramer; Minnesota State's Joe Schiller and Jackie Otto; North Dakota's Brad Eidsness; St. Cloud State's Jordy Christian, Anna Donlan, Drew LeBlanc, Travis Novak and Brittany Toor; and Wisconsin's Carolyne Prévost.
The complete list of honorees can be found in the attached release above.
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