COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) is home to 15 student-athletes who earned Academic All-District honors for the 2022-23 season, as the College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced the 2023 Academic All-District At-Large Teams on Tuesday.
 
The 15 NCHC student-athletes are part of the 2023 Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team, which is selected by College Sports Communicators and recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes in a variety of sports for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom. The 15 NCHC honorees hail from five different schools, led by five from Western Michigan, which is the maximum allowed by CSC on the At-Large Team. Colorado College, Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State each placed three on the Academic All-District Team, while Miami had one representative.
 
The 15 CSC Academic All-District Team members from the NCHC are:

• Nicklas Andrews, Jr., D, Colorado College
• Jacob Bauer, Jr., D, Western Michigan
• Blake Biondi, Jr., F, Minnesota Duluth
• Trevor Bishop, Jr., F, Western Michigan
• Stanley Cooley, So., F, Colorado College
• Grant Cruikshank, Gr., F, St. Cloud State
• Aidan Fulp, Jr., D, Western Michigan
• Luke Grainger, Jr., F, Western Michigan
• Daniel Hilsendager, Jr., D, Western Michigan
• Tanner Laderoute, Gr., F, Minnesota Duluth
• Luke Loheit, Sr., F, Minnesota Duluth
• Josh Luedtke, So., D, St. Cloud State
• Ryan Savage, Sr., F, Miami
• Aidan Spellacy, Gr., F, St. Cloud State
• Logan Will, Jr., F, Colorado College

 
To be nominated for Academic All-District, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution. Nominated student-athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s games this season, have completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution and been on a college roster in that sport for two years. In the cases of transfers, graduate students, and two-year college graduates, the student-athlete must have completed one full calendar year at the nominating institution to be eligible.
 
Each school was limited to five nominees for the Men’s At-Large Team, which includes athletes from all NCAA sports except baseball, basketball, football, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, and track & field/cross country (each of those sports has their own Academic All-District Teams).
 
All eligible nominees receive Academic All-District recognition and advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. First, second and third-team Academic All-America At-Large honorees will be announced Wednesday, June 21. CSC, previously known as CoSIDA, serves as the voting body for Academic All-America Teams.