COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Along with putting in the work on the ice and in the gym, National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) players are also working hard in the classroom, as 112 student-athletes have been named to the 2023-24 NCHC Academic All-Conference Team. Included in those 112 honorees are 69 NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes.
 
To be eligible for the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team, a student-athlete must compile a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average or better, while having completed at least one full academic year at his current institution. Student-athletes that have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better are honored as NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, in addition to Academic All-Conference. 
 
Of the 69 student-athletes to earn NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete honors, 44 of them posted a cumulative GPA north of 3.7, including 16 with an impressive 3.9 GPA or better. Three (3) NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes carry a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA. Those Distinguished Scholar-Athletes with a perfect GPA through the first semester of the 2023-24 academic year include North Dakota senior Louis Jamernik V, Omaha senior Matt Miller and St. Cloud State sophomore Mason Reiners. The 69 Distinguished Scholar-Athletes are the second-most in NCHC history, trailing only the 73 in 2021-22.
 
Colorado College once again leads NCHC teams with 13 Distinguished Scholar-Athletes this year, while Omaha and Western Michigan are each home to 10 Distinguished Scholar-Athletes. Denver and Minnesota Duluth boast eight (8) Distinguished Scholar-Athletes each, while all eight NCHC teams have at least six (6) Distinguished Scholar-Athletes this year.
 
Among the 112 Academic All-Conference honorees, seven schools placed at least 12 student-athletes on the team, led by 18 each from Colorado College and Omaha. Western Michigan is third with 16 Academic All-Conference recipients, while Denver has 15 representatives on the team. Minnesota Duluth is home to 13 Academic All-Conference Team members, while Miami and North Dakota had 12 each earn the distinction.
 
Three (3) NCHC student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference honors for the fifth time in their career this year: Miami captain and defenseman Jack Clement, North Dakota assistant captain and forward Carson Albrecht, and Omaha captain and forward Nolan Sullivan. Sullivan is the lone one of the trio to be a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete all five years, as well.
 
Seven (7) members of the Academic All-Conference Team have already graduated with a bachelor’s degree and are currently in graduate school, including Clement, Albrecht and Sullivan. Three of those seven were also Distinguished Scholar-Athletes this year, including Miami’s Logan Neaton, Omaha’s Jack Randl and Sullivan.
 
While freshmen and first-year transfers, including graduate transfers, are not currently eligible for the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team or Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recognition (due to not having a full year at their current school), those freshmen and transfers that achieve a cumulative 3.0 GPA or better at the conclusion of the 2023-24 academic year will be added to the Academic All-Conference Team over the summer. Similarly, any freshmen or first-year transfers who compile a 3.5 GPA or better will be named an NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete. 
 
The 2023-24 NCHC Senior Scholar-Athlete Award, chosen from senior Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, will be announced at the annual NCHC Awards Celebration, which will be held at the St. Paul Event Center on Thursday, March 21 in Saint Paul, Minn. NCHC All-Conference and All-Rookie Teams, along with NCHC individual award finalists, will be announced the week prior from March 12-14.
 
All 112 members of the 2023-24 NCHC Academic All-Conference Team are listed below by school, with those also earning NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recognition in bold.  
 
COLORADO COLLEGE 
Nicklas Andrews
Ryan Beck
Jake Begley
Nikolai Charchenko
Ray Christy
Tyler Coffey
Stanley Cooley
Chase Foley
Noah Laba
Connor Mayer
Kaidan Mbereko
Tommy Middleton
Jack Millar
Noah Serdachny
Ethan Straky
Gleb Veremyev
Danny Weight
Logan Will
 
DENVER
Kent Anderson
Tristan Broz
Shai Buium
Connor Caponi
Jack Caruso
Matt Davis
Jack Devine
Carter King
Tristan Lemyre
Rieger Lorenz
Lucas Olvestad
Massimo Rizzo
Aidan Thompson
McKade Webster
Jared Wright
 
MIAMI
Frankie Carogioiello
Jack Clement
Zane Demsey
Robby Drazner
Max Dukovac
William Hallén
Axel Kumlin
Carter McPhail
Blake Mesenburg
Logan Neaton
Hampus Rydqvist
John Waldron
 
MINNESOTA DULUTH
Kyle Bettens
Blake Biondi
Riley Bodnarchuk
Aiden Dubinsky
Owen Gallatin
Darian Gotz
Kyler Kleven
Carter Loney
Joey Pierce
Zach Sandy
Jack Smith
Ben Steeves
Matthew Thiessen
 
NORTH DAKOTA
Carson Albrecht
Jackson Blake
Riese Gaber
Louis Jamernik V
Dylan James
Kaleb Johnson
Jackson Kunz
Owen McLaughlin
Dane Montgomery
Griffin Ness
Jake Schmaltz
Ben Strinden
 
OMAHA
Michael Abgrall
Brock Bremer
Ray Fust
Jimmy Glynn
Jacob Guevin
Jake Harrison
Nolan Krenzen
Simon Latkoczy
Griffin Ludtke
Victor Mancini
Matt Miller
Cam Mitchell
Ty Mueller
Kirby Proctor
Jack Randl
Tyler Rollwagen
Jacob Slipec
Nolan Sullivan
 
ST. CLOUD STATE
Dominic Basse
James Gray
Josh Luedtke
Joe Molenaar
Mason Reiners
Jack Rogers
Ryan Rosborough
Cooper Wylie
 
WESTERN MICHIGAN
Jacob Bauer
Trevor Bishop
Cole Burtch
Cedric Fiedler
Zak Galambos
Luke Grainger
Chad Hillebrand
Daniel Hilsendager
Cam Knuble
Hugh Larkin
Kirk Laursen
Cameron Rowe
Sam Sjolund
Tim Washe
Dylan Wendt
Ethan Wolthers