COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In addition to succeeding on the ice and in the weightroom, National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) players are also having success in the classroom, as 131 student-athletes have been named to the 2024-2025 NCHC Academic All-Conference Team on Thursday. Among the 131 honorees are 91 players who also earned NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recognition.
 
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, or have transferred intra-conference and previously been on the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team. 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. 
 
Among the 131 Academic All-Conference honorees, all nine NCHC schools placed at least 12 student-athletes on the team, led by four programs with 16 honorees each: Arizona State, Colorado College, Miami and St. Cloud State. Denver is one behind with 15 Academic All-Conference recipients, while Omaha has 14.
 
Colorado College once again leads NCHC teams with 15 Distinguished Scholar-Athletes this year, while Denver is home to 13 Distinguished Scholar-Athletes and Arizona State 12. Western Michigan boasts 11 Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, while Miami and St. Cloud State have nine (9) each. All nine NCHC teams have at least six (6) Distinguished Scholar-Athletes this year, with the 91 overall NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes the most in conference history (previous high was 73).
 
Eight (8) student-athletes earned NCHC Academic All-Conference honors for the fifth time in their career this year: Colorado College’s Tyler Coffey, Denver’s Connor Caponi and Carter King, Miami’s Hampus Rydqvist, Omaha’s Brock Bremer, Jimmy Glynn and Nolan Krenzen, and Western Michigan’s Robby Drazner, who also played at Miami. King, Bremer, Glynn and Krenzen are also now five-time NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes.
 
Fifteen (15) members of the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team have already graduated with a bachelor’s degree and are currently in graduate school, with 11 of them also being tabbed Distinguished Scholar-Athletes.
 
Of the 91 student-athletes earning NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete honors, 59 of them posted a cumulative GPA north of 3.7, including 22 with an impressive 3.9 GPA or better. Five (5) undergraduate student-athletes and a trio of graduate students carry a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA. Those undergraduate Distinguished Scholar-Athletes with a perfect GPA through the first semester of the 2024-25 academic year include Denver sophomore Boston Buckberger, Arizona State junior Gibson Homer, ASU sophomore David Hymovitch, North Dakota fifth-year senior Louis Jamernik V, and St. Cloud State junior Mason Reiners. The three graduate students with a perfect 4.0 GPA are Omaha’s Jimmy Glynn and Western Michigan’s Cam Knuble and Cameron Rowe.
 
While freshmen and inter-conference 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 2024-25 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 2024-25 NCHC Senior Scholar-Athlete Award, chosen from senior Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, will be announced at the annual NCHC Awards Celebration, which will once again be held at the St. Paul Event Center on Thursday, March 20 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 11-13.
 
All 131 members of the 2024-25 NCHC Academic All-Conference Team are listed below by school, with the 91 also earning NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recognition in bold.  
 
ARIZONA STATE
Tony Achille
Ryan Alexander
Benji Eckerle
Cole Gordon
Chase Hamm
Cole Helm
Gibson Homer
David Hymovitch
Dylan Jackson
Ty Murchison
Tucker Ness
Ty Jackson
Charlie Schoen
Lukas Sillinger
Kyle Smolen
Ethan Szmagaj
 
COLORADO COLLEGE
Ryan Beck
Max Burkholder
Tyler Coffey
Stanley Cooley
Tyler Dunbar
Noah Laba
Bret Link
Kaidan Mbereko
Tommy Middleton
Drew Montgomery
Ethan Straky
Riley Stuart
Klavs Veinbergs
Gleb Veremyev
Henry Wilder
Zaccharya Wisdom
 
DENVER
Kent Anderson
Cale Ashcroft
Garrett Brown
Boston Buckberger
Connor Caponi
Kieran Cebrian
Matt Davis
Jack Devine
Paxton Geisel  
Freddie Halyk
Sam Harris
Carter King
Rieger Lorenz
Aidan Thompson
Jared Wright
 
MIAMI
Tanyon Bajzer
Bruno Bruveris
Frankie Carogioiello
Spencer Cox
Zane Demsey
Nick Donato
Max Dukovac
William Hallén
Blake Mesenburg
Brayden Morrison
Dylan Moulton
Hampus Rydqvist
Rihards Simanovics
Ryan Sullivan
Raimonds Vitolins
Johnny Waldron
 
MINNESOTA DULUTH
Luke Bast
Kyle Bettens
Riley Bodnarchuk
Aiden Dubinsky
Braden Fischer
Will Francis
Carter Loney
Anthony Menghini
Matthew Perkins
Joey Pierce
Aaron Pionk
Zach Sandy
Jack Smith
 
NORTH DAKOTA
Hobie Hedquist
Louis Jamernik V
Dylan James
Kaleb Johnson
Jackson Kunz
Jake Livanavage
Owen McLaughlin
Dane Montgomery
Jayden Perron
Jake Schmaltz
Ben Strinden
Abram Wiebe
 
OMAHA
Brock Bremer
Will Craig
Noah Ellis
Jimmy Glynn
Jacob Guevin
Nolan Krenzen
Simon Latkoczy
Griffin Ludtke
Tanner Ludtke
Charlie Lurie
Cam Mitchell
Tyler Rollwagen
Jacob Slipec
Zach Urdahl
 
ST. CLOUD STATE
Grant Ahcan
Ethan AuCoin
Warren Clark
Karl Falk
James Gray
Tyson Gross
Josh Luedtke
Verner Miettinen
Nick Portz
Isak Posch
Jack Reimann
Mason Reiners
Jack Rogers
Ryan Rosborough
Kaleb Tiessen
Cooper Wylie
 
WESTERN MICHIGAN
Alex Bump
Cole Crusberg-Roseen
Robby Drazner
Cam Knuble
Kirk Laursen
Owen Michaels
Cameron Rowe
Wyatt Schingoethe
Sam Sjolund
Ean Somoza
Garrett Szydlowski
Tim Washe
Ethan Wolthers