COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Twenty-three (23) National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) student-athletes landed a spot on the 2025 Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team for their performance in the classroom and on the ice during the past season. College Sports Communicators (CSC), which selects the Academic All-District Teams, announced both the
men’s and women’s 2025 At-Large Teams on Tuesday.
The 23 honorees from the NCHC played for seven different schools, led by six from national champion Western Michigan. Denver and Omaha each placed four on the 2025 Academic All-District Team, while Colorado College and St. Cloud State are home to three members each. Miami saw a pair of players recognized and Minnesota Duluth has one recipient.
The Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team distinguishes the nation’s top student-athletes in a variety of sports for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom. The 23 CSC Academic All-District Team members from the NCHC in 2024-25 are (listed alphabetically):
- Kent Anderson, Denver, Jr., D
- Brock Bremer, Omaha, Gr., F
- Boston Buckberger, Denver, So., D
- Max Burkholder, Colorado College, So., D
- Stanley Cooley, Colorado College, Sr., F
- Cole Crusberg-Roseen, Western Michigan, So., D
- *Matt Davis, Denver, Sr., G
- *Jack Devine, Denver, Sr., F
- Christophe Fillion, Miami, Gr., F
- Ty Gallagher, Colorado College, Gr., D
- Daimon Gardner, St. Cloud State, So., F
- Jimmy Glynn, Omaha, Gr., F
- Brian Kramer, Western Michigan, Gr., D
- Nolan Krenzen, Omaha, Gr., D
- Griffin Ludtke, Omaha, Jr., D
- Blake Mesenburg, Miami, Jr., F
- Joey Pierce, Minnesota Duluth, Jr., D
- Isak Posch, St. Cloud State, So., G
- Mason Reiners, St. Cloud State, Jr., D
- Samuel Sjolund, Western Michigan, Jr., D
- Grant Slukynsky, Western Michigan, So., F
- Garrett Szydlowski, Western Michigan, So., F
- *Tim Washe, Western Michigan, Gr., F
Three of the 23 NCHC student-athletes were selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists (denoted with an asterisk above) and will advance to the national ballot: Denver goaltender
Matt Davis, Denver forward
Jack Devine and Western Michigan forward
Tim Washe. The Men’s At-Large Academic All-America Teams (First, Second and Third), as voted by CSC members, will be announced on Wednesday, July 9. Devine is a two-time First-Team All-NCHC selection and two-time First-Team All-American, while Davis garnered the NCHC’s Senior Scholar-Athlete Award this past season and Washe collected NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year honors in 2025.
Six NCHC student-athletes repeated on the Academic All-District Team, including Colorado College senior
Stanley Cooley, who received the honor for the third time. Along with Cooley, Denver’s
Kent Anderson, Davis, Miami’s
Blake Mesenburg, Western Michigan’s
Samuel Sjolund and Washe also collected Academic All-District honors in 2024.
To be
eligible for Academic All-District honors, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically 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 90 percent of their team’s games this season or started 66 percent of the games (50 percent for goaltenders).
Each school is limited to six nominees for the Men’s At-Large Academic All-District Team, which includes athletes from the NCAA men’s sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
CSC, previously known as CoSIDA, serves as the voting body for all Academic All-America Teams. Last year,
DU’s Kent Anderson was chosen to the Academic All-America Team.
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