COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – For the second straight season, 56 National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) student-athletes have earned AHCA Krampade All-American Scholars honors for exceptional achievement in the classroom and being a consistent contributor on the ice. The American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) announced the 405 men’s college hockey players recognized for the 2025-26 season on Monday.
 
A total of 725 Division I hockey players landed AHCA All-American Scholars in 2025-26, including 405 men and 320 women. To qualify, a student-athlete must have attained at least a 3.75 grade point average for each semester during the academic year and had to appear in 40 percent of their team’s games. Exceptions were granted to injured players and back-up goaltenders. Schools are also required to be good-standing members of the AHCA.
 
For the fourth straight year, Colorado College leads all NCHC teams with 15 All-American Scholars, which ties for the most from any NCAA men’s program in 2025-26 along with Bowling Green and Long Island. Denver and St. Cloud State are next among NCHC schools with nine honorees each, followed by Arizona State and Minnesota Duluth, who have five each. All NCHC schools have at least two student-athletes recognized.
 
To see the complete list of 2025-26 AHCA All-American Scholars, click here. The complete list of NCHC student-athletes is below.
 
Denver junior defenseman Eric Pohlkamp, the NCHC Offensive Defenseman of the Year, was one of only four men’s players nationally to earn CCM/AHCA All-American status on the ice in 2025-26 (announced in April), in addition to being an All-American Scholar off of it.
 
Three NCHC student-athletes became four-time All-American Scholars this year in Denver senior defenseman Kent Anderson, who was also the NCHC’s Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, along with St. Cloud State’s Mason Reiners and Jack Rogers. Denver junior defenseman Boston Buckberger garnered All-American Scholars honors for the third time, while nine others from the NCHC repeated as an All-American Scholar this year.
 
Five NCHC student-athletes earned both AHCA All-American Scholars and All-NCHC honors on the ice in 2025-26, led by Pohlkamp, who was a First-Team All-NCHC honoree. Buckberger, UMD sophomore forward Zam Plante and WMU senior defenseman Samuel Sjolund all garnered Third-Team All-NCHC this past season along with All-American Scholars accolades. Denver defenseman Eric Jamieson was named to the NCHC All-Rookie Team this year.
 
The NCHC announced its initial 2025-26 Honor Roll and Distinguished Scholar-Athletes in February, while eligible freshmen and first-year transfers will be added to those lists in July. A total of 113 NCHC student-athletes were honored initially in February for having at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, while 83 were also recognized as NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes with a 3.5 GPA or better. The NCHC also announced its new Academic All-Conference Team in March.
 
The complete list of 56 AHCA All-American Scholars this year from the NCHC is below by school, with repeat honorees denoted by asterisks (*):
 
ARIZONA STATE
Sam Alfano, FR F
Connor Hasley, GR G
Justin Kipkie, FR D
Cullen Potter, SO F
Noah Powell, SO F
 
COLORADO COLLEGE
Nick Baer, SO D
Jordan Brisson, SO F
Beckham Dempsey, FR G
**Ryan Koering, SO D
Gavin Lindberg, SO F
Bret Link, JR F
**Kaidan Mbereko, SR G
**Drew Montgomery, JR F
Mateo Mrsic, FR F
Brayden Schuurman, FR F
Fisher Scott, SO D
Merril Steenari, FR F
**Riley Stuart, JR F
Jackson Unger, FR G
**Klavs Veinbergs, JR F
 
DENVER
****Kent Anderson, SR D
***Boston Buckberger, JR D
Clarke Caswell, FR F
Eric Jamieson, FR D
Brady Milburn, FR F
Quentin Miller, FR G
**Tory Pitner, SO D
Eric Pohlkamp, JR D
Reid Varkonyi, FR F
 
MIAMI
**John Emmons SO F
Ethan Hay, FR F
Benji Motew, FR G
 
MINNESOTA DULUTH
Blake Bechen, SO F
Luke Bibby, FR F
**Riley Bodnarchuk, SR D
Zam Plante, SO F
Grayden Siepmann, FR D
 
NORTH DAKOTA
Ian Engel, FR D
Ollie Josephson, FR F
David Klee, FR F
Anthony Menghini, JR F
 
OMAHA
**Myles Hilman, SO F
Jeremy Loranger, FR F
Marcus Nguyen, FR F
Maxime Pellerin, SO F
 
ST. CLOUD STATE
Patriks Berzins, SO G
Daimon Gardner, JR F
Finn Loftus, SO D
Jack Reimann, JR F
****Mason Reiners, SR D
****Jack Rogers, JR F
Ryan Rosborough, SR F
Noah Urness, FR F
Cooper Wylie, SR D
 
WESTERN MICHIGAN
Tyler MacKenzie, FR F
Samuel Sjolund, SR D