The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association announced the 2021-22 NCHA All-Academic Teams on Wednesday and Lake Forest led the conference with 38 honorees on the men's and women's teams combined.
The Forester women's team had a league record 18 players recognized. The Lake Forest men, whose 22 last season are still the the most in conference history, had 20 honorees this year, one fewer than Aurora University.
To earn the award a player must be at least a sophomore with a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or better. There were a record 242 honorees spread across all of the league's men's and women's teams.
Forty-six players (30 men, 16 women) in the NCHA were recognized for the third or fourth season, including Lake Forest seniors Grace Black, Max Cavallini, Kyle Cote, Emelia Edmondson, Josh Giacomin, Will Lebel, Zach Leonard, Olyvia Opsahl, Abigail Tucci, and Megan Truman.
The complete list of Foresters is below.
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Release
Lake Forest Women | Lake Forest Men |
Stokli Ashcraft, Junior * | Vaughan Bamford, Junior * |
Grace Black, Senior # | Bailey Brant, Sophomore |
Cagla Celik, Junior * | Max Cavallini, Senior # |
Caitlyn Dahut, Sophomore | David Cohen, Junior * |
Karya Dean, Junior * | Kyle Cote, Senior # |
Emelia Edmondson, Senior # | Brendan Coughlin, Junior * |
Grace Garby, Sophomore | Josh Giacomin, Senior # |
Marissa Gebauer, Junior | Shane Hathaway, Sophomore |
Hannah Kobienia, Senior * | Cullen Kane, Senior * |
Lexi Nguyen, Sophomore | Ryan Kropp, Junior * |
Olyvia Opsahl, Senior # | Sam Lau, Junior * |
Danielle Selby, Sophomore | Will Lebel, Senior # |
Iman Shepard, Junior * | Zach Leonard, Senior # |
Samantha Shoebottom, Junior | Scott Nicholson, Junior * |
Rose Sperry, Senior | Tyler Nielsen, Sophomore |
Megan Truman, Senior # | Erik Nilsson, Junior * |
Abigail Tucci, Senior # | Ben Perkins, Sophomore |
Hannah Turnage, Junior * | Carson Poulin, Junior * |
Drew Shields, Junior * | |
* Two-Time NCHA All-Academic Member # Three-Time All-Academic Member |
Nick Wiencek, Junior * |