28 Players From RPI Men’s Hockey Garner All-Academic

Will Reilly selected to Commissioner’s List

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s hockey team has placed 28 student-athletes on the 2019-20 ECAC Hockey All-Academic team, the league has announced. The Engineers saw eight student-athletes earn the distinction for the first time. Will Reilly was named to the Commissioner’s List, earning a 4.0 grade point average in both semesters of his senior year.

Senior defenseman TJ Samec (St. Paul, MN/Brookings Blizzard) and junior goaltender Linden Marshall (Victoria, BC/Trail Smoke Eaters) were the two engineering majors to make the list, while the other 26 are Business and Management majors, including four-time recipient Patrick Polino (Buffalo, NY/Lincoln Stars). Seven freshmen earned the award and now have a chance to be four-year recipients during their careers.

Players are eligible for the All-Academic team if they earn a cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.00 on a 4.00 scale or have a GPA over 3.00 over the past three semesters.

As a team, Rensselaer had a department-high GPA of 3.78 in the Spring 2020 semester and boast a cumulative average of 3.45. All 28 student-athletes had at least a 3.0 GPA last semester with 23 of them earning a 3.50-or-better.