TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s hockey team has placed 23 student-athletes on the 2017-18 ECAC Hockey All-Academic team, the league has announced. Among Rensselaer’s honorees was Mike Prapavessis (Oakville, ON/Toronto Patriots), who was selected to the Commissioner’s List, which is made up of the top scholars from each institution.
Sophomore defenseman TJ Samec (St. Paul, MN/Brookings Blizzard), freshman goaltender Linden Marshall (Victoria, BC/Trail Smoke Eaters) and sophomore forward Max Reisinger (Walding, Austria/Minor Minotauros) were the three engineering majors to make the list, while the other 20 are Business & Management, including four-time recipient Prapavessis and classmates Viktor Liljegren (Stockholm, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs) and Jered Wilson (Calgary, AB/Vernon Vipers). Two were recognized for the third time in their careers, including juniors Tommy Grant (Sparta, NJ/Bay State Breakers), Jesper Ohrvall (Halmstad, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs) and Evan Tironese (Qualicum Beach, BC/Alberni Valley Bulldogs).
The 14 first-time honorees included the team’s top scorer from 2017-18, sophomore Jacob Hayhurst (Missassauga, ON/Cedar Rapids RoughRiders) and Marhall, who started a team-best 28 games between the pipes.
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.
Name Year Major All-Academic Teams
Todd Burgess So. Business & Management 2017-18
Jaren Burke Fr. Business & Management 2017-18
Mike Gornall Jr. Business & Management 2017-18
Tommy Grant Jr. Business & Management 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Mat Harris Fr. Business & Management 2017-18
Jacob Hayhurst So. Business & Management 2017-18
Billy Jerry Fr. Business & Management 2017-18
Viktor Liljegren Sr. Business & Management 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Linden Marshall Fr. Mechanical Engineering 2017-18
Meirs Moore Jr. Business & Management 2017-18
Emil Ohrvall Fr. Business & Management 2017-18
Jesper Ohrvall Jr. Business & Management 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Donovan Ott Fr. Business & Management 2017-18
Patrick Polino Jr. Business & Management 2016-17, 2017-18
Mike Prapavessis Sr. Business & Management 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Max Reisinger So. Biomedical Engineering 2016-17, 2017-18
Jon Richards Fr. Business & Management 2017-18
TJ Samec So. Management Engineering 2017-18
Kyle St. Denis So. Business & Management 2016-17, 2017-18
Owen Stout Fr. Business & Management 2017-18
Evan Tironese Jr. Business & Management 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Brady Wiffen Jr. Business & Management 2017-18
Jared Wilson Sr. Business & Management 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Commissioner’s List in BOLD
