ECAC Hockey Salutes 18 Crimson Men’s Players for Academics
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Eighteen members of the
Harvard men’s hockey team have been earned ECAC Hockey
All-Academic honors for the 2011-12 season, the league announced
Tuesday.
Three Crimson seniors—economics concentrator Ryan Grimshaw,
neurobiology concentrator Eric Kroshus and sociology concentrator
Colin Moore—earned academic recognition for the fourth
straight year. Fellow senior Rence Coassin (sociology) received a
third straight selection, while classmates Alex Killorn
(government) and Daniel Moriarty (economics) were honored for the
second consecutive year. In addition to their success in the
classroom, five recognized seniors have already begun playing
professional hockey or signed a pro contract.
Junior David Valek (economics) also earned his third All-Academic
selection. Five other Crimson skaters were repeat honorees: juniors
Alex Fallstrom (economics) and Conor Morrison (sociology) and
sophomores John Caldwell (economics), Danny Fick (economics) and
Dan Ford (government).
Six others also made the All-Academic list: juniors Danny Biega
(sociology), Marshall Everson (government) and Luke Greiner
(sociology) and freshmen Colin Blackwell, Ryan McGregor and Mike
Seward.
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 last three semesters.
Harvard’s total of 18 honorees ranked fifth overall in the
12-team conference and first among the squads that reached the
league’s championship weekend in Atlantic City, N.J.
The Crimson also excelled on the ice in 2011-12, placing second in
the ECAC Hockey Championship and third in the ECAC regular-season
standings. Harvard placed two skaters, Biega and Killorn, on the
All-America first team.
