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MARQUETTE — Fifteen Northern Michigan University hockey players have been named to the CCHA’s All-Academic Team for the 2022-23 school year, the league announced Monday.

All of these student-athletes have grade-point averages of at least 3.00 on a 4.00 scale.

In addition, 10 of the 15 Wildcats honored earned an additional CCHA Scholar-Athlete recognition for achieving a GPA of 3.50 or better.

From left, Northern Michigan University's Michael Van Unen takes a shot from near the point as Bemidji State's Alexander Lundman defends and Beavers goalie Mattias Sholl waits for the puck to arrive during their CCHA playoff game at the Berry Events Center in Marquette on March 4. (Photo courtesy Ron Mattson)

League-wide among the CCHA’s eight schools, 135 players earned the All-Academic honors that included 71 on the Scholar-Athlete Team. Each school had between 12 and 20 earning All-Academic, with as many as 14 at a single school also attaining Scholar-Athlete.

The entire league list can be found on the CCHA’s website at ccha.com and searching under Multimedia, then CCHA News, then CCHA All-Academic Team Announced.

Or a direct link to the announcement is available at https://ccha.com/news/2023/4/17/mens-ice-hockey-ccha-all-academic-team-announced.aspx.

These are the 10 Scholar-Athlete honorees from NMU, listed alphabetically with year in school and major:

• Tyrell Boucher, junior, financial management

Northern Michigan University’s Alex Frye, center, snaps off a shot on Bemidji State goalie Mattias Sholl, right, during their CCHA playoff game at the Berry Events Center in Marquette on March 4. Following the play is the Beavers' Logan Acheson. (Photo courtesy Ron Mattson)

• Michael Colella, junior, communications

• Vincent de Mey, senior, management

• Rico DiMatteo, junior, psychology

• Reilly Funk, redshirt freshman, political science

• Andre Ghantous, senior, sports science

• Jakob Peterson, sophomore, pre-business

• Rylan Van Unen, junior, management

• Tanner Vescio, senior, pre-business

• Brett Willits, junior, social media design management

The five Wildcats who were named to the All-Academic Team are:

• Alex Frye, senior, criminal justice

• Charlie Glockner, sophomore, sports science

• Jett Jungels, junior, entrepreneurship

• AJ Vanderbeck, senior, entrepreneurship

• Michael Van Unen, senior, sports science

Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.