TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s hockey team has placed 17 student-athletes on the 2016-17 ECAC Hockey All-Academic team, the league has announced. Among Rensselaer’s honorees were junior Mike Prapavessis (Oakville, ON/Toronto Patriots) and sophomore Jesper Öhrvall (Halmstad, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs), who were selected to the Commissioner’s List, which is made up of the top scholars from each institution.
Senior captain Riley Bourbonnais (Rochester, NY/Lincoln Stars) was one of the four engineering majors from RPI, while the other 13 student-athletes are business and management majors. Five were recognized for the third time in their careers, including Bourbonnais and classmate Parker Reno (Edina, MN/Edina), while juniors Viktor Liljegren (Stockholm, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs), Drew Melanson (Paramus, NJ/Waterloo Black Hawks) and Prapavessis have made all three All-Academic teams in 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.
Name Year Major All-Academic Teams
Riley Bourbonnais Sr. Industrial and Management Engineering 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
Jake Wood Sr. Business and Management 2015-16, 2016-17
Liam McBain So. Electrical Engineering 2016-17
Patrick Polino Fr. Business and Management 2016-17
Mike Prapavessis Jr. Business and Management 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
Jared Wilson Jr. Business and Management 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
Sam Rappaport Fr. Mechanical Engineering 2016-17
Tommy Grant So. Business and Management 2015-16, 2016-17
Jake Marrello Fr. Business and Management 2016-17
Viktor Liljegren Jr. Business and Management 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
Drew Melanson Jr. Business and Management 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
Lou Nanne Jr. Business and Management 2015-16, 2016-17
Parker Reno Sr. Business and Management 2015-16, 2016-17
Evan Tironese Fr. Business and Management 2015-16, 2016-17
Jesper Ohrvall So. Business and Management 2015-16, 2016-17
Max Reisinger Fr. Biomedical Engineering 2016-17
Kyle St. Denis Fr. Business and Management 2016-17
