RPI Men’s Hockey Places 28 On ECAC All-Academic Team

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s hockey team has placed 28 student-athletes on the 2020-21 ECAC Hockey All-Academic team, the league has announced. The Engineers saw nine student-athletes earn the distinction for the first time. Cory Babichuk was named to the Commissioner’s List, earning a 4.0 grade point average in both semesters.

Senior goaltender Linden Marshall (Victoria, BC/Trail Smoke Eaters) was the lone engineering majors to make the list, while the other 27 are Business and Management majors, including four-time recipients Marshall and Billy Jerry (River Falls, WI / Madison Capitals). Three 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 3.59 in the Spring 2021 semester and boast a cumulative average of 3.45. Twenty-eight student-athletes had at least a 3.0 GPA last semester with 20 of them earning a 3.50-or-better.