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 2021-22 ECAC Hockey All-Academic team, the league has announced. The Engineers saw nine student-athletes earn the distinction for the first time. Linden Marshall was named to the Commissioner’s List, earning a 3.93 cumulative grade point average.

A graduate student and goaltender, Marshall (Victoria, BC / Trail Smoke Eaters) was the lone engineering majors to make the list, while the other 27 are Business and Management majors. Graduate student Shane Sellar (Carlisle, PA / Dartmouth College), who earned his Master’s in Business and Administration, is a six-time selection, which includes four years at Dartmouth. Marshall is a five-time honoree, while seven players are making their first appearance on the all-academic squad, including freshman Jack Watson (Toronto, ON / Coquitlam Express).

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 3.57 in the Spring 2022 semester and boast a cumulative average of 3.58. Twenty-eight student-athletes had at least a 3.0 GPA last semester with 22 of them earning a 3.50-or-better.

(RPI Men’s Hockey Photo)