UTICA, NY – Two Utica College men’s ice hockey players have been named to the 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District® At-Large Team. The College Sports Information Directors of America have announced that senior goaltender Gianluca Baggetta (Maple, Ontario/North York (OJHL)) and junior forward Conor Landrigan (New Tripoli, PA/Binghamton Jr. Sens (NAHL)) were both selected to the First Team in NCAA Division III District 3 (New York).
This is Landrigan’s first time receiving the award, while Baggetta has now been chosen as an All-District honoree for a second consecutive year. Baggetta was also previously chosen as an Academic All-American by CoSIDA in the 2019 edition of the awards.
The 2019-20 Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Team, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation’s top student athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom. The Academic All-America® program separately recognizes outstanding student-athletes in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
Baggetta returns to the list for a second consecutive year as he built on an already outstanding body of work. The salutatorian of the class of 2019 graduated in just three years with his Bachelors’ degree in Accounting, before setting to work on his Masters in Business Administration while playing out his last season. He held a grade point average of 3.97 this year while pursuing his graduate level studies. Baggetta is currently pursuing accreditation as a Certified Public Accountant.
On the ice, the Pioneers’ backstop earned All-USCHO Honorable Mention honors and was a second team All-UCHC pick. Baggetta amassed a record of 19-1-2 during the 2019-20 season, and was the NCAA Statistical Champion in winning percentage. He turned aside 92.1 percent of opposing shots, and had a goals against average of 2.05.
The Ontario native has the best career save percentage and career goals allowed average in school history, and his seven career shutouts are tied for the most in program history. He won 41 games in four seasons to rank third on the program’s wins list, and did not take a loss in the final seventeen goaltending decisions of his career. Baggetta and senior classmate Jarrod Fitzpatrick (Wakefield, MA/Northern Cyclones (EHL)) are the winningest four-year seniors in program history. The team won 84 games in the last four years.
Landrigan makes his first appearance on the All-District team after an incredible academic year. The junior forward posted a grade point average of 3.97 as he progressed his undergraduate studies in Economics.
He did that while also having his best season yet in blue and orange. In his third year with the Pioneers, Landrigan had 41 points on thirteen goals and 28 assists in just 22 games. He was third in the nation in points per game (1.86) and in assists per game (1.27), and set school single season records with both of those marks. The Pioneers were an incredible 21-0-1 with Landrigan in the lineup this season.
That output led to the veteran forward picking up a plethora of awards. He was named a AHCA/CCM Division III East Second Team All-American, and was also on the All-USCHO Division III First Team. Landrigan also was chosen as the UCHC Co-Player of the Year, and a first team All-UCHC selection.
First-team Academic All-District® selections will advance on to the Academic All-America® ballot. The All-America honorees will be announced later this month.
The Division II and III Academic All-America® programs are financially supported in part by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures. They assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs.
