WAKEFIELD, Mass. - Hockey East is proud to announce 124 student-athletes have been named to the league's 2016-17 All-Academic Team. Each student-athlete achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better in each of the two academic periods during which she was actively competing.
A record 12 athletes from five different schools each earned the prestigious honor of being named Hockey East's Top Scholar-Athlete, compiling a perfect 4.0 GPA for the season. Those players include goaltenders Annie Belanger (Sherbrooke, Que./UConn) and Lea-Kristine Demers (Repentigny, Que./Merrimack), defensemen Meghan Martin (Newport, Vt./Merrimack) and Paige Sorensen (Plymouth, Minn./Merrimack), and forwards Annie Boeckers (Otsego, Minn./Merrimack), Natasia Burzynski (Rye, N.H./Providence), Abigail Chapman (Beverley Hills, Mich./New Hampshire), Marie Delarbre (Fussen, Germany/Merrimack), Kate Haslett (Rothesay, New Brunswick/New Hampshire), Madison Morey (Fairbanks, Alaska/Merrimack), Kourtney Menches (Greer, S.C./Vermont), and Lindsay Roethke (Buffalo, Minn./UConn). Five players reached "Distinguished Scholar" status in 2016-17, having qualified for the All-Academic team in each of four seasons of varsity play, while 21 others are three-time honorees.
Boston College
Andie Anastos ***
Molly Barrow
Kali Flanagan
Megan Keller **
Ryan Little
Haley McLean +
Kathleen McNamara **
Caroline Ross
Serena Sommerfield **
Gabri Switaj ***
Boston University
Ashlyn Aiello **
Victoria Bach
Alexandra Calderone
Alexis Crossley ***
Sammy Davis **
Deziray De Sousa
Maddie Elia
Victoria Hanson +
Mary Grace Kelley **
Erin O'Neil **
Mary Parker
Sarah Steele **
Samantha Sutherland **
Natasza Tarnowski
UConn
Annie Belanger ***^
Catherine Crawley
Jaime Fox **
Justine Fredette
Theresa Knutson
Alexandra Lersch +
Leah Lum **
Marisa Maccario
Emily Reid
Lindsay Roethke ***^
Jessica Stott
Maine
Emilie Brigham ***
Jillian Flynn
Mariah Fujimagari **
Victoria Hummel ***
Carly Jackson **
Jessica Jacques
Brittany Kucera
Lydia Murray **
Mikayla Rogers
Morgan Sakundiak ***
Sierra Semmel
Brooke Stacey **
Catherine Tufts **
Jessica Vallotton +
Tereza Vanisova
Anna Wright **
Merrimack
Jillian Battista **
Annie Boeckers **^
Jessica Bonfe **
Chloe Cook
Marie Delarbre **^
Lea-Kristine Demers ^
Mikyla Grant-Mentis
Dominique Kremer **
Jessica Kuhlman
Meghan Martin ^
Meghan Morey **^
Andrea Olson
Katelyn Rae **
Samantha Ridgewell **
Samantha Saulnier **
Allison Sexton **
Paige Sorensen **^
Paige Voight **
Emily Volpe **
New Hampshire
Abigail Chapman ^
Jonna Curtis
Nicole Dunbar
Julia Fedeski
Kate Haslett ***^
Victoria Howran
Meghara McManus
Marie-Jo Pelletier **
Jenna Rheault **
Amy Schlagel
Kyra Smith **
Carlee Toews ***
Hannah Touzos
Carlee Turner
Taylor Wenczkowski **
Northeastern
McKenna Brand **
Paige Capistran
Taytum Clairmont ***
Morgan Crane **
Sarah Foss +
Melissa Haganey ***
Madeline Hartman
Madelyn Hartman **
Shelby Herrington **
Hayley Masters ***
Heather Mottau ***
Andrea Renner
Paige Savage
Hayley Scamurra ***
Brianna Storms **
Christina Zalewski
Providence
Brooke Boquist
Natasia Burzynski **^
Cassidy Carels ***
Avery Fransoo
Kate Friesen **
Lauren Klein ***
Clare Minnerath
Blair Parent
Arianna Reid **
Madison Sansone
Alanna Serviss
Vermont
Victoria Andreakos ***
Cassidy Campeau
Alyssa Gorecki **
Sarah Kelly
Rachel Khalouf
Sammay Kolowrat **
Casey Leveillee
Madi Litchfield ***
MacKenzie MacNeil
Kourtney Menches ***^
Katherine Pate
Eve-Audrey Picard
Taylor Willard ***
** two-time honoree
*** three-time honoree
^ Top Scholar Athlete
(Highest GPA in Hockey
East)
+ Distinguished Scholar
(3.0 in each semester of
four varsity seasons)
2016-17 Hockey East All-Academic All-Star Team
G: Annie Belanger, UConn
G: Lea-Kristine Demers, Merrimack
D: Meghan Martin, Merrimack
D: Paige Sorensen, Merrimack
F: Annie Boeckers, Merrimack
F: Natasia Burzynski, Providence
F: Abigail Chapman, New Hampshire
F: Marie Delarbre, Merrimack
F: Kate Haslett, New Hampshire
F: Madison Morey, Merrimack
F: Kourtney Menches, Vermont
F: Lindsay Roethke, UConn