WINTHROP, Mass. – The Penn State women's hockey team continued its standard of excellence in the classroom with 17 student-athletes being named to the 2018-19 College Hockey America (CHA) All-Academic Team as announced by the league office Thursday afternoon.
In addition, Kelsey Crow was named one of 14 CHA Student-Athletes of the Year after graduating with a 3.95 cumulative GPA in May with degrees in biology and psychology. She is one of five players in program history to receive the honor, joining teammate Katie McMillan who earned the award a year ago.
To qualify for the CHA All-Academic Team, student-athletes must post a 3.0 GPA or better in all academic semesters during active competition with the team.
The Nittany Lions tied for the second-most representatives on the CHA All-Academic Team, trailing only Robert Morris who had 19 representatives. Mercyhurst and RIT tied with Penn State with 17, while Syracuse and Lindenwood each had 16 student-athletes on the list.
Penn State's 17 student-athletes total is tied for the second-highest number of All-Academic Team honorees in program history, trailing only the 2014-15 team which had 18 representatives.
Here is the full list of Nittany Lion student-athletes to be named to the 2018-19 CHA All-Academic Team:
Jenna Brenneman – 1st Selection, Major: Rehabilitation and Human Services
Chantal Burke – 2nd Selection, Major: Business Administration
Kelsey Crow – 4th Selection, Majors: Biology and Psychology
Rene Gangarosa – 1st Selection, Major: Engineering pre-major
Cam Leonard – 2nd Selection, Major: Biology
Brooke Madsen – 3rd Selection, Major: Accounting
Amanda McLeod – 3rd Selection, Major: Criminology
Katie McMillan – 3rd Selection, Major: Finance
Meike Meilleur – 3rd Selection, Major: Rehabilitation and Human Services
Anna Promersberger – 1st Selection, Major: Health and Human Development
Katie Rankin – 2nd Selection, Major: Division of Undergraduate Studies
Morgan Rolph – 1st Selection, Major: Criminology
Kate Rydland – 2nd Selection, Major: Telecommunications
Sophie Slattery – 2nd Selection, Major: Communications
Christi Vetter – 3rd Selection, Major: Management and Organizational Leadership
Olivia Villani – 2nd Selection, Major: Marketing
Abby Welch – 1st Selection, Major: Rehabilitation and Human Services
The full release from College Hockey America can be viewed here: CHA Release.
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