Courtesy of the Hobart College Sports Information Department

GENEVA, N.Y.-Hobart College hockey forward Shawn Houde (Manchester, N.H.) was recently named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Men's At-Large Second Team. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics last month.

The Co-ECAC West Player of the Year, Houde led the team in power play goals (7), and ranked second in points with 11 goals and 12 assists. He is a two-time all-league selection, and was tabbed the ECAC West Player of the Week once this winter, after netting the game-winning goal in a 5-2 victory at Oswego, then tallying a goal and two assists the next day in a win over Brockport.

The team captain, Houde led the Statesmen to an 18-8-2 overall record and the program's third trip to the NCAA Tournament. Hobart reached the quarterfinal round in 2008 and the semifinals in 2006.

Houde made his professional debut in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), suiting up for the Johnstown (Pa.) Chiefs on March 28. He played in three games over spring break, earning three assists and a plus-3 rating.

A three-time ECAC West All-Academic team selection, Houde is just the second Hobart hockey player to be honored by ESPN The Magazine. Matt Garman '06 was the first, earning Academic All-America honors in 2006.

To earn a place on the Academic All-District teams, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average, be a starter or significant reserve, and be at least a sophomore academically. College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) select eight Academic All-District teams and choose the Academic All-America teams from the eight District first-teams.

CoSIDA selects Academic All-America teams in 12 programs: football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's track & field/cross country, women's track & field/cross country, men's at-large, and women's at-large. A first-team, second-team, and third-team are selected in both the University (Division I and I-AA) and College (Divisions II, III, and NAIA) Divisions.