Cape Cod, Mass. - Commissioner of the ECAC Rudy Keeling announced today the ECAC Men's West All-Academic team for the 2008-09 season. This marks the eighth year that the conference has named an All-Academic team.  A total of 58 student-athletes representing six ECAC West teams earned this honor based on outstanding performance in the classroom.

To be named to the All-Academic team, the student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.00 on a 4.00 scale, and have competed in at least one-half of his team's contests during the current season (a goaltender must have played at least 33 percent of his team's minutes).

Elmira College: Lawrence Willard, So. (Ottawa Lake, Mich.); Sebastian Gulder, So. (Germerswang, Germany); Karl Linden, So. (Stockholm, Sweden); Scott Gamble, Jr. (Toronto, Ontario); Casey Tuttle, Jr. (Chelsea, Maine); Jan Velich, Sr. (Pardubice, Czech Republic); Kyle Branson, Sr.  (Whitby, Ontario); Albert Mitchell, Sr. (Davison, Mich.); Stefan Schoen, Sr. (Arth, Switzerland); Rick Schrank, Sr. (Newmarket, Ontario)

Hobart College: Christopher Bower, So. (Chevy Chase, Md.); Greg Ciciola, So. (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.); Daniel Organ, So. (Simi, Calif.); Matt Wallace, So. (Skaneatleles, N.Y.); Kyle Whitaker, So. (Fort Wayne, Ind.); Greg Alberti, Jr. (Bernardsville, N.J.); Blake Bonham, Jr. (Toronto, Ontario); Bobby Cahill, Jr. (Farmington Hills, Mich.); Nick DeCroo, Jr. (Sarver, Penn.); Dan Miller, Jr. (Massena, N.Y.); Drew Wadsworth, Jr. (Arlington, Va.); Jordan Zitoun, Jr. (Irving, Texas); Ryan Adler, Sr. (Piscataway, N.J.); Andy Brennan, Sr. (Milford, Mass.); Kirk Golden, Sr. (Vail, Colo.); Jason Merritt, Sr. (Chapel Hill, N.C.); Michael Steiner, Sr. (Shaker Heights, Ohio)

Lebanon Valley College: Brad Surdam, So. (Springfield, Va.); Rich Drazin, So. (Wilmette, Ill.); Aaron Miller, Jr. (Toronto, Ontario); Spiros Anastas, Jr. (Mississauga, Ontario); Sean Wilson, Jr. (Willoughby, Ohio)

Manhattanville College: Artem Gumenyuk, So. (Kharkiv, Ukraine); Sergiy Sorokolat, So. (Kharkiv, Ukraine); Niklas Berntsson, Jr. (Gothenburg, Sweden); Arlen Marshall, Jr. (Quill Lake, Saskatchewan); Chris Galiotti, Sr. (Rochester, N.Y.); Kevin Maresco, Sr. (Lynnfield, Mass.); Chris Trafford, Sr. (Kinburn, Ontario)

Neumann College: Jeff Rodell, So. (Littleton, Colo.); Sean Bianchini, So. (Velona, British Columbia); Charles Paterson, Jr. (Navan, Ontario); Kyle Casey, Sr. (Stratford, Ontario); Mike Hedden, Sr. (St. Catherines, Ontario); Jesse Cole, Sr. (Stratford, Ontario); Erik Stoyanovich, Sr. (London, Ontario); Ryan Heickert, Sr. (Oshawa, Ontario); Donovan Hall, Sr. (Wshart, Saskatchewan); Lincoln Schrock, Sr. (Fort Wayne, Ind.); Brock Van Slyke, Sr. (Ingersol, Ontario);

Utica College: Sean Timkey, So. (Rochester, N.Y.); Kregg Guestin, So. (Kingsburg, Calif.); Matt Jimenez, Jr. (Santa Rose, Calif.); Jeff Pappalardi, Jr. (Delmar, N.Y.); Vincent Nucci, Jr. (Rochester, N.Y.); Matt Fitzgibbons, Jr. (Natick, Mass.); Dave Burkholder, Jr. (Buffalo, N.Y.); Aaron Jeffery, Jr. (Brighton, Mich.)

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