Cape Cod, Mass. - Commissioner of the ECAC Rudy Keeling announced today the ECAC Northeast 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 103 student-athletes representing all 18 ECAC Northeast 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).

Assumption College: Patrick Keenan, Jr. (Candia, N.H.); Ben Kirtland, Jr. (Plymouth, N.H.); Derek Whitney, Jr. (Scituate, Mass.); Frank Bova, Sr. (Princeton, Mass.)

Becker College: Mike Caprio, Jr. (Valencia, Calif.); Jim Ceglarek, Jr. (Chicago, Ill.); Jared Kersner, Jr. (Rockville, Md.); Joe Meyer, Jr. (East Concord, N.Y.); Tony Stoehr, Jr. (De Pere, Wisc.); John Nogatch, Sr. (Kirkland, Wash.)

Curry College: Ray Nicks, So. (Surrey, British Columbia); Zach Cardella, Jr. (Spokane, Wash.); Ross Enmark, Jr. (Shelby Township, Mich.); Jerry Hotarek, Jr. (Foster City, Calif.); Jarrett Rush, Jr. (Pennington, N.J.); Jason Tarbell, Jr. (Manchester, N.H.); Steven Jakiel, Jr. (Santa Clarita, Calif.); Jim Pentecost, Sr. (Marquette, Mich.); Jeremy Hmura, Sr. (New Lenox, Ill.)

Fitchburg State College: Chris Riggs, So. (Sewell, N.J.); Erik Trahan, So. (Manville, R.I); Christopher Brecken, Jr. (Hudson, Mass.); Wayne Bonkowski, Sr. (Onsted, Mich.); Bob Kaloustian, Sr. (Marlborough, Mass.)

Framingham State College: John Sheehan, So. (Stoughton, Mass.); Andy Joyce, Jr. (Milford, Mass.)

Franklin Pierce University: Sean Carroll, So. (Highlands Ranch, Colo.); Phil LaBreck, Jr. (Thornton, N.H.); Shane Murphy, Sr. (Tolland, Conn.); Rob Perretta, So. (Staten Island, N.Y.); Sean Woodring, So. (Rogue River, Oregon); Coursen Schneider, Sr. (Stony Point, N.Y.)

Johnson and Wales University: JR Woodland, So. (Picton, Ontario); Joe Simeone, So. (Cranston, R.I); Chad Warnock, So. (Pawtucket, R.I); Jimmy Van Asch, Jr. (Coon Rapids, Minn.); Mike O'Malley, Sr. (Bellingham, Mass.)

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth: Kyle Haas, So. (Newburgh, N.Y.); Matt Serino, Jr. (Saugus, Mass.); Paul Moran, Jr. (Rockville Centre, N.Y.); Nick Paquin, Sr. (Warwick, R.I.); Eric Quinlan, Sr. (Saugus, Mass.)

Nichols College: Jeff Bieber, Sr. (Littleton, Colo.); Glenn Cacaro, Sr. (Sioux Falls, S.D.); Ryan Gervais, Sr. (Chicago, Ill.); Cole Ruwe, Sr. (Pekin, Ill.); Keith Fink, Sr. (Easton, Md.); Zeke Costello, Jr. (Shelby Township, Mich.); Eric Cremer, Jr. (Chelsea, Mich.); JoJo Bojanowski, So. (Washington Township, Mich.); Will Munson, So. (Corona, Calif.)

Plymouth State University: Andrew Stewart, So. (O'Leary, Prince Edward Island); Bryan Horrigan, So. (Brookfield, Wisc.); Jake Curtin, So. (Concord, N.H.); Kyle Tobin, So. (Kanata, Ontario); Chris Chambers, Jr. (Crofton, Md.); Stephan Davis, Jr. (Lafayette, Calif.); Chris Cantara, Sr. (Pelham, N.H.)

Salve Regina University: Joe Colaianni, So. (Monroe, N.Y.); Bryan Russell, So. (Essex Junction, Vt.); Kevin Sullivan, So. (North Branford, Conn.); Matt Norraik, So. (Dover, N.H.) Nathaniel Burns, Jr. (Sandwich, Mass.); Conor McCahill, Sr. (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)

Southern New Hampshire University: Brandon Sheehan, So. (Bedford, Mass.); William Toomey, So. (Reading, Mass.); Neil Adams, So. (Gardner, Mass.); Bob Bryant, So. (Nashua, N.H.);  Jon Lizzotte, So. (Winslow, Maine); Mark Lodge, Jr. (Alfred, Maine); Tom Ohlson, Jr. (York, Maine); Shane Brooks, Jr. (Kennebunk, Maine); John Frey, Jr. (Westminster, Colo.); Kent Honeyman, Jr. (Marietta, Ga.)

Stonehill College: Mike Manna, So. (Framingham, Mass.); Brendan Connors, Jr. (Lowell, Mass.); John Sommers, Sr. (Manchester, Conn.); Bill Nininteau, Sr. (Litchfield, N.H.); James Killeen, Sr. (Derry, N.H.); Frank Amato, Sr. (West Springfield, Mass.)

Suffolk University: Michael Bourque, Jr. (Waltham, Mass.); Kyle Cook, Sr. (Chino Hills, Calif.); Mitch Sabo, Sr. (Bell Canyon, Calif.)

Wentworth Institute of Technology: Tyler Medeiros, So. (Somerset, Mass.); Jeff Olitch, Jr. (Calgary, Alberta); Derek Rupert, Sr. (Louisville, N.Y.); Dave Lewandowski, Sr. (Glenmore, Pa.)

Western New England College: Justin Richards, So. (Somers, Conn.); Dennis Harrsch, Jr. (Morrisonville, N.Y.); Dave Sagnella, Jr. (East Haven, Conn.); Joe Balog, Sr. (Ludlow, Mass.); Dean Smith, Sr. (Warwick, R.I.)

Westfield State College: Dennis Zak, So. (Dover, N.J); Ted Battaglia, So. (Lake Hopatcong, N. J.); Casey Mignone, Jr. (Ramsey, N.J.); Mike Muolo, Jr. (Stoneham, Mass.); Mike Young, Jr. (Orillia, Ontario)

Worcester State College: Chris Wallin, So. (Avon, Conn.); Kristopher Metea, So. (Taunton, Mass.); Lee Belisle, Jr. (Chicopee, Mass.); Thomas Pappa, Jr. (Oswego, N.Y.); Mark Rintel, Jr. (Queens, N.Y.)

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