Seven RedHawks Added to NCHC Academic All-Conference Team
6/20/2016 12:00:00 AM | Hockey
June 20, 2016 
NCHC Release
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Seven Miami hockey players were recognized for their due diligence in the classroom during their first year on campus as they were placed on the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's Academic All-Conference Team on Monday.
The RedHawks landing on the team were Grant Hutton (Carmel, Ind./Janesville (NAHL)), Ryan Larkin (Clarkston, Mich./Cedar Rapids (USHL)), Zach LaValle (Oakdale, Minn./Janesville (NAHL)), Evan McCarthy (Castle Rock, Colo./Walpole Express (EHL)), Josh Melnick (Annandale, N.J./Youngstown (USHL)), Kiefer Sherwood (Columbus, Ohio/Youngstown (USHL)) and Ryan Siroky (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Bloomington (USHL)). A league-high six of those seven honorees were also placed on the NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team. That gives Miami 21 total NCHC Academic All-Conference Team selections and nine NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team picks.
To be eligible for the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team, a student-athlete must compile a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average (or better) and have completed a full academic year at their current institution. Similarly, for the NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.5 cumulative GPA or better with a full year of academic studies. Freshmen and first-year transfers were not eligible in February as they had not completed a full academic year, but with the 2015-16 academic calendar complete, the rising sophomores and transfers are now eligible to earn NCHC academic honors. Athletic success and playing time are not criteria for these awards.
In all, a record 158 student-athletes earned NCHC Academic All-Conference Team in 2015-16, topping the 128 from 2014-15, which included only 31 freshmen and first-year transfers last season. A total of 58 student-athletes garnered NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team this past season, which was the first season any student-athlete with a 3.5 GPA or better was recognized.
Added NCHC Academic All-Conference Team Selections
Grant Hutton (3.54 GPA)*
Ryan Larkin (3.57 GPA)*
Zach LaValle (3.61 GPA)*
Evan McCarthy (3.63 GPA)*
Josh Melnick (3.41 GPA)
Kiefer Sherwood (3.70 GPA)*
Ryan Siroky (3.53 GPA)*
* - NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team Member
NCHC Release
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Seven Miami hockey players were recognized for their due diligence in the classroom during their first year on campus as they were placed on the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's Academic All-Conference Team on Monday.
The RedHawks landing on the team were Grant Hutton (Carmel, Ind./Janesville (NAHL)), Ryan Larkin (Clarkston, Mich./Cedar Rapids (USHL)), Zach LaValle (Oakdale, Minn./Janesville (NAHL)), Evan McCarthy (Castle Rock, Colo./Walpole Express (EHL)), Josh Melnick (Annandale, N.J./Youngstown (USHL)), Kiefer Sherwood (Columbus, Ohio/Youngstown (USHL)) and Ryan Siroky (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Bloomington (USHL)). A league-high six of those seven honorees were also placed on the NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team. That gives Miami 21 total NCHC Academic All-Conference Team selections and nine NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team picks.
To be eligible for the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team, a student-athlete must compile a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average (or better) and have completed a full academic year at their current institution. Similarly, for the NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.5 cumulative GPA or better with a full year of academic studies. Freshmen and first-year transfers were not eligible in February as they had not completed a full academic year, but with the 2015-16 academic calendar complete, the rising sophomores and transfers are now eligible to earn NCHC academic honors. Athletic success and playing time are not criteria for these awards.
In all, a record 158 student-athletes earned NCHC Academic All-Conference Team in 2015-16, topping the 128 from 2014-15, which included only 31 freshmen and first-year transfers last season. A total of 58 student-athletes garnered NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team this past season, which was the first season any student-athlete with a 3.5 GPA or better was recognized.
Added NCHC Academic All-Conference Team Selections
Grant Hutton (3.54 GPA)*
Ryan Larkin (3.57 GPA)*
Zach LaValle (3.61 GPA)*
Evan McCarthy (3.63 GPA)*
Josh Melnick (3.41 GPA)
Kiefer Sherwood (3.70 GPA)*
Ryan Siroky (3.53 GPA)*
* - NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team Member
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