MILTON, Mass. - Commissioner of the ECAC Rudy Keeling announced today the ECAC Northeast All-Academic team for the 2009-10 season. This marks the ninth year that the conference has named an All-Academic team. A total of 57 student-athletes representing eight ECAC Northeast teams earned this honor based on outstanding performance in the classroom.

Seniors Zachary Cardella (Spokane, WA), Ross Enmark (Shelby Township, MI), Jerry Hotarek (Foster City, CA), Steven Jakiel (Santa Clarita, CA) and Jarrett Rush (Pennington, NJ) and junior Ray Nicks (Surrey, British Columbia) and sophomores Ryan Barlock (Niles, IL), Payden Benning (Saskatchewan, Canada) and Jonathan Miller (Freehold, NJ) were all named to the team.

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).

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