Seventeen members of the Hamilton College men's hockey team were recognized as 2024-25 American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Krampade All-American Scholars on Thursday, July 17 when the organization released its list of honorees.
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To qualify for All-American Scholars, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.75 grade point average for each semester of the 2024-25 academic year, and had to appear in 40 percent of the team's games. Exceptions were granted to injured players and back-up goaltenders. Schools were required to be members of the AHCA.
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This is the ninth straight year the AHCA has honored collegiate hockey players for academics. The list of Hamilton student-athletes can be found below.
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Tyler Bloomfield '28 (Hudson, Mass./Noble and Greenough School)
Lucas Constantine '27 (Los Angeles, Calif./Kimball Union Academy [N.H.])
Alex Danis '26 (Calgary, Alberta/St. Mary's HS)
Devon de Vries '27 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec/Stanstead College)
Grisha Gotovets '25 (Minsk, Belarus/Shattuck-St. Mary's [Minn.])
Carson Hall '26 (York, Pa./Northwood School [N.Y.])
Sebastian Hamming '28 (Regina, Saskatchewan/St. George's School)
Jacob Ierfino '27 (Chateauguay, Quebec/Portsmouth Abbey School [R.I.])
Noah Leibl '27 (Del Mar, Calif./Shawnigan Lake School [B.C.])
Cameron Miranda '26 (Mendon, Mass./Loomis Chaffee School [Conn.])
Josh Nadler '26 (Montreal, Quebec/Trinity College School)
William Neault '25 (Mont-Tremblant, Quebec/Newbridge Academy)
James Philpott '25 (Calgary, Alberta/Centennial HS)
Aksel Reid '27 (Minneapolis, Minn./The Blake School)
Liam Varmecky '28 (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland HS)
Brendan Waivada '27 (Cedar Knolls, N.J./Seton Hall Prep)
Ben Zimmerman '26 (Englewood, Colo./Deerfield Academy [Mass.])
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Philpott was also a first team all-American. Neault was an All-American Scholar all four years.
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The Continentals (21-7-1 overall) won a team-record 21 games and their first New England Small College Athletic Conference title. Hamilton earned its second NCAA Division III championship appearance and advanced to the quarterfinals for the second time after a 4-2 win at University of New England on March 15. The Continentals were ranked eighth in the final USCHO.com Top 15 poll and ninth in the NCAA Power Index under Head Coach
Rob Haberbusch.
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