BRYN ATHYN, Pa. – Six members of the Bryn Athyn College men's ice hockey program were recognized by the American Hockey Coaches Association for their work in the classroom, having recently been named ACHA/Krampade Academic All-Stars.
Representing Bryn Athyn College as ACHA/Krampade Academic All-Stars are juniors Nikita Smirnov and Vojtech Luza; sophomores Alec Grollman, Eric Higgins, and Tanner Congdon; and freshman Devon Becker. Smirnov and Grollman each had a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
The group of six are the first Academic All-Stars in program history.
In order to be named an ACHA/Krampade Academic All-Star, a student-athlete must have achieved a GPA of 3.6 or better in each semester or trimester during the 2018-19 academic year and played in at least 40 percent of his team's games.