Women's Hockey | 7/1/2014 9:55:00 PM

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HAVERHILL, MA -- Thirteen members of the RIT women's hockey players earned 2013-14 College Hockey America All-Academic team honors, announced by the league on Tuesday, July 1.  Juniors Ali Binnington (Oakville, Ontario/Mississauga Chiefs), Celeste Brown (Great Falls, MT/National Sports Academy), and Morgan Scoyne (Drumbo, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres) were named to the CHA Academic All-Star Team with identical 4.0 grade-point averages.

For the second straight season, a new standard has been set in the classroom for the student-athletes of College Hockey America, as 94 have earned a spot on the All-Academic Team. Ten student-athletes earned additional distinction as the CHA Student-Athletes of the Year by posting cumulative GPAs of 4.0.

To qualify for the College Hockey America All-Academic Team an individual must post a 3.0 grade point average or higher in all of the academic periods during which her team was actively competing. 

RIT finished the 2013-14 season with a 20-15-3 mark and won the CHA Championship in just its second season as a Division I program. The Tigers will be eligible for the NCAA Division Tournament in 2014-15 for the first time.

2014 RIT CHA All-Academic Team Honorees:
* Ali Binnington (Oakville, Ontario/Mississauga Chiefs)
* Melissa Bromley (Aurora, Ontario/Aurora Panthers)
* Celeste Brown (Great Falls, MT/National Sports Academy)
* Emilee Bulleid (Waterdown, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres)
Lauren Klein (Shoreview, MN/Mounds View)
Jess Paton (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers)
* Carly Payerl (Kitchener, Ontario/Resurrection Catholic)
Jetta Rackleff (Bend, OR/Summit)
* Morgan Scoyne (Drumbo, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres)
Brittany St. James (Orono, Ontario/St. Stephen Catholic)
Brooke Stoddart (Elmvale, Ontario/Elmvale)
Mackenzie Stone (Kars, Ontario/South Carleton)
Taylor Thurston (Kanata, Ontario/All Saints Catholic)

Academic All-Star Team
* Ali Binnington (Oakville, Ontario/Mississauga Chiefs), Goaltender, RIT
* Celeste Brown (Great Falls, MT/National Sports Academy), Forward, RIT
Morgan Scoyne (Drumbo, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres), Defense, RIT
Kendra Broad, Forward, Lindenwood
Nicole Hensley, Goaltender, Lindenwood
Lyndsay Kirkham, Forward, Lindenwood
Alison Wickenheiser, Forward, Lindenwood
Laura Bowman, Forward, Penn State
Lindsay Riehl, Defense, Penn State
Katelyn Scott, Forward, Robert Morris

* Also named in 2012-13