MIAC Release
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Ten Saint John's University hockey student-athletes achieved 2018-19 Winter and Spring Academic All-MIAC distinction on Thursday, June 27.
Those honored (listed alphabetically) include:
-Senior forward
Joe Chitwood (Carmel, Ind.), a biology major (pre-medicine emphasis) with a 3.90 GPA;
-Senior forward
Matt Colford (Champlin, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.67 GPA;
-Sophomore defenseman
Jake Dittel (St. Paul, Minn.), an economics major with a 3.72 GPA;
-Sophomore defenseman
Troy Dobbs (Lancaster, N.Y.), an economics and political science double-major with a 3.53;
-Sophomore forward
Tanner Dufault (Kasson, Minn.), a nursing major with a 3.69 GPA;
-Senior defenseman
Grady Ewing (St. Cloud, Minn.), a mathematics major with a 3.61 GPA;
-Sophomore forward
Ryan Kero (Hermantown, Minn.), an accounting and economics double-major with a 3.69 GPA;
-Senior forward
Evan Okeley (Carmel, Ind.), an accounting major with a 3.94 GPA;
-Senior forward
Garrett Riebling (Chanhassen, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.74 GPA;
-Junior defenseman
Cole Souto (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a philosophy and political science double-major with a 3.53 GPA.
Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior or senior academically with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 on a 4.00 scale to qualify for Academic All-MIAC recognition. Transfers, like freshmen, must complete a full academic year to be eligible the following season. Athletically, hockey student-athletes must compete in 50 percent of their team's varsity, regular-season contests. Goaltenders must play in one-third (33.3 percent) of their team's total minutes played for the regular season.
The Academic All-MIAC honor is the third consecutive for Chitwood and Riebling, and the second for Colford and Okeley.
The Johnnies went 4-1-2 over their final seven conference games to finish second in the MIAC for the second consecutive season with a 9-4-3 conference record (12-10-5 overall) in 2018-19. SJU made its sixth trip to the MIAC Playoffs in the last eight years and fell to Augsburg in the MIAC Championship game, 2-1 in four overtimes.
