GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The Western Collegiate Hockey Associaton (WCHA) ann ounced today that five members of the Fighting Sioux men's hockey team have been named WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award recipients.
North Dakota's five honorees include senior forwards Chris VandeVelde (Moorhead, Minn.) and Darcy Zajac (Winnipeg, Manitoba), junior defensemen Derrick LaPoint (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Jake Marto (Grand Forks) and sophomore goalie Brad Eidsness (Chestermere, Alberta).
All five are first-time recipients of the award, which was established in 2005-06 by the WCHA and the Association member team Faculty Athletics Representatives.
To earn recognition, conference-member student-athletes must have completed at least one year of residency at their present institution prior to the current academic year and must also have a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale for the previous two semesters or three quarters, or may qualify if his or her overall GPA is at least 3.50 for all terms at his or her present institution.
A total of 322 honorees from the WCHA's 10 men's and eight women's institutions have been honored over the first five years of the award.
- Go Sioux -
