GRAND FORKS, N.D. - University of North Dakota senior captain Chay Genoway announced today that he will return to the Fighting Sioux for the 2010-11 season. The announcement was made at a press conference at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
Genoway missed most of the 2009-10 season after suffering from post concussion syndrome caused by an illegal hit in a Nov. 13 game against St. Cloud State. The Morden, Manitoba, native has applied for and received from the NCAA a medical hardship, granting him a fifth year of eligibility.
In nine games prior to the injury, Genoway was leading all WCHA defensemen in points (10) and goals (four), with each of his goals coming on the power play. UND was 7-1-1 with Genoway in the lineup. Despite having his season cut short, Genoway was named to the 2009-10 All-WCHA Third Team.
Genoway entered the 2009-10 season as the WCHA's leading scorer among active defensemen. With 90 points in 132 career games, Genoway is on the verge of becoming only the ninth Sioux defenseman to reach the 100-point plateau.
A three-time All-WCHA selection, Genoway was a second-team AHCA All-American in 2008-09, when he recorded a career-high 32 points in 42 games. He was also named WCHA Defensive Player of the Year and was selected to the All-WCHA First Team. That season Genoway was also named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American third team and received his second straight WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award.
The Fighting Sioux went 25-13-5 last season and won the Broadmoor Trophy as Red Baron WCHA Final Five champions. UND also secured its eighth consecutive berth in the NCAA postseason tournament, the longest active streak in the WCHA.
- Go Sioux -
