Ohio State’s Nate Guenin Named to CCHA All-Academic Team – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/9/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
March 9, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State men’s hockey sophomore defenseman Nate Guenin, a native of Aliquippa, Pa., has been named to the 2004 Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Academic Team, the league announced Tuesday. Guenin is the first sophomore to be honored since Bowling Green’s Brian Holzinger in 1993; Guenin is the only non-senior and the only defenseman on the 2004 squad. Buckeye senior defenseman Reed Whiting (Rochester, Minn.) and junior defenseman Thomas Welsh (Regina, Saskatchewan) received special mention honors.
Guenin, who has not yet declared a major, is an alternate captain for the Buckeyes this season. He has 15 assists and 17 points on the year, as well as a +13 rating, despite being limited to 29 games because of injury. Guenin was named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete last season and also received CCHA All-Rookie Team Honorable Mention accolades. He was a fourth-round draft pick of the New York Rangers in 2002.
The all-academic team is voted on by the league’s faculty representatives. To be eligible for consideration, a player must have completed at least one academic year, have a 3.00 grade-point average on a 4.00 scale and be a letterwinner for the 2003-04 season. The six top vote getters (including ties), regardless of position, are named to the all-academic team with others who receive votes earning honorable mention. All players who are nominated receive special mention.
Whiting, a real estate and urban analysis major, earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honors the past three seasons. This marks the second time he has been a special mention CCHA All-Academic Team honoree; he was an honorable mention selection last season. He has played in 34 games on the year and has a goal and three assists, as well as a +4 rating. Whiting has seen action in 124 games in his career, with 2-9-11 totals.
Welsh, an exercise science major, is a two-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete. He has come back from two separate injuries that required surgery and rehab that have limited him to 53 career games in three years. This season, he has played in 18 games, with 1-5-6 totals.
Guenin’s selection to the all-academic team gives the Buckeyes a first-team honoree for the third consecutive season. Scott Titus was honored in 2003 and Miguel Lafleche was named to the team in 2002. The Buckeyes have had at least one student-athlete earn CCHA All-Academic honorable mention accolades or better for nine consecutive seasons.
2004 CCHA All-Academic Team Paul Davies Sr. Forward Western Michigan Pre-Medicine Derek Edwardson Sr. Forward Miami Exercise Science Rob Globke Sr. Forward Notre Dame Marketing Nate Guenin So. Defenseman Ohio State Undeclared Tom Herman Sr. Forward Alaska Fairbanks Business Mike Kompon Sr. Forward Miami Physical Education Dana Lattery Sr. Forward Western Michigan Pre-Medicine D’Arcy McConvey Sr. Forward Bowling Green Financial Economics Derrick McIver Sr. Forward Ferris State Computer Information Systems Andrew Wong Sr. Forward Nebraska-Omaha Finance
HONORABLE MENTION:
ALASKA FAIRBANKS: Paul Austin, F; Jordan Hendry, D; Jared Sylvestre, F. BOWLING GREEN: Kevin Bieksa, D; Alex Rogosheske, F; Jordan Sigalet, G. MICHIGAN: Andrew Ebbett, F; Al Montoya, G. MICHIGAN STATE: Colton Fretter, F; Steve Swistak, F. NOTRE DAME: T.J. Mathieson, D.
SPECIAL MENTION:
ALASKA FAIRBANKS: Kelly Czuy, F; Cramer Hickey, F; David Keough, D; Preston McKay,G; Cory Rask, F; Corbin Schmidt, D; Scott Vockeroth, F. BOWLING GREEN: Ryan Barnett, F; Steve Brudzewski, F; Bob Frazee, G; Chris Pedota, D; John Sitko, D. FERRIS STATE: Trevor Large, F; Greg Rallo, F; Nick Scheible, F. LAKE SUPERIOR: Tim Krueckl, F. MIAMI: Matt Davis, D; Brian Sipotz, D. MICHIGAN: Charlie Henderson, F; Brandon Kalenieck i, F; Noah Ruden, G; Jeff Tambellini, F. MICHIGAN STATE: David Booth, F; Lee Falardeau, F; Joe Markusen, D. NEBRASKA-OMAHA: Mike Gabinet, D; Dan Hacker, F. NORTHERN MICHIGAN: Kevin Gardner, F; Geoff Waugh, D. NOTRE DAME: Tom Galvin, D; Brett Lebda, D; Neil Komadoski, D; Cory McLean, F; Chris Trick, F. OHIO STATE: Thomas Welsh, D; Reed Whiting, D. WESTERN MICHIGAN: Jeremy Cheyne, D; Lucas Drake, F; Mike Jarmuth, D.
