Four Ravens Named to ECAC NE All-Academic Team
Schneider named for the second straight year; LaBreck, Perretta and Strayer earn first career honors
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Coursen Schneider was one of four Ravens named to the ECAC Northeast Conference All-Academic Team. |
RINDGE, N.H. (April 21, 2008) - Four members of the Franklin Pierce University ice hockey team were named to the 2007-08 ECAC Northeast Conference All-Academic Team, the conference office announced this weekend. Junior Coursen Schneider (Stony Point, N.Y./Avon Old Farms) was named to the team for the second consecutive year, while senior Ryan Strayer (Murfreesboro, Tenn./Enfield (Conn.)) and sophomores Phil LaBreck (Thornton, N.H./Laconia Leafs) and Rob Perretta (Staten Island, N.Y./Brockville Tiki's) were honored with spots on the team for the first time.
The four members selected to the team marked a program high for Franklin Pierce, surpassing the three Ravens picked in 2005-06. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year at his school, have a cumulative grade-point average of at last 3.00 on a 4.00 scale, and have competed in at least 50 percent of his team's contests during the season.
Schneider, the first two-time ECAC NE All-Academic selection in school history, has recorded a 3.76 GPA as a biology major at Franklin Pierce. The junior, also a two-time Northeast-10 Conference All-Academic pick, set new career highs by scoring nine goals and assisting on 10 for 19 points in only 17 games this season. He also became the first Raven to record four points in a game twice in the same season after recording one goal and three assists versus Assumption College on Feb. 2.
In 61 career games, Schneider has scored 16 goals and added 22 assists for 38 points, ranking in the top-10 all-time at Franklin Pierce in all three categories.
Strayer, a mass communications major, has achieved a 3.49 GPA in his time at Franklin Pierce. The senior set new career highs with four goals and five assists for nine points in his senior season, and recorded his second career multi-point game with a goal and an assist in a win over Assumption on Feb. 2. He finished his collegiate career with eight goals and 10 assists for 18 points in 70 career games in a Raven uniform.
LaBreck, also named to the NE-10 All-Academic team earlier this season, led all Franklin Pierce student-athletes with a 3.82 cumulative GPA. The political science major finished his sophomore season with 12 goals and 10 assists for 22 points, tying for fourth place on the school's single-season goals list and seventh on the single-season points list. The sophomore recorded three points on two occasions this season, including notching the ninth hat trick in program history in a win over Assumption on Feb. 2
Perretta, a business major at Franklin Pierce, has a cumulative 3.13 GPA as a sophomore. The defenseman played in 21 games this season, and his four goals and 13 assists set new career highs. Perretta had three multi-point games from the blue line, including a one-goal, one-assist effort against Framingham State College on Dec. 1. In 43 career games, he has scored seven goals and assisted on 14 for 21 points.
Franklin Pierce (6-19-0, 1-4-0 NE-10, 4-12-0 ECAC NE) earned six wins in the 2007-08 season, tied for the most victories in the program's six-year varsity history, and set no fewer than seven program records.