Schneider earns second consecutive All-Academic honor; LaBreck named for the first time

RINDGE, N.H. (February 13, 2008) – Two student-athletes from the Franklin Pierce University men’s ice hockey team were named to the Northeast-10 Conference All-Academic Team, the conference office announced on Wednesday afternoon.

To be eligible for selection to the team, which was selected by the Conference’s sports information directors, student-athletes must have participated in at least half of the team’s games as a starter or significant contributor, achieved a 3.20 cumulative grade point average or higher (on a 4.0 scale) and completed at least one academic year at their current institution.

Junior Coursen Schneider (Stony Point, N.Y./Avon Old Farms) earned a spot on the team for the second consecutive season, while sophomore Phil LaBreck (Thornton, N.H./Laconia Leafs) was named to the team for the first time. The two selections mark the first time that the Ravens have placed multiple players on the NE-10 All-Academic team, while LaBreck and Schneider also boast the two highest GPAs among the six players selected to the team.

Schneider, a Biology major at Franklin Pierce, earns All-Academic honors for the second time with a 3.76 cumulative GPA. Despite playing in only 13 games this season, the junior winger has scored nine goals and added nine assists for 18 points, all career-high totals. Schneider ranks third on the team (seventh in the Northeast-10) in goals and seventh on the team in points, while his six power-play goals are second among Raven skaters and third in the conference. He also became the first player in program history to record four points in a game twice in the same season, after a one-goal, three-assist effort against Assumption College on Feb. 2 that earned him NE-10 Player of the Week honors.

In his third season with the team, the Stony Point, N.Y., native has 16 goals and 21 assists for 37 points in 57 career games, sitting in the top-10 all-time at Franklin Pierce in all three categories. He is tied for seventh in goals, is ninth in points and ranks 10th in assists all-time at the school, while his nine goals so far this season are tied for seventh on the school’s single-season list.

LaBreck led all All-Academic honorees with a 3.82 cumulative GPA while majoring in Political Science at Franklin Pierce. The sophomore has scored 12 goals and added eight assists for 20 points in the first 21 games of the season, ranking second on the team in goals (T-3rd NE-10) and tied for third among Ravens in points (T-7th NE-10). LaBreck, who was named the NE-10 Player of the Week on Dec. 3 after a three-goal, two-assist week against Suffolk University and Framingham State College, also recorded the ninth hat trick in program history on Feb. 2 in the 8-4 win over Assumption.

A native of Thornton, N.H., LaBreck currently sits in a tie for fourth place on the school’s single-season goals list with his 12 tallies so far this season, while his 20 points are tied for seventh on the program’s single-season list.

Schneider and LaBreck were also two of the seven members of the men’s ice hockey team that earned spots on the University’s Fall 2007 Athletic Department Honor Roll, which was announced on Feb. 4.

Franklin Pierce (6-15-0, 1-3-0 NE-10, 4-9-0 ECAC NE) returns to the ice on Monday evening, when the Ravens travel to Fitchburg State College to take on the Falcons beginning at 7 p.m. The team remains on the road for the remainder of the 2007-08 regular season, which finishes up on Feb. 23 at Southern New Hampshire University.