Coursen Schneider honored for third straight year

ECAC Northeast All-Academic Team

RINDGE, N.H. (April 15, 2009) – Sophomore defenseman Sean Carroll (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Thunder Ridge), junior forward Phil LaBreck (Thornton, N.H./John Stark Regional), senior forward Shane Murphy (Tolland, Conn./The Gunnery School), junior defenseman Rob Perretta (Staten Island, N.Y./Stanstead College (Quebec)), sophomore forward Sean Woodring (Rogue River, Ore./Rogue River) and senior forward Coursen Schneider (Stony Point, N.Y./Avon (Conn.) Old Farms) of the Franklin Pierce University ice hockey team have all been named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast All-Academic Team.

The six are among 92 student-athletes honored from the conference’s 18 teams. To be named to the All-Academic Team, the student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.00 (out of 4.00) and must have competed in at least one-half of his team’s contests during the season. Goaltenders were required to play at least one-third of their team’s minutes between the pipes.

Carroll has put together a 3.46 grade-point average in two years as a mass communications major in Rindge. This season, the blue-liner played in all 25 games for the Ravens, collected two assists and tallied 30 penalty minutes. An assist against Assumption on Nov. 14 was the first point of his collegiate career.

LaBreck has chalked up a 3.85 grade-point average as a political science major. His 17 assists this year are the second-most in a single season in program history and his 26 points ties for second-most as well. A Second-Team All-Northeast-10 Conference selection, LaBreck finished fourth in the NE-10 with his 17 assists and added nine goals to total 26 points while playing in all 25 games. He will enter his senior season seventh in program history in goals (21), eighth in points (48) and ninth in assists (27). LaBreck was also named to the ECAC Northeast All-Academic Team as a sophomore last season.

Murphy possesses a 3.24 grade-point average as a criminal justice major. While playing in all 25 games for the Ravens, he finished third on the team in goals (8) and points (17). Murphy also contributed nine assists, three power-play goals, a game-winning goal and tallied 20 penalty minutes. He tallied his first career hat trick with three goals against Becker on Jan. 24 and was selected to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll three times during the season.

Perretta has amassed a 3.32 grade-point average as a finance major. He played in 24 games this season for Franklin Pierce and finished with eight points on a power-play goal and seven assists while collecting 36 penalty minutes. Perretta was also named to the ECAC Northeast All-Academic Team last year as a sophomore.

Woodring leads the way for Franklin Pierce in the classroom with a 3.91 grade-point average as a biology major. He appeared in 24 games this season, scored five times, including once on the power play, and added five assists to tally 10 points. In November, he was named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll after a three-point outing against Assumption on Nov. 14. Only halfway through his collegiate career, Murphy ranks 10th in program history with eight career power-play goals.

Schneider has recorded a 3.68 grade-point average as a biology major. In 17 games for the Ravens this season, he collected nine points on six goals and three assists. Schneider scored twice on the power play, piled up 61 penalty minutes and was once named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll. He finished his career sixth on Franklin Pierce’s all-time list with 22 goals. Schneider was named to the ECAC Northeast All-Academic Team as a junior last season and as a sophomore in 2006-07.

Franklin Pierce concluded its season with a 5-18-2 record, which included a 2-3-0 mark in Northeast-10 Conference play. The Ravens collected the third seed in the Northeast-10 Conference Championships and hosted a postseason game for the first time in program history.