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Hockey 2/11/2026 11:00:00 AM Braden Golisek - Assistant Director of Sports Information

15 Earn CCHA Academic Honors

MARQUETTE, Mich. -- 15 Northern Michigan University hockey players are being honored for academic excellence from the CCHA.

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) has announced the 2025-26 All-Academic Team and 159 student-athletes have been recognized for maintaining a grade point average of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.00 scale). In addition, 115 student-athletes have earned CCHA Scholar-Athlete Team honors for achieving a grade point average of 3.50 or higher.

Below are the CCHA All-Academic selections for Northern Michigan University in alphabetical order, with CCHA Scholar-Athlete Team honorees in BOLD:

Jakub Altrichter, So., Pre-Business
Nicolas Ardanaz, Sr., Business Management
Kyle Bettens, Sr., Marketing
Medrick Bolduc, So., Communications
Danny Ciccarello, Sr., Business Analytics
Warren Clark, Jr., Management
Anthony Cliche, So., Finance
Grayden Daul, So., Business
Zane Demsey, Sr., Accounting
Tynan Ewart, Jr., Criminal Justice
Caiden Gault, Sr., Entrepreneurship
William Gramme, Jr., Philosophy
Aidyn Hutchinson, So., Business
Joe Schiller, So., Financial Management
Grayden Slipec, So., Marketing

The full release from the CCHA can be found here.

Recent Honors

2024-25
Nicolas Ardanaz, Jr., Business Management
Danny Ciccarello, Jr., Business Management
Tynan Ewart, So., Criminal Justice
Jakub Lewandowski, Sr., Business
Zach Michaelis, Jr., Secondary Health and Physical Education
Ryan Ouellette, Sr., Business
Jakub Peterson, R-Jr., Finance
Matthew Romer, So., Communications

2023-24
Isack Bandu, So, Marketing
Tyrell Boucher, Sr., Financial Management
Mikey Colella, Sr., Comm
Mitch Deelstra, Sr., Business
Connor Eddy, So., Economics
Reilly Funk, R-So., Political Science Pre-Law
Aiden Gallacher, Sr., Environmental Studies and Sustainability
Andre Ghantous, Gr, Applied Sports Psychology Masters
Charlie Glockner, Jr., Sports Science
Luke Gramer, So., Entrepreneurship
Beni Halasz, So., Psychology
Zach Michaelis, So., Exercise Science
Krostof Papp, Sr., Management
Jakob Peterson, R-So., Business
Jeppe Urup, Gr., Business Administration
Artem Shlaine, Sr., Business Management
Mike Van Unen, Gr, Psychology
Rylan Van Unen, Sr., Management
Josh Zinger, So., Psychology

2022-23
Tyrell Boucher, Jr., Financial Management
Michael Colella, Jr., Communications
Vincent de Mey, Sr., Management
Rico DiMatteo, Jr., Psychology
Alex Frye, Sr., Criminal Justice
Reilly Funk, R-Fr., Political Science
Andre Ghantous, Sr., Sports Science
Charlie Glockner, So., Sports Science
Jett Jungels, Jr., Entrepreneurship
Jakob Peterson, So., Pre-Business
AJ Vanderbeck, Sr., Entrepreneurship
Mike Van Unen, Sr., Sports Science
Rylan Van Unen, Jr., Management
Tanner Vescio, Sr., Pre-Business
Brett Willits, Jr., Social Media Design Management

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Players Mentioned

#9 Zach Michaelis: F; 6' 1"; Junior

#23 Jakob Peterson: D; 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior

#30 Ryan Ouellette: G; 6' 0"; Senior

#17 Matthew Romer: F; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#26 Jakub Lewandowski: F; 6' 3"; Senior

#14 Jakub Altrichter: F; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#3 Nicolas Ardanaz: D; 5' 10"; Senior

#13 Medrick Bolduc: F; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#27 Danny Ciccarello: F; 6' 0"; Senior

#20 Anthony Cliche: D; 6' 4"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#9 Zach Michaelis
: 6' 1"; Junior
: F

#23 Jakob Peterson
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior
: D

#30 Ryan Ouellette
: 6' 0"; Senior
: G

#17 Matthew Romer
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: F

#26 Jakub Lewandowski
: 6' 3"; Senior
: F

#14 Jakub Altrichter
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: F

#3 Nicolas Ardanaz
: 5' 10"; Senior
: D

#13 Medrick Bolduc
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: F

#27 Danny Ciccarello
: 6' 0"; Senior
: F

#20 Anthony Cliche
: 6' 4"; Sophomore
: D