College Hockey America announced its 2002-2003 Academic All-Conference Team. To earn CHA All-Academic Team honors, student-athletes must meet the following criteria: 1) have completed one year of residency at their present institution prior to the current academic year; 2) have a grade-point average of at least 3.00 (4.00 scale) for the previous two semesters, or have an overall GPA of at least 3.00 for all terms at their present institution; 3) have competed in at least 50 percent of their institution’s varsity intercollegiate games during the current season (excluding goaltenders).

Bemidji State University set the CHA record with 16 selections this season, followed by the University of Findlay and Niagara University with 10 each. Wayne State University had eight honorees, while the University of Alabama-Huntsville had seven and Air Force three. An all-time high 54 student-athletes were honored this year, including 30 repeat selections.

ACADEMIC ALL-CHA
Air Force
*Justin Hamilton Sr. F Medicine Hat, Alberta
*Mike Polidor Jr. G Imperial, Pa.
Jake Tesar Sr. D Waterloo, Neb.

Alabama-Huntsville
*Joel Bresciani Sr. F Sherwood Park, Alberta
*Mark Byrne Sr. G Nepean, Ontario
Mike Funk Sr. F Newton, Manitoba
*David Halliwell Sr. D Windsor, Ontario
*Jason Hawes Sr. F Perth, Ontario
*Steve Milosevski Jr. F Windsor, Ontario
*Gerald Overton Sr. F 150 Mile House, B.C.

Bemidji State
*Travis Barnes Jr. F Medicine Hat, Alberta
Wade Chiodo Jr. F Thief River Falls, Minn.
Brendan Cook So. F Reston, Minn.
Donnie DeMars So. F Warroad, Minn.
*Marty Goulet Sr. F Banff, Alberta
John Haider So. D Forest Lake, Minn.
Jared Hanowski Jr. F Regina, Sask.
Peter Jonsson So. D Astorp, Sweden
Ben Lindell Fr. D Rosemount, Minn.
*Jeff McGill Sr. F Carmen, Manitoba
*Bill Methven Jr. F Mora, Minn.
*Bryce Methven Jr. D Mora, Minn.
*Dannie Morgan Jr. G Calgary, Alberta
Andrew Murray So. F Selkirk, Manitoba
Anders Olsson Jr. D Tingsryd, Sweden
Riley Riddell So. F Camrose, Alberta

Findlay
Lee Arnold Sr. F Ft. Collins, Colo.
Mark Bastl So. F Villars, Switzerland
*Nate Markus Jr. D Eyota, Minn.
*Jason Maxwell Jr. F N. Vancouver, B.C.
*Christian Olson Jr. F Edina, Minn.
*Jeff Radzak Sr. D Elmhurst, Ill.
*Brian Sherry Jr. F Holt, Mich.
*Steve Traver Sr. D Dundas, Ontario
Chris Wiebe So. F Lloydminster, Alberta
*Chris Wyzgowski Sr. F North Street, Mich.

Niagara
Shane Baylis So. D St. Catherines, Ontario
Rob Bonk Jr. G Fenton, Mich.
Barret Ehgoetz So. F Kincardine, Ontario
Ryan Gale So. F St. Catherines, Ontario
*David Hominuk Jr. D Welland, Ontario
*Hannu Karru Jr. F Nokia, Finland
Nick Kormanyos Jr. F Massena, N.Y.
Jordan Meloff Jr. F Coral Springs, Fla.
Paul Muniz Jr. F Gloucester, Mass.
*Chris Sebastian Sr. F Burlington, Ontario

Wayne State
*Jon Brink Sr. F Portage, Mich.
Marc Carlson Jr. G Hingham, Mass.
John Grubb So. F Burlington, N.D.
*David Guerrera Sr. G St. Leonard, Quebec
*Tyler Kindle Sr. D Portage, Mich.
*Dustin Kingston Sr. F Spencerville, Ontario
*Brent Renfrew Sr. F Fairbanks, Alaska
*Maxim Starchenko Sr. F Kharkov, Ukraine

*notes repeat selection