Four Falcons Earn All-WCHA Accolades, with 13 Named to All-Academic Honors

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EDINA, Minn. – Four members of the Bowling Green hockey program were named All-WCHA, as announced by the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Thursday. In addition, 13 Falcons were named WCHA All-Academic.

Junior forward Mitch McLain was named All-WCHA First Team after accumulating a team-leading 32 points through 37 games played. Senior captain Sean Walker was named All-WCHA Second Team by racking up 24 points in his 38 games played thus far, while fellow defenseman Mark Friedman was named All-WCHA Third Team with 25 points in 37 games played as a junior. Freshman defenseman Alec Rauhauser was honored on the All-WCHA Rookie Team after topping his class with five goals and 15 assists for 20 points.

Previously, Friedman was named to the WCHA All-Rookie Team in his freshman season, in addition to earning First Team All-WCHA honors in his sophomore campaign. While serving as team captain in his junior season, Walker earned his first All-WCHA Second Team honor. It is the first All-Conference honor for McLain and Rauhauser.

Academically, 13 Falcons were WCHA All-Academic honorees, an award in which they are eligible for after a minimum of one year of residency at Bowling Green State University while holding a grade point average of at least 3.00 for the previous two semesters.

Seniors Kevin Dufour, Pierre-Luc Mercier and Tomas Sholl are three-time recipients of WCHA All-Academic honors in their careers, while sophomores Shane Bednard, Joe McKeown, Chris Pohlkamp, John Schilling and Adam Smith all earned their first All-Academic awards.

The Bowling Green hockey team will continue WCHA Playoffs this weekend as they take on top-seeded Bemidji State on the road from March 10-12 in a best-of-three semifinal round.

WCHA All-Academic honorees
Shane Bednard *
Kevin Dufour ***
Joe McKeown *
Mitch McLain **
Pierre-Luc Mercier **
Chris Pohlkamp *
Matt Pohlkamp ***
Jakob Reichert **
John Schilling *
Tomas Sholl ***
Adam Smith *
Tyler Spezia **
Sean Walker **

* denotes number of times named WCHA All-Academic

All-WCHA First Team
Forwards:

Gerald Mayhew, Sr., Ferris State
Mitch McLain, Jr., Bowling Green
Marc Michaelis, Fr., Minnesota State

Defensemen:

Daniel Brickley, So., Minnesota State
Matt Roy, Jr., Michigan Tech

Goaltender:

Michael Bitzer, Jr., Bemidji State

All-WCHA Second Team
Forwards:

C.J. Franklin, Jr., Minnesota State
Mitch Hults, So., Lake Superior State
Phillip Marinaccio, Sr., Bemidji State and Corey Mackin, So., Ferris State (tied)

Defensemen:

Shane Hanna, Sr., Michigan Tech
Sean Walker, Sr., Bowling Green

Goaltender:

Atte Tolvanen, So., Northern Michigan

All-WCHA Third Team
Forwards:

Brad McClure, Jr., F, Minnesota State
Dominik Shine, Sr., F, Northern Michigan
Gerry Fitzgerald, Jr., Bemidji State

Defensemen:

Mark Friedman, Jr., Bowling Green
Kurt Gosselin, So., Alabama Huntsville

Goaltender:

Justin Kapelmaster, Fr., Ferris State

WCHA All-Rookie Team
Forwards:

Marc Michaelis, Minnesota State
Darien Craighead, Northern Michigan
Max Humitz, Lake Superior State

Defensemen:

Ian Scheid, Minnesota State
Alec Rauhauser, Bowling Green; Mitch Reinke, Michigan Tech and Zach Whitecloud, Bemidji State (tied)

Goaltender:

Angus Redmond, Michigan Tech

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