NEWS

Thirty-six former OJHL players, now plying their trade in ECAC Division I hockey, have all been named members of the presitigious ECAC All-Academic Team by having a grade point average of 3.00 or higher.

Leading the way with eight OJHL graduates were the RPI Engineers, followed closely behind by the Clarkson Golden Knights with seven of our former players.  From an OJHL club perspective, botht the Georgetown Raiders and Wellington Dukes had six former players each named All-Academic, while the Stouffville Spirit had five players listed.

Eight of the 36 players finished out their collegiate careers, having been named All-Academic in each of their four seasons of NCAA hockey.  The sign of a true student-athlete, the impressive feat was accomplished by Eric Axell, Nick D'Agostino, Mike Dalhuisen, Omar Kanji, Nick Maricic, Matt O'Grady, Cody Rosen and Marc Senecal.

Below is the complete list of OJHL Alumni named ECAC All-Academic:

Brown
Massimo Lamacchia (Vaughan/Stouffville/Markham)
Matt Lorito (Villanova)
Marc Senecal (Wellington)

Clarkson
Simon Bessette (Wellington)
Jarrett Burton (Kingston)
Christian Finch (Vaughan/Brampton/Stouffville)
Paul Geiger (Stouffville) - pictured 2012/13 - photo credit: Mike Tansey/Clarkson University Athletics

Patrick Megannety (Georgetown)
Cody Rosen (Kingston)
Joe Zarbo (Wellington)

Colgate
Kyle Baun (Toronto)
Spencer Finney (Port Hope/Trenton)
Jeremy Price (Milton)

Cornell
Eric Axell (St. Michael's)
Braden Birch (Oakville)
Nick D'Agostino (St. Michael's)
Omar Kanji (Upper Canada)

Dartmouth
Tyler Sikura (Newmarket)

Quinnipiac
Mike Dalhuisen (Lindsay)

RPI
Chris Bradley (Buffalo)
Travis Fulton (Bramalea/Georgetown/Vaughan)
Phil Hampton (Burlington/Oakville)
Brock Higgs (Kingston)
Curtis Leonard (Wellington)
Mark McGowan (Georgetown/Oakville)
Matt Neal (Stouffville)
Marty O'Grady (Wellington)

St. Lawrence
Greg Carey (Burlington)
Jordan Dewey (Georgetown)
Kyle Essery (Georgetown)
Jeremy Wick (Orangeville/Georgetown)

Union
Daniel Ciampini (Stouffville/St. Michael's)
Josh Jooris (Burlington)

Yale
Nick Maricic (Wellington)

Congratulations to all our former players on their accomplishments this past season and here's to bigger and better things in the future!