The Western Collegiate Hockey Association proudly salutes the 85 WCHA Scholar-Athlete award recipients for 2023-24. The awards are presented by Sterling Trophy.

Representing all eight WCHA member institutions, the WCHA All-Academic Team includes student-athletes who have achieved at least sophomore status in their academic careers and have a GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in their previous two semesters or three quarters.

Ohio State leads the list of this year's WCHA Scholar-Athlete award winners with 19.  St. Thomas had 12 on the list while Bemidji State, Minnesota and Minnesota State all placed 11 on the Scholar-Athlete honor roll this year. Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State had eight apiece and Wisconsin had five Scholar-Athlete honorees this winter.

The WCHA Scholar-Athletes are collected with the help of the Faculty Athletic Representatives from each of the member institutions.

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Listed below are the 2023-24 WCHA All-Academic team award recipients from each of the league’s schools.

Bemidji State

Name	Pos.	Year	Hometown
Raeley Carney	Forward	Sophomore	Wasilla, Alaska
Makenna Deering	Defense	Junior	South St. Paul, Minn.
Mya Headrick	Forward	Sophomore	Garden River, Ont.
Genevieve Hendrickson	Forward	Junior	Warroad, Minn.
Khloe Lund	Defense	Senior	Thief River Falls, Minn.
Taylor Nelson	Forward	Senior	Carlton, Minn.
Kayla Santl	Forward	Senior	Roseau, Minn.
Gabrielle Smith	Forward	Senior	Brainerd, Minn.
Abigail Thompson	Goaltender	Junior	Forest Lake, Minn.
Alyssa Watkins	Forward	Junior	Hermantown, Minn.
McKayla Zilisch	Forward	Sophomore	Appleton, Wisc.

Minnesota

Name	Pos.	Year	Hometown
Josefin Bouveng	Forward	Sophomore	Vassunda, Sweden
Allie Franco	Defense	Sophomore	Oakdale, Minn.
Peyton Hemp	Forward	Junior	Andover, Minn.
Sophia Johnson	Goaltender	Sophomore	Minnetonka, Minn.
Lucy Morgan	Goaltender	Fifth Year	Mandan, N.D.
Solveig Neunzert	Defense	Fifth Year	Passau, Germany
Maggie Nicholson	Defense	Senior	Minnetonka, Minn.
Taylor Stewart	Defense	Fifth Year	Rochester, Minn.
Skylar Vetter	Goaltender	Junior	Lakeville, Minn.
Madeline Wethington	Defense	Graduate Student	Edina, Minn.
Audrey Wethington	Forward	Senior	Edina, Minn.

Minnesota Duluth

Name	Pos.	Year	Hometown
Hanna Baskin	Defense	Junior	Excelsior, Minn.
Katie Davis	Forward	Senior	Boise, Idaho
Reece Hunt	Forward	Graduate Student	Nelson, B.C.
Nina Jobst-Smith	Defense	Senior	North Vancouver, B.C.
Jenna Lawry	Forward	Junior	Lindstrom, Minn.
Hailey MacLeod	Goaltender	Sophomore	Abbotsford, B.C.
Mary Kate O'Brien	Forward	Junior	Wilbraham, Mass.
Clara Van Wieren	Forward	Senior	Okemos, Mich.

Minnesota State

Name	Pos.	Year	Hometown
Charlotte Akervik	Defense	Graduate Student	Eau Claire, Wisc.
Shelbi Guttormson	Forward	Junior	Moorhead, Minn.
Lyndsey Howard	Graduate Student	Defense	Savage, Minn.
Sydney Langseth	Forward	Senior	Eden Prariie, Minn.
Jamie Nelson	Forward	Senior	Andover, Minn.
Taylor Otremba	Forward	Sophomore	Lakeville, Minn.
Alexis Paddington	Forward	Junior	Thunder Bay, Ont.
Kianna Roeske	Defense	Sophomore	Paynesville, Minn.
Jayden Seifert	Defense	Junior	Farmington, Minn.
Avery Stilwell	Goaltender	Sophomore	Litchfield, Minn.
Whitney Tuttle	Forward	Sophomore	Rosemount, Minn.

Ohio State

Name	Pos.	Year	Hometown
Cayla Barnes	Defense	Graduate Student	Eastvale, Calif.
Lauren Bernard	Defense	Senior	Madison, Ohio
Hannah Bilka	Forward	Graduate Student	Coppell, Texas
Riley Brengman	Defense	Senior	China, Mich.
Jenna Buglioni	Forward	Senior	Port Moody, B.C.
Jennifer Gardiner	Forward	Graduate Student	Surrey, B.C.
Hadley Hartmetz	Defense	Graduate Student	Phoenixville, Pa.
Kenzie Hauswirth	Forward	Graduate Student	Farmington, Minn.
Kelsey King	Forward	Graduate Student	Elk River, Minn.
Raygan Kirk	Senior	Goaltender	Ste. Anne, Manitoba
Quinn Kuntz	Goaltender	Graduate Student	Warroad, Minn.
Stephanie Markowski	Defense	Graduate Student	Edmonton, Alberta
Sloane Matthews	Forward	Sophomore	Plymouth, Minn.
Olivia Mobley	Forward	Senior	St. Louis Park, Minn.
Emma Peschel	Defense	Sophomore	Edina, Minn.
Lexington Secreto	Goaltender	Sophomore	New Windsor, N.Y.
Amanda Thiele	Goaltender	Senior	Milford, Mich.
Makenna Webster	Forward	Senior	St. Louis, Mo.
Kiara Zanon	Forward	Senior	Fairport, N.Y.

St. Cloud State

Name	Pos.	Year	Hometown
Regan Bulger	Defense	Sophomore	Yellowknife Northwest, Territories
JoJo Chobak	Goaltender	Senior	Chicago, Ill.
Klára Hymlárová	Forward	Fifth Year	Opava Czech, Republic
Taylor Larson	Defense	Junior	Nisswa, Minn.
Taylor Lind	Forward	Fifth Year	Shaunavon, Sask.
Avery Myers	Forward	Senior	Fargo, N.D.
Svenja Voigt	Forward	Sophomore	Cologne, Germany
Grace Wolfe	Defense	Junior	Owatonna, Minn.

St. Thomas

Name	Pos.	Year	Hometown
Maddy Clough	Defender	Junior	Andover, Minn.
Calla Frank	Goaltender	Graduate Student	Hugo, Minn.
Rachel Golnitz	Defender	Junior	Wyoming, Minn.
Molly Grundhoffer	Forward	Sophomore	Mankato, Minn.
Olivia King	Goaltender	Graduate Student	Garrison, Minn.
Isabel Lippai	Defender	Senior	Woodbury, Minn.
Haley Maxwell	Defender	Sophomore	Edina, Minn.
Allie Monrean	Forward	Graduate Student	Anchorage, Alaska
Brieja Parent	Forward	Senior	Forest Lake, Minn.
Abby Promersberger	Forward	Junior	Fargo, N.D.
Lauren Stenslie	Forward	Junior	Maple Grove, Minn.
Nicole Vallario	Defense	Junior	Lugano, Switzerland

Wisconsin

Name	Position	Year	Hometown
Chloe Baker	Goaltender	Redshirt Freshman	Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Britta Curl	Forward	Graduate Student	Bismarck, N.D.
Jane Gervais	Goaltender	Redshirt Junior	Valcourt, Quebec
Vivian Jungels	Defense	Sophomore	Edina, Minn.
Anna Wilgren	Defense	Graduate Student	Hudson, Wisc.