BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The Men's League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, through WCHA President and Men's League Commissioner Bill Robertson, have announced the 105 recipients of the 2020-21 WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award. The Alaska Nanooks hockey team had 11 student-athletes named.

Commissioner Robertson had this to say about the academic excellence in the conference, "On behalf of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, I want to extend congratulations to our 2020-21 WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award winners. I'm excited to recognize publicly the academic excellence of our 105 student-athletes who have performed at an elite level in the classroom while competing at the top level of collegiate hockey. All of our recipients are exceptional representatives of the WCHA."

This award was developed through institution Faculty Athletics Representatives and has been a part of conference tradition since 2005-06. To earn recognition, conference-member student-athletes must have completed at least one year of residency at their present institution prior to the current academic year and must have a GPA of at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale for the previous two semesters or three quarters.
 

Name	Class	Position	Major	Hometown
Colin Doyle	Jr.	F	Business Admin	Cambellford, Ont.
Filip Fornaa Svensson	So.	F	Business Admin	Linkoping, Sweden
Gustavs Grigals	Jr.	G	Business Admin	Riga, Latvia
Didrik Henbrant	So.	F	Business Admin	Linkoping, Sweden
Caleb Hite	Jr.	F	Accounting	Grand Blanc, Mich.
Kristaps Jakobsons	R-Fr.	D	Business Admin	Tukums, Latvia
Roberts Kalkis	So.	D	Business Admin	Riga, Latvia
Markuss Komuls	So.	D	Business Admin	Talsi, Latvia
Jordan Muzzillo**	Jr.	D	Business Admin	Capron, Ill.
Max Newton***	Sr.	F	Business Admin	Vancouver, B.C.
Antti Virtanen**	Jr.	D	Business Admin	Kittila, Finland

** Two-time selection *** Three-time selection

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