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Thirteen Notre Dame players make ACC All-Academic Team

These players knew to hit the books before they hit the court.

Generally speaking, Notre Dame basketball is a very mixed bag right now. The women are coming off their second straight Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament. After a historically bad season, the men have a new coach and need to somehow figure out how to fill up a roster with many gaps. The one thing both programs have in common is they have some very intelligent players.

As a reflection of Notre Dame’s high classroom standards, 13 basketball players have made their respective ACC All-Academic Teams. Specifically, seven women and six men were so honored. It’s the latest example of the university refusing to compromise its values if it means accepting student-athletes who won’t take their studies seriously. With this latest news, that stubbornness won’t change anytime soon.

Take a look at the players who are as good in the classroom as they are on the court. Maybe this can serve as an inspiration to a young person who is struggling with grades. If you are one of them, don’t give up because these men and women sure don’t. It’s the first ACC All-Academic selection for all players unless noted:

Notre Dame has five players among Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

There are some smart players on the Irish’s hockey team.

Notre Dame continues to add to its reputation of having some of the smartest student-athletes in the nation. The latest proof of that is five hockey players being named 2020-21 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. Those players are accounting majors Alex Steeves and Charlie Raith, business analytics majors Pierce Crawford and Trevor Janicke, and finance major Christian DiCesare. So yeah, chances are you’re going to get on this list if you’re good at working with numbers.

To qualify for the award, a player must be an Academic All-Big Ten selection, be a full-time season for all of the previous academic year and have at least a 3.70 GPA during that academic year, excluding summer grades. The Big Ten gives out this honor for student-athletes in every sport it has teams for. As Notre Dame only is in the conference for hockey, this is the only opportunity for the university to be represented on this list.

17 Notre Dame Hockey Players Earn Big Ten Academic Honors

17 Notre Dame hockey players were awarded academic All Big-Ten honors on Monday. Find out which record-setting 17 players right here!

Just because things didn’t go as well on the ice as some had hoped this past winter that doesn’t mean Notre Dame hockey players weren’t doing a lot of winning away from the rink.

Monday the Big Ten announced their academic award winners for this past season and the list was stocked full of Fighting Irish.

Official release from the University of Notre Dame Athletics Department:

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Seventeen members of the 2019-20 Notre Dame hockey team earned Big Ten All-Academic team honors, the conference announced on Monday afternoon (May 11).

The 17 honorees tied with Michigan State for the most in the Big Ten hockey conference. The 17 honorees also marked the most conference All-Academic team honorees for a single season in program history, spanning Notre Dame’s time in the Big Ten, Hockey East, CCHA and WCHA.

Seniors Cal Burke and Cale Morris had the added distinction of earning All-Academic team honors for the fourth time in their careers (three seasons in the Big Ten, one season in Hockey East).

Notre Dame’s 2019-20 Big Ten All-Academic Team Honorees
Cal Burke, Sr., Business Analytics; Boxborough, Massachusetts ***
Cam Burke, So., Business; Boxborough, Massachusetts
Nate Clurman, So., Business; Boulder, Colorado
Pierce Crawford, Jr., Business; Analytics Park Ridge, Illinois *
Michael Graham, So., Business; Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Matt Hellickson, Jr., Finance; Rogers, Minnesota *
Nick Leivermann, So., Business; Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Cale Morris, Sr., Business Technology; Larkspur, Colorado ***
Jake Pivonka, So., Business; Naperville, Illinois
Charlie Raith, So., Business; Winnetka, Illinois
Nick Sanford, Jr., Political Science; Morristown, New Jersey *
Graham Slaggert, So., Business; South Bend, Indiana
Dylan St. Cyr, Jr., Finance; Northville, Michigan *
Spencer Stastney, So., Business And Film, Television And Theatre; Mequon, Wisconsin
Alex Steeves, So., Business; Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Matt Steeves, Jr., Business Technology; Eden Prairie, Minnesota *
Colin Theisen, Jr., Finance; Monroe, Michigan *

* – Indicates prior Big Ten and/or Hockey East All-Academic Team honors. Freshmen student-athletes are ineligible for the Big Ten All-Academic Team.