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Frank Stegnar was one 13 UMass Lowell hockey players who achieved Hockey East All-Academic Team honors this year. This is the fourth straight year the River Hawks have had at least 11 players named to the All-Academic Team. Student-athletes who earn a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher in each of the two academic semesters in which they competed receive all-academic honors.

Stegner was one of three players named as the Top Scholar Athlete in Hockey East, earning a 4.0 GPA. In addition to making the All-Academic Team for the second straight year, Stegnar was named to the league’s Academic All-Star Team.

Junior Mark Roebothan made the list for the third time in three years. Roebothan, an Academic All-Star as a freshman, maintained a 3.44 GPA in his junior season. He posted a career-best 23 points on 14 goals and nine assists in 37 games in 2007-08.

In addition to Stegnar, junior Nick Monroe along with sophomores Barry Goers, Tommy Powers, Ian Schaser and Paul Worthington also made the list for the second time.

Goers maintained a 3.67 GPA as a business management major. He led the River Hawks and tied for second in Hockey East in defense scoring. He had 24 points on four goals and 20 assists in 37 games.

Sophomores Jeremy Dehner, Carter Hutton, Jonathan Maniff and freshman Scott Campbell, Jason DeLuca and Maury Edwards made the list for the first time.

The River Hawks finished the 2007-08 season 16-17-4 overall and 10-13-4 in Hockey East play. The 16 wins doubled their win total from 2006-07. UML qualified for the Hockey East playoffs this season, finishing seventh in the standings with 24 points.

UMass Lowell was ranked in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I national poll for 11 weeks during the season, reaching as high as 13th in the country on Jan. 7.