Bäckebo, Grossi, Miller Recognized as AHCA All-American Scholars
7/30/2018 12:25:00 PM | Ice Hockey
SYRACUSE, N.Y – Syracuse ice hockey's Amanda Bäckebo, Stephanie Grossi and Abbey Miller have been named American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) All-American Scholars for the 2017-18 season, the AHCA announced on Friday, July 27.
The AHCA All-American Scholars award honors ice hockey student-athletes who attained a 3.6 grade point average or higher each semester and played in at least 40 percent of his or her team's games during the season.
Backebo, a rising-junior defender from Gagnef, Sweden, appears on the list for the second time in her career. A communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performance Arts, she maintained a GPA of 3.933 during the fall of 2017 and a GPA of 3.813 in the spring of 2018 while playing in all 36 of the Orange's games, finishing the season with two points (two assists) to her name.
Grossi, the now-graduated forward from Winnipeg, Manitoba, majored in biochemistry in the College of Arts & Sciences and had a GPA of 3.75 in the fall of 2017 before posting a GPA of 3.958 in the spring of 2018. Grossi, who finished her 'Cuse career as the program's all-time points leader (117 points – 45 goals, 72 assists) and as a four-time CHA All-Academic Team member, was the female recipient of the 2018 Doris R. Soladay Award, an honor bestowed on a Syracuse male and female senior student-athlete who epitomizes all the positives in intercollegiate athletics, athletically, academically and in the community.
Miller finishes her Syracuse career as a two-time All-American Scholar. A communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performance Arts, she attained a GPA of 3.8 in the fall of 2017 and a GPA of 3.733 in the spring of 2018. The goaltender from Anoka, Minn., earned the CHA Goaltending Trophy and Second Team All-Conference honors as a junior and eclipsed the 1,000 career saves mark at Mercyhurst in her senior season, becoming the fifth goaltender in program history to accomplish the feat.
A total of 488 Division I men and women ice hockey student-athletes were named AHCA All-American Scholars.
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The AHCA All-American Scholars award honors ice hockey student-athletes who attained a 3.6 grade point average or higher each semester and played in at least 40 percent of his or her team's games during the season.
Backebo, a rising-junior defender from Gagnef, Sweden, appears on the list for the second time in her career. A communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performance Arts, she maintained a GPA of 3.933 during the fall of 2017 and a GPA of 3.813 in the spring of 2018 while playing in all 36 of the Orange's games, finishing the season with two points (two assists) to her name.
Grossi, the now-graduated forward from Winnipeg, Manitoba, majored in biochemistry in the College of Arts & Sciences and had a GPA of 3.75 in the fall of 2017 before posting a GPA of 3.958 in the spring of 2018. Grossi, who finished her 'Cuse career as the program's all-time points leader (117 points – 45 goals, 72 assists) and as a four-time CHA All-Academic Team member, was the female recipient of the 2018 Doris R. Soladay Award, an honor bestowed on a Syracuse male and female senior student-athlete who epitomizes all the positives in intercollegiate athletics, athletically, academically and in the community.
Miller finishes her Syracuse career as a two-time All-American Scholar. A communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performance Arts, she attained a GPA of 3.8 in the fall of 2017 and a GPA of 3.733 in the spring of 2018. The goaltender from Anoka, Minn., earned the CHA Goaltending Trophy and Second Team All-Conference honors as a junior and eclipsed the 1,000 career saves mark at Mercyhurst in her senior season, becoming the fifth goaltender in program history to accomplish the feat.
A total of 488 Division I men and women ice hockey student-athletes were named AHCA All-American Scholars.
For complete coverage of Syracuse and Syracuse ice hockey, follow us on Facebook (Syracuse Orange & Syracuse Women's Ice Hockey), Twitter (@Cuse & @CuseIce) and Instagram (@CusePics & @CuseIce).
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