February 12, 2026
All 30 Ferris State hockey players earn CCHA All-Academic honors
All 30 players rostered on the Ferris State University men's ice hockey team were recognized with All-Academic honors for the 2025-26 season by the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.
The number is an all-time high for Ferris State hockey and is the most of any league university this season.
To qualify for the CCHA All-Academic Team, student athletes must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Those student athletes who achieved a 3.5 GPA or better were also named CCHA Scholar Athletes, appearing below in bold. All students are listed with their majors.
The Academic Team is comprised of sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students. Honored players are:
Jacob Badal, senior, Business Administration
Nic Belpedio, graduate student, Master of Business Administration
Gavin Best, senior, Economics
Caden Brown, senior, Integrative Studies
Conner Brown, sophomore, Business Administration
Holden Doell, junior, Business Administration
Max Dukovac, senior, Integrative Studies
Emerson Goode, junior, Marketing
Hobie Hedquist, junior, Accountancy
Logan Heroux, sophomore, Finance
Max Itagaki, senior, Business Administration
Xavier Jean-Louis, senior, Economics
Christopher Lie, sophomore, Business Administration
Luke Lisko, freshman, Information Security and Intelligence
Martin Lundberg, sophomore, Business Administration
John Lundy, senior, Business Administration
Connor McGrath, senior, Business Administration
Jack Mesic, junior, Prod Design Engineering Tech
Brian Morse, freshman, Business Administration
Valtteri Piironen, senior, Sports Communication
Carter Rapalje, junior, Sports Communication
Tanner Rowe, junior, Integrative Studies
Noah Rupprecht, junior, Sports Communication
Tyler Schleppe, senior, Finance
Jack Silich, sophomore, Finance
Trevor Taulien, junior, Finance
Kade Turner, sophomore., Biology
Riley Wallack, senior, BUAD with Professional Tracks BS
Mason West, sophomore, Biology
Josh Zary, senior, Business Administration
Ferris State has its final home series of the season this weekend as Northern Michigan comes to town Friday, Feb. 13), and Saturday, Feb. 14. Puck drop for Friday's game is set for 7:07 p.m. with both games streaming live on Midco Sports Plus.