Five Cobbers Earn AHCA Academic Honors
Concordia student-athletes Adam Brown, Ben Luedtke, Brady O’Brien, Cole O'Connell and Hanson O'Leary all earned American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Krampade All-American Scholar honors.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (7/01/24)---Concordia student-athletes Adam Brown (Jr., Delano, Minn.), Ben Luedtke (So., Wayzata, Minn.), Brady O'Brien (So., Lino Lakes, Minn.), Cole O'Connell (Sr., Moorhead, Minn.) and Hanson O'Leary (Jr., Roseau, Minn.) all earned American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Krampade All-American Scholar honors.
To qualify, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.75 GPA for each semester and had to appear in 40% of the team's games. Exceptions were granted to injured players and backup goaltenders. Schools also were required to be members of the AHCA.
Brown is a Marketing major with a minor in Entrepreneurship and has a 3.94 grade point average. He played in 22 games for the Cobbers and had a pair of goals and two assists.
O'Brien was one of the main stays on the Concordia blue line for the season. He played in 19 games and tied for fourth on the team in plus/minus ratio. O'Brien carries a 3.76 GPA while majoring in Mathematical Finance and minoring in Data Analytics.
O'Connell was the top point player among the three honorees. He finished the year with seven goals and 10 assists for 17 points. He finished his Cobber career with 62 points and played in 79 games. O'Connell was a Finance major with a minor in Accounting and had a 3.83 GPA.
Luedtke played in all 25 games for Concordia in 2023-24 and finished with three goals and three assists. Like O'Connell, he is a Finance major but carries a minor in Data Analytics. Luedtke has a 3.91 GPA.
O'Leary finished in the Top 7 on the team in goals and assists. He also played in all 25 games and came away with six goals and seven assists for 13 points. O'Leary is a Business Marketing major and has a 3.76 GPA.