Genoway Named ESPN Magazine Third-Team Academic All-American:

Genoway named ESPN Magazine Third-Team Academic All-American

Friday, June 12, 2009 - Submitted by UND Athletics

University of North Dakota defenseman Chay Genoway has been named to the 2009 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America men’s at-large team by a vote of the College Sports Information Directors of America. Genoway was a third-team selection.

Genoway is a management major with a 3.64 cumulative grade point average.

Earlier this spring, Genoway was selected to his second straight All-WCHA Academic team and was named a WCHA Scholar Athlete for the second year in a row.

A native of Morden, Manitoba, Genoway was named 2008-09 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year after recording a career-high 32 points and tying for the team lead with a career-high 29 assists. He was also named to the All-WCHA first team and was named a second team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Genoway was also an All-College Hockey News second team selection for the second straight season.

Genoway will enter his senior season in 2009-10 as the leading scorer among active WCHA defensemen. In 123 career games, Genoway has 16 goals and 64 assists for 80 points, leaving him 20 points away from becoming only the ninth defenseman in Sioux history to reach the 100-point plateau. His six career game-winning goals are two shy of the UND school record for a defenseman.

UND went 24-15-4 last season won the MacNaughton Cup as WCHA regular season champions with a 17-7-4 league record. The Sioux advanced to their seventh straight NCAA postseason tournament, the 24th tournament appearance in school history.

Genoway is the first UND men’s hockey player to be named to the Academic All-America team since Karl Goehring was named to the first team in 2001. Goehring also earned second-team honors in 2000.