Edina, Minn. --- The Western Collegiate Hockey Association has announced that 21 Minnesota State student-athletes have been selected as WCHA Scholar-Athletes for the 2016-17 season.

Selections from the men's team included sophomore defenseman Daniel Brickley (Sandy, Utah) sophomore forward Max Coatta (Minnetonka, Minn.), senior defenseman Sean Flanagan (Kindersley, Sask.), senior defenseman Carter Foguth (Fenton, Mich.) senior goaltender Cole Huggins (Centennial, Colo.), sophomore forward Chandler Madry (Bakersfield, Calif.) junior goaltender Aaron Nelson (Bismarck, N.D.), senior forward Jordan Nelson (Williston, N.D.), sophomore forward Ryan Schwalbe (Anchorage, Alaska) and sophomore defenseman Alec Vanko (Oregon, Wis.)

On the women's side, sophomore forward Emily Antony (Plymouth, Minn.), sophomore goaltender Katie Bidulka (Oakville, Ont.), sophomore forward Corbin Boyd (Minnetonka, Minn.), junior forward Lindsey Coleman (Savage, Minn.), junior forward Hannah Davidson (Kincardine, Ont.),sophomore defenseman Lena Duesterhoeft (Munich, Germany), senior defenseman Anna Fiegert (Landshut, Germany), junior defenseman Anna Keys (Cottage Grove, Minn.), junior forward Amanda Martin (Peoria, Ariz.), senior goaltender Brianna Quade (Newcastle, Ont.), and senior forward Savannah Quandt (Mankato, Minn.) were selected.

Fiegert, Flanagan, Huggins and Jordan Nelson received the distinction for the third time in their careers. Aaron Nelson, Keys and Martin are second-time recipients of the award, while Antony, Bidulka, Boyd, Brickley, Coatta, Coleman, Davidson, Duesterhoeft, Foguth, Madry, Quade, Quandt Schwalbe and Vanko earned the honor for the first time.     .

The WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award was developed through member team Faculty Representatives and approved by the conference membership for the 2005-06 season. To earn recognition as a WCHA Scholar-Athlete, conference-member student-athletes must have completed at least one year of residency at their present institution prior to the current academic year and must also have a grade-point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale for the previous two semesters or three quarters, or may qualify if his/her overall GPA is at least 3.50 for all terms at his or her present institution.