SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Six members of the Union College men's hockey and men's lacrosse teams were recognized for their work in competition and in the classroom with spots on the 2025 CSC Academic All-District Men's At-Large Team, selected by College Sports Communicators and announced on Tuesday.
Juniors
Brandon Buhr and
Kyle Chauvette of the men's hockey team picked up Division I At-Large recognition, while men's lacrosse seniors
Chris Connolly,
Peter Kip and
Luke McHugh were joined by sophomore teammate
Jack Lucey in earning Division III At-Large laurels.
Unlike most sport-specific categories, the At-Large program is arguably the most competitive Academic All-District program, encompassing 10 different men's sports: fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
To be nominated for College Sports Communicators (formerly
CoSIDA) Academic All-District honors, student-athletes must reach a minimum participation threshold (varies by sport), maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher, and reach sophomore athletic and academic standing at the school. All Academic All-District honorees are considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America ballot.
Buhr and Chauvette both earned All-District honors for the second straight seasons. Buhr was named Union's Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year after the economics major ranked third in the conference with a team-leading 19 goals to go with nine assists for 28 points in 36 games to earn All-ECAC Hockey third-team honors. Chauvette also earned All-Conference third-team recognition after posting an 18-11-3 record between the pipes for Union as a junior, with the economics major finishing the year with a 2.51 goals against average and .905 save percentage.
Kip is the lone repeat honoree among the four lacrosse selections and also is the lone lacrosse honoree to not be majoring in economics. The environmental policy major ranked second on the team in scoring with 22 goals and a team-best 14 assists for 36 points as a senior, and finished his career top-seven in program history in both goals (117) and points (178).
McHugh earned All-Liberty League honorable mention in his first year as the team's full-time faceoff specialist, winning over 61 percent of his draws and ranking third in the conference in both ground balls (108) and faceoff percentage (180 of 294). Connolly and Lucey both played key roles on the Union defensive unit this season, with Lucey causing a team-leading 14 turnovers and grabbing 34 ground balls and Connolly recording 14 ground balls and causing three miscues.
With the six honorees, Union student-athletes have now earned 265 Academic All-District honors since 2001.
