King receives national AWHCA honors

Wayne State sophomore Ashley King has received AWHCA (American Women's Hockey Coaches Association) National Academic Scholar honors.

The honor is bestowed upon those with outstanding academic achievement while participating in collegiate women's ice hockey. The student-athlete must have been in attendance at her present institution for one year, have a 3.5 GPA or better over two semesters, dressed in 75% of games, and be a member in good standing with her team and school.

This past season, King served as an assistant captain while playing in all 35 games. She was named to the College Hockey America All-Academic Team and earned Wayne State's women's hockey President's Award (pictured above with WSU AD Rob Fournier) for academic success. She scored the first goal of the game on Oct. 14 vs. St. Lawrence and assisted on the first goal of the game on Jan. 14 at Mercyhurst. She had a season-high four shots on goal Jan. 28 at Robert Morris.

Photo by Matt Mackinder

Seven collegians named to U.S. junior camp

Fourteen players from the gold medal-winning 2006 U.S. National Under-18 Team are among the group of 45 players invited to the 2006 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y., August 5-14.

Participating players are candidates for the 2006 U.S. National Junior Team that will compete in the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2006-Jan. 5, 2007, in Mora and Leksand, Sweden.

Among the invites are seven current or future Michigan college players.

Sophomore Michigan defensemen Jack Johnson and Mark Mitera will be joined at the camp by incoming Wolverines' blueliner Chris Summers and incoming Michigan State defender Mike Ratchuk.

Up front, sophomore Spartan forward Justin Abdelkader (left) joins incoming U-M stud Trevor Lewis and Matt Butcher, a future Northern Michigan Wildcat.

The camp will feature practices and eight international scrimmages with a split squad of the best American players under the age of 20 facing off against Sweden and Finland.