All 11 eligible Colorado College first-year hockey players were recognized for excellence in the classroom during the 2024-25 academic year and added to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's Academic All-Conference Team. Nine of the 11 were also named NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes.

Freshmen and first-year transfers were not eligible when the honors were first announced in February, as they had not completed a full academic year, but with the 2024-25 academic calendar complete, the newcomers are now eligible to earn NCHC academic honors.
 
The 11 additions put all 27 players from CC's 2024-25 roster earned a spot on the Academic All-Conference team, tying the most among the nine teams in the NCHC. With the nine added as NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, CC's total of 24 topped the league.  
 
The players added to the Academic All-Conference team were freshmen Nick Baer, Owen Beckner, Philippe Blais-Savoie, Jordan Brisson, Ryan Koering, Gavin Lindberg, Carsen Musser and Fisher Scott, and first-year transfers Brady Cleveland, Ty Gallagher and Chase McLane. In addition, Baer, Beckner, Cleveland, Gallagher, Koering, Lindberg, McLane, Musser and Scott were named NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes.
 
To be eligible for the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team, a student-athlete must compile a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average (or better) and have completed a full academic year at their current institution. Similarly, for NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, a student-athlete must attain a 3.5 cumulative GPA or better with a full year of academic studies.
 
In all, 222 NCHC student-athletes made the 2024-25 Academic All-Conference Team, as 131 sophomores, juniors and seniors were recognized in February. Along with that, 159 student-athletes overall were tabbed NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes this past season, the most in conference history.