University of Minnesota Athletics
Keith Ballard Named First Team All-America by InsideCollegeHockey.com
4/5/2004 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Among WCHA defensemen, Ballard is first in scoring in all games and finished tied for first in conference games with 8-11--19. His 0.97 points per game ranks second in the nation among defensemen. Ballard also had five game-winning goals to rank second in the WCHA and tied for fifth in the nation. The Golden Gophers were 26-9-2 with him in the lineup and 1-5-1 without him in the lineup.
Ballard scored 11 goals this season, putting his career total at 33 in three seasons. He is alone in seventh place on UM's all-time list for goals by a defenseman. Ballard also became the 11th defenseman in school history to tally 100 points. He has 33-67--100 for 11th place on Minnesota's points by a defenseman list.
The American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) will announce its All-America teams later this week.
2003-04 InsideCollegeHockey.com All-America Teams
First Team
F - Junior Lessard, Minnesota Duluth
F - Zach Parise, North Dakota
F - Steve Saviano, New Hampshire
D - Keith Ballard, Minnesota
D - Thomas Pock, Massachusetts
G - Yann Dannis - Brown
Second Team
F - Brandon Bochenski, North Dakota
F - Jim Slater - Michigan State
F - Tony Voce, Boston College
D - Scott Basiuk, Rensselaer
D - Ryan Caldwell, Denver
G - Jim Howard - Maine
Third Team
F - Chris Conner, Michigan Tech
F - Derek Edwardson, Miami
F - Ryan Shannon, Boston College
D - Beau Geisler, Minnesota Duluth
D - Prestsin Ryan - Maine
G - Bernd Bruckler, Wisconsin
