Joakim "Jokie" Ryan committs to attend Cornell University in fall 2011
Jokie, who has dual citizenship in Sweden and the US, is the son of former top-ten ranked tennis star Catarina Lindqvist and tennis agent Bill Ryan. He was a finalist for the US National Team Development Program over the summer, and he will be off to Sweden soon to attend their U17 camp, which will play in the World Under-17 Challenge later this month in Ontario. Jokie is an uptempo offensive defenseman with a powerful shot, a versatile player who will likely be QB'ing the Big Red power play in the not-too-distant future. In addition to being the leading defensive scorer in the Atlantic Youth Hockey League, Jokie is a Junior at CBA.
He follows in the footsteps of Devils Alumnus David Adler, Cornell class of 2000. Read more at http://bigredpuckhead.