Release courtesy of BJ Pickard, MIAC Assistant Commissioner
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Student-athletes in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) continue to achieve in both athletics and in the classroom. For the third consecutive year, the MIAC has recognized more than 1,000 student-athletes with Academic All-Conference honors.
On Tuesday, the MIAC announced its 2017-18 Winter and Spring Academic All-Conference Teams, which included a record 695 student-athletes. Combined with the 412 Fall-sport athletes who were honored in January, the overall total of Academic All-Conference selections for the 2017-18 academic year sets a new Conference-high of 1,107, surpassing the previous record of 1,033, set last June.
This year’s Academic All-Conference list spotlights 1,107 examples of student-athletes achieving excellence without compromise. The nearly 700 Winter and Spring honorees also represents the highest seasonal total in MIAC history. Women’s outdoor track and field led the way with 72 honorees and softball was next with 66 honorees. Men’s hockey totaled the highest number of honorees for all winter/spring men’s sports with 56.
In order to qualify for Academic All-MIAC status, student-athletes must be sophomores, juniors, or seniors by academic standards with a minimum cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. Athletically, student-athletes in team sports must compete in 50 percent of their team’s regular-season varsity contests. The winter/spring team sports eligible include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s hockey, softball and men’s and women’s tennis. In addition, baseball pitchers who made five appearances or completed 20 innings pitched were eligible, as were hockey goalies who played in one-third (33.3 percent) of their team’s total minutes played for the regular season.
The Winter and Spring individual sports each have sport-specific criteria, and they include golf, swimming and diving and both indoor and outdoor track and field. Golfers must compete in the MIAC Championships or complete a minimum of 12 competitive rounds in order to be eligible for the honor. The swimming and diving qualifications require a student-athlete to finish in the top 16 of an individual event or compete in a relay race at the MIAC championships to be eligible. Track and field qualifications require student-athletes to score in an individual event or compete on a relay team at the MIAC Championships.
MIAC Academic All-Conference honors are announced twice annually, after the completion of the fall and spring academic semesters.
For the complete listing of 2017-18 MIAC Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference honorees: http://bit.ly/2Ks4Zts
Baseball (3)
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Samuel Archer |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Zimmerman, Minn. |
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Ryan Moriarty |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Le Sueur, Minn. |
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Brock Peterson |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Cannon Falls, Minn. |
Men’s Basketball (1)
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Jason Faul |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Prior Lake, Minn. |
Women’s Basketball (3)
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Brooke Lemke |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Delano, Minn. |
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Miranda Rice |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Forest Lake, Minn. |
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Emem Udo |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Apple Valley, Minn. |
Men’s Golf (1)
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Christopher Captain |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Rochester, Minn. |
Women’s Golf (3)
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Kristen Cash |
Gustavus |
So. |
Roseville, Minn. |
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Jessica Nelson |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Plymouth, Minn. |
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McKenzie Swenson |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Buffalo, Minn. |
Men’s Hockey (2)
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Axel Hallin |
Gustavus |
So. |
Hovas, Sweden |
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Colton Schmidt |
Gustavus |
So. |
Eden Prairie, Minn. |
Women’s Hockey (6)
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Kristen Cash |
Gustavus |
So. |
Roseville, Minn. |
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Marina Chapman |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
South Haven, Minn. |
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Erin Moes |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Hastings, Minn. |
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Taylor Nelson |
Gustavus |
So. |
Plymouth, Minn. |
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Erica Power |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Lakeville, Minn. |
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Paulina Scheid |
Gustavus |
So. |
Stillwater, Minn. |
Men’s Indoor Track & Field (3)
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Nelson Finne |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Elgin, Minn. |
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Benjamin Madigan |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Kohler, Wis. |
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Ryley Sandberg |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Polk City, Iowa |
Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4)
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Alexandra Anderson |
Gustavus |
So. |
Sioux Falls, S.D. |
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Lydia Hayes |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Decorah, Iowa |
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Megan Hill |
Gustavus |
So. |
Denver, Colo. |
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Bailey Van Den Heuvel |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Mondovi, Wis. |
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (2)
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Benjamin Madigan |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Kohler, Wis. |
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Ryley Sandberg |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Polk City, Iowa |
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (6)
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Alexandra Anderson |
Gustavus |
So. |
Sioux Falls, S.D. |
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Haley Anderson |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Eden Prairie, Minn. |
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Lydia Hayes |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Decorah, Iowa |
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Megan Hill |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Denver, Colo. |
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Marisa Morgan |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Rockford, Ill. |
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Bailey Van Den Heuvel |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Mondovi, Wis. |
Softball (5)
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Emily Carlson |
Gustavus |
So. |
Burnsville, Minn. |
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Alyssa Freeman |
Gustavus |
So. |
Omaha, Neb. |
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Sarah Pederson |
Gustavus |
So. |
Blaine, Minn. |
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Taylor Shortley |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Forest Lake, Minn. |
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Emily Webb |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Maple Lake, Minn. |
Men’s Swimming & Diving (6)
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Benjamin DeSutter |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Maple Plain, Minn. |
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Andrew Peters |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Montevideo, Minn. |
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Joshua Theis |
Gustavus |
So. |
Henderson, Minn. |
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Caleb Torvik |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Savage, Minn. |
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Connor Winter Zachariah Dawson |
Gustavus Gustavus |
So. So. |
St. Peter, Minn. Eagan, Minn. |
Women’s Swimming & Diving (4)
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Kennedy Holwerda |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Willmar, Minn. |
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Haley Pesik |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Eagan, Minn. |
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Hailey Teichmiller |
Gustavus |
So. |
Minocqua, Wis. |
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Madeline Westendorp |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
St. Michael, Minn. |
Men’s Tennis (8)
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Mason Bultje |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Mankato, Minn. |
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Yassine Derbani |
Gustavus |
So. |
Casablanca, Morocco |
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Thomas Entwistle |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Sioux Falls, S.D. |
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Ezekiel Haugen |
Gustavus |
So. |
St. Peter, Minn. |
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Chase Johnson |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Golden Valley, Minn. |
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Michael O’Neil |
Gustavus |
So. |
Edina, Minn. |
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Alex Senjem |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Rochester, Minn. |
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Gabriel Steinwand |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Moorhead, Minn. |
Women’s Tennis (4)
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Katherine Aney |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Rochester, Minn. |
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Allison Baker |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
Rosemount, Minn. |
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Briana Hartmann |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
Owatonna, Minn. |
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Sheila Sullivan |
Gustavus |
Jr. |
St. Paul, Minn. |