BURNSVILLE, Minn. — The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference announced that 864 student-athletes have earned NSIC All-Academic honors for the 2022 fall athletic season; 535 student-athletes were named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, while 329 earned NSIC All-Academic Team honors.
To be eligible for the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, a student-athlete must have a 3.60 cumulative GPA or higher, while NSIC All-Academic Team members must have a 3.20 cumulative GPA or higher.
Additionally, the student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team and in at least their second year of competition at their current institution (true freshmen, red-shirt freshman and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible). Furthermore, the student-athlete must have completed at least one full academic year at their current institution (student must be in at least their third academic-year-semester at their institution).
The University of Minnesota Crookston had 25 student athletes named to the NSIC All-Academic Team, with 16 of those athletes being named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence.
Six women's cross country members were named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence:
Brooke Benson (Sr., Monroe, Wash.),
Alyssa Stillman (Sr., Hortonville, Wis.),
Anna Grabowski (So., Waterdown, Ontario),
Katie Orth (R-Sr., Randall, Minn.) and Rena Sekai (Sr., Chiba, Japan).
Alex Christen (R-So., Sauk Centre, Minn.) was named to the NSIC All-Academic Team. For men's cross country,
Warden Dahlgren (R-So., Edgeley, N.D.) was named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, while Chris Feldeward (R-So., Melrose, Minn.) was given All-Academic honors.
In soccer, six athletes were awarded with the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence:
Abby Fettinger (So., White Bear Lake, Minn.),
Alyssa Pavlacic (Sr., St. Charles, Mo.),
Morgan Laplante (Sr., De Soto, Kan.),
Brooklyn Fischbach (So., South St. Paul, Minn.),
Jada VanOverbeke (So., Hartford, S.D.) and
Ashley Chomyn (Sr., Winnipeg, Manitoba). Additionally, five others were named to the All-Academic team:
Emma Stempien (So., Plymouth, Mich.),
Jacqueline Calderon (Jr., Indio, Calif.),
Lanie Padelford (So., Mahtomedi, Minn.),
Madelyn Teplansky (Jr., Apple Valley, Calif.) and
Kathryn Brainerd (Sr., Corcoran, Minn.).
Four Minnesota Crookston volleyball players were also named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence.
Bailey Schaefer (So., Brandon, Minn.),
Mara Weisensel (Jr., New Ulm, Minn.),
Madison Klimek (Sr., Oakdale, Minn.) and
Layne Whaley (So., Ashland, Neb.) each earned the distinctive honor.
Natalie Koke (R-Sr., Caledonia, Wis.) and
Maria Jose Bustos Garcia (Sr., Cartagena, Columbia) earned honors on the All-Academic team.
The 25 student-athletes named to the All-Academic teams from Minnesota Crookston is up from nine in 2021 and the most the Golden Eagles have had since they had 38 student-athletes earn the honors in 2019.
