Winter/Spring Student-Athletes Earn Academic Honors

MOORHEAD, Minn. (6/26/24)---Concordia had 94 student-athletes from the winter and spring seasons earn MIAC Academic All-Conference honors.

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. Students must also complete one full-time academic year at their current institution before becoming eligible for the honor. An athlete must be a member of a MIAC-sponsored varsity sports team, be academically and athletically eligible, have utilized a season of participation per NCAA and MIAC definitions, and have remained on the sports roster through the conclusion of the sports season to be eligible for Academic All-Conference honors.

| Complete List of 2024 Winer/Spring MIAC Academic All-Conference Award Winners |

The 94 winter and spring academic award winners bring Concordia’s total for the entire year to 150.

The Cobber women’s track and field team led the way for the winter/spring sports teams, with 17 student-athletes receiving conference academic distinction. The men’s track and field had 14 honorees, while the men’s hockey and softball teams each had nine student-athletes receive the award.

The 2023-24 Winter and Spring Academic All-Conference honoree list includes 1,336 student-athletes. Combined with the 799 fall-sport athletes who were honored in January, the overall total of Academic All-Conference selections for the 2023-24 academic year sets a new Conference high of 2,135, surpassing the previous record of 2,117, established last June.

The latest Academic All-Conference list spotlights more than 1,300 examples of student-athletes achieving excellence without compromise. This is the third consecutive June in which the MIAC's overall Academic All-Conference list has exceeded 2,000 student-athletes. Six sports matched or broke single-season records, including women's track & field (216), men's track & field (182), baseball (146), men's hockey (116), softball (102), and women's golf (42). Additional sport totals include women's hockey (106), women's swimming & diving (105), women's tennis (70), women's basketball (66), men's swimming & diving (56), men's basketball (50), men's tennis (48), and men's golf (31).

Concordia Academic All-Conference Award Winners – Winter/Spring 2024

Baseball
Jake Christianson (Jr., Glencoe, Minn.)
David Dorsey (Jr., Delano, Minn.)
Caiden Kjelstrom (Jr., Aitkin, Minn.)
Nick Pederson (Sr., Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Jacob Wolf (So., Moorhead, Minn.)

Men’s Basketball
Nels Birkeland (Sr., Golden Valley, Minn.)
Mason Gravseth (Jr., Grand Forks, N.D.)
Zach Jackson (Jr., Lester Prairie, Minn.)
Matthew Johnson (Sr., Fergus Falls, Minn.)
Jackson Loge (So., Donnelly, Minn.)
Rowan Nelson (Jr., Melrose, Minn.)

Women’s Basketball
Makayla Anderson (Jr., Bismarck, N.D.)
Maddie Guler (Sr., Pelican Rapids, Minn.)
Taya Jeffrey (So., Albert Lea, Minn.)
Jordyn Kahler (Sr., Wahpeton, N.D.)
Leah Lenz (So., Belle Plaine, Minn.)
Molly Musland (So., LaMoure, N.D.)
Taylor Safranski (So., Fargo, N.D.)
Greta Tollefson (Jr., Pelican Rapids, Minn.)

Men’s Golf
Gabe Benson (So., Fargo, N.D.)
Mark Noah (So., Fargo, N.D.)

Women’s Golf
Allie Aadland (Jr., Barnesville, Minn.)
Lily Kirchner (Sr., South St. Paul, Minn.)
Lauren Lamp (So., Fargo., N.D.)
Joslynn Leach (Jr., Crookston, Minn.)
Kay Pederson (Sr., Lake Park, Minn.)

Men’s Hockey
Adam Brown (Jr., Delano, Minn.)
Matthew Hard (So., Warroad, Minn.)
Ben Luedtke (So., Wayzata, Minn.)
Kevin Ness (Sr., Broomfield, Colo.)
Brady O’Brien (So., Lino Lakes, Minn.)
Cole O'Connell (Sr., Moorhead, Minn.)
Hanson O'Leary (Jr., Roseau, Minn.)
Caden Triggs (So., Moorhead, Minn.)
Jack Westlund (Jr., Alexandria, Minn.)

Women’s Hockey
Ellie Brewer (Sr., Nederland, Colo.)
Jerica Friese (Sr., Argusville, N.D.)
Paige Hanson (Sr., Fargo, N.D.)
Livia Hoff (So., Silver Bay, Minn.)
Becca Macklin (Sr., Lakeville, Minn.)

Softball
Emma Bowman (Jr., Morris, Minn.)
Gabby Brown (Jr., Bloomington, Minn.)
Lexi Burke (Jr., West Fargo, N.D.)
Gabriella Castro (Jr., Chaska, Minn.)
Kailee Falconer (So., Sartell, Minn.)
Mallory Leitner (So., Dilworth, Minn.)
Daniell Lyon (Jr., St. Joseph, Minn.)
Lauren Staples (So., Hibbing, Minn.)
Rosemary Unglaub (Jr., Watertown, Minn.)

Women’s Swimming and Diving
Rachel Andersen (Sr., Apple Valley, Minn.)
Madelyn Barlage (So., Princeton, Minn.)
Kiernan Darling (Jr., Fargo, N.D.)
Hailey Jaeger (Jr., Fargo, N.D.)
Christina Moore (So., Carver, Minn.)
Brienna Timm (Sr., Alexandria, Minn.)

Men’s Tennis
Atticus Gould-Baker (So., Fargo, N.D.)
Kai Pierce (So., Fargo, N.D.)
Logan Sandberg (So., Grand Forks, N.D.)
Isaiah Soori (So., Fargo, N.D.)

Women’s Tennis
Lizzie Allan (Jr., Mandan, N.D.)
Erin Borchard (Jr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.)
Anna Hacker (Sr. Madison, Minn.)
Mary Skorich (Sr., Virginia, Minn.)

Men’s Track & Field
Logan Clark (So., Sartell, Minn.)
Carter Ferber (So., Fargo, N.D.)
Gavin Groshelle (Jr., Great Falls, Mont.)
Evan Grover (So., Warroad, Minn.)
Nick Hermes (Jr., Annandale, Minn.)
Lucas Hinojos (Sr., Wadena, Minn.)
Peyton Johnsrud (Jr., Starbuck, Minn.)
Peyton Kessel (Jr., Fargo, N.D.)
Alex Lerum (Sr., Plymouth, Minn.)
Cole Nowacki (Sr., East Grand Forks, Minn.)
Jacob Pipho (So., Decorah, Iowa)
Gabe Thompson (Jr., Perham, Minn.)
Trevor Tiongson (Jr., Fargo, N.D.)
Nick Trzynka (Jr., Maple Grove, Minn.)

Women’s Track & Field
Ava Chevalier (So., Glenwood, Minn.)
Kiernan Darling (Jr., Fargo, N.D.)
Charlotte Dove (So., Harwood, Md.)
Drew Frolek (Jr., Lidgerwood, N.D.)
Laura Fuller (Jr., Burnsville, Minn.)
Maddie Guler (Sr., Pelican Rapids, Minn.)
Signe Harris (Sr., Moorhead, Minn.)
Elsie Hatlevig (Sr., New Prague, Minn.)
Jenna Kalevik (Jr., Otsego, Minn.)
Emily Larsen (Jr., West Fargo, N.D.)
Greta Larson (Sr., Moorhead, Minn.)
Leah Lenz (So., Belle Plaine, Minn.)
Sierra Ramberg (Sr., Harwood, N.D.)
Emily Rengo (So., Esko, Minn.)
Cailey Schlosser (Jr., Dalton, Minn.)
Meg Shercliffe (Sr., Alexandria, Minn.)
Ella Shinn (So., Willmar, Minn.)