Cobbers Continue Academic Excellence with New MIAC Academic Honoree Record
MOORHEAD, Minn. (6/24/26)--- Concordia topped last year’s MIAC Academic All-Conference honors total for winter and spring season with a new record of 114 student-athletes.
The total of 114 award winners is 3 more than last year. The Cobbers also had 58 student-athletes receive the conference academic honor for the fall season, and the combined total of 172 is the most ever by Concordia student-athletes for one full season. The previous record of 168 was set just last year in 2024-25.
The Cobber women’s track and field team led the way with a total of 26 student-athletes earning Academic All-Conference honors. The Concordia baseball, women’s basketball, men’s hockey, and men’s track & field teams also had double digit honorees on the list.
| Complete List of 2026 Winter/Spring MIAC Academic All-Conference Award Winners (pdf) |
As a conference, the MIAC had 1,468 student-athletes earn the award in the winter and spring seasons. Combined with the 851 fall-sport athletes honored in January, the overall total of Academic All-MIAC selections for the 2025-26 academic year sets a new Conference high of 2,319, surpassing the previous record of 2,288, established last June.
The latest Academic All-Conference list spotlights more than 1,400 examples of student-athletes achieving excellence without compromise. This is the fifth consecutive June in which the MIAC's overall Academic All-Conference list has exceeded 2,000 student-athletes. Four sports matched or broke their single-season records, including women's track & field (250), softball (131), women's basketball (97), and men's swimming & diving (66).
Additional sport totals included men's track & field (187), baseball (163), women's swimming & diving (118), women's hockey (112), men’s hockey (107), women's tennis (69), men's tennis (51), men's basketball (47), women’s golf (39), and men's golf (31).
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.
The 2025-26 MIAC Academic All-Conference honorees can be found here, listed alphabetically by sport and then by institution. To see all-time honorees, please visit the MIAC Academic All-Conference archives.
Concordia Academic All-Conference Award Winners – Winter/Spring 2026
Baseball
Brock Anderson (Sr., Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Bryce Binek (So., Swanville, Minn.)
Zack Ehnstrom (Jr., Aitkin, Minn.)
Luke Knudsen (So., Spicer, Minn.)
Wyatt Mohr (Jr., Alexandria, Minn.)
Cullen Norland (Jr., Fosston, Minn.)
Cael Olson (So., Delano, Minn.)
Grant Paffrath (So., Spicer, Minn.)
Talan Plante (So., Marshall, Minn.)
Joey Price (So., Shoreview, Minn.)
David Revering (So., Parkers Prairie, Minn.)
Lukas Stofer (Jr., Cottage Grove, Minn.)
Ben Trutwin (Jr., Annandale, Minn.)
Brayden Wolfgram (So., Thompson, N.D.)
Men’s Basketball
Peyton Belka (Sr., Rogers, Minn.)
Cole Holzer (So., Casselton, N.D.)
Jackson Loge (Sr., Donnelly, Minn.)
Max Musland (So., LaMoure, N.D.)
Women’s Basketball
Peyton Breidenbach (So., West Fargo, N.D.)
Brooklyn Christianson (So., Glencoe, Minn.)
Kaia Gack (So., Sartell, Minn.)
Genevieve Gruba (Jr., Enderlin, Minn.)
Olivia Hanson (Jr., Monticello, Minn.)
Taya Jeffrey (Sr., Albert Lea, Minn.)
Leah Lenz (Sr., Belle Plaine, Minn.)
Molly Musland (Sr., LaMoure, N.D.)
Taylor Safranski (Sr., Fargo, N.D.)
Alexa Snesrud (Jr., Cloquet, Minn.)
Ellie Welch (So., Pelican Rapids, Minn.)
Maci Wheeldon (Jr., Fargo, N.D.)
Men’s Golf
Jack Hanson (Jr., Apple Valley, Minn.)
Women’s Golf
Helena Daggett (So., Detroit Lakes, Minn.)
Lauren Lamp (Sr., Fargo., N.D.)
Madi Ramler (So., Albany, Minn.)
Addicyn Zimmerman (Jr., Perham, Minn.)
Men’s Hockey
Philippe De Camplain (So., Otterburn Park, Quebec, Canada)
Jack Hanson (So., Minneapolis, Minn.)
Matthew Hard (Sr., Warroad, Minn.)
Zak Kennett (Jr., Red Lake Falls, Minn.)
Ben Luedtke (Sr., Wayzata, Minn.)
Brady O’Brien (Sr., Lino Lakes, Minn.)
Talan Plante (So., Marshall, Minn.)
Caden Triggs (Sr., Moorhead, Minn.)
Carson Triggs (So., Moorhead, Minn.)
Gavin Waltz (So., Mound, Minn.)
Women’s Hockey
Keira Borreson (So., Williston, N.D.)
Livia Hoff (Sr., Silver Bay, Minn.)
Siena Kropp (So., Prior Lake, Minn.)
Jaclyn Lloyd (Sr., Watertown, S.D.)
Anna Nelson (So., Fargo, N.D.)
Abbey Reule (Jr., Devils Lake, N.D.)
Morgan Sauvageau (Sr., Fargo, N.D.)
Taylor Severson (Jr., Fargo., N.D.)
Kate Stephens (Jr., Pequot Lakes, Minn.)
Softball
Charlotte Bertram (So., Plymouth, Minn.)
Kailee Falconer (Sr., Sartell, Minn.)
Megan Guggisberg (So., Sartell, Minn.)
Morgan Guggisberg (So., Sartell, Minn.)
Lily Heskin (So., Moorhead, Minn.)
Cate Kehoe (So., Morris, Minn.)
Lauren Kohlgraf (So., Mora Minn.)
Mallory Leitner (Sr., Dilworth, Minn.)
Jocelyn Maki (Sr., Hibbing, Minn.)
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Leah Enedy (So., Hampton, Minn.)
Christina Moore (Sr., Carver, Minn.)
Men’s Tennis
Isaac Maddock (Jr., Osakis, Minn.)
Kai Pierce (Sr., Fargo, N.D.)
Logan Sandberg (Sr., Grand Forks, N.D.)
Isaiah Soori (Sr., Fargo, N.D.)
Ryoga Yano (So., Owkinowa, Japan)
Women’s Tennis
Erin Borchard (Sr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.)
Claire Kimman (So., Little Falls, Minn.)
Ava Lowman (Jr., Cambridge, Minn.)
Annalise Skrade (Jr., Decorah, Iowa)
Men’s Track & Field
Brady Andrews (Jr., Montevideo, Minn.)
Logan Clark (Sr., Sartell, Minn.)
Sam Dioszeghy (Jr., Mound, Minn.)
Carter Ferber (Sr., Fargo, N.D.)
Evan Grover (Sr., Warroad, Minn.)
Nicholas Hasbargen (So., Fargo, N.D.)
Eli Hegland (So., Appleton, Minn.)
Blake Houska (Jr., Hickson, N.D.)
Ethan Lebrija (Jr., Chokio, Minn.)
Jayson Lemler (So., Rochester, Minn.)
Jacob Pipho (Sr., Decorah, Iowa)
Ryan Richardson (So., Monticello, Minn.)
Brayden Sjoblom (So., Detroit Lakes, Minn.)
Trevor Tiongson (Sr., Fargo, N.D.)
Women’s Track & Field
Londyn Ames (Jr., Williston, N.D.)
Josie Brown (So., Saco, Mont.)
Maggie Brown (Jr., Luck, Wis.)
Taylor Christenson (So., Fargo, N.D.)
Brynley Coleman (So., Hatton, N.D.)
Addie Dahl (So., Elk River, Minn.)
Charlotte Dove (Sr., Harwood, Md.)
Lydia Fynboh (Jr., Donnelly, Minn.)
Kaia Gack (So., Sartell, Minn.)
Genevieve Gruba (Jr., Enderlin, N.D.)
Olivia Hanson (Jr., Monticello, Minn.)
Kasey Hart (So., Buffalo, Minn.)
Kelyn Henry-Perlich (So., Hastings, Neb.)
Nora Jones (So., Dilworth, Minn.)
Leah Lenz (Sr., Belle Plaine, Minn.)
Ellie Machayya (So., West Fargo, N.D.)
Emily McCarthy (So., Hudson, Wisc.)
Chloe Mueffelmann (So., Cold Spring, Minn.)
Bailey Murack (So., Moorhead, Minn.)
Ashley Nelson (So., Rice, Minn.)
Emily Rengo (Sr., Esko, Minn.)
Amelia Rowley (Jr., Lakewood, Colo.
Ella Starzl (So., Fergus Falls, Minn.)
Alaina Voss (Jr., Glencoe, Minn.)
Emma Warner (So., McGregor, Minn.)
Ellie Welch (So., Pelican Rapids, Minn.)