BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – On Thursday, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its 2025-26 Winter and Spring Academic All-Conference honorees, including 1,468 student-athletes. Combined with the 851 fall-sport athletes honored in January, the overall total of Academic All-Conference 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.

Student-athletes at Saint Mary's University continue to achieve highly in both competition and the classroom with a total of 84 winter and spring Cardinals earning Academic All-Conference awards.

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. 

Leading the way for the second year in a row is the Saint Mary's softball team who named 16 to the list. Behind them was the men's hockey team and a program best 13 baseball players this season and another program best 12 for the women's hockey team.

Below are the Cardinals earning the prestigious academic honors. 

Baseball (13): Maddox Cejka (Prairie du Chien, Wis.), Eric Charest (Blaine, Minn.), Devin Coyle (Madison, Wis.), Ryan Csida (Kimberly, Wis.), Stephen Golden (Centerville, Minn.), Alex Hanneman (Appleton, Wis.), Ben Johnson (River Falls, Wis.), Drew Rothenberger (Windom, Minn.), Gavan Schulte (Sartell, Minn.), Eric Stomberg (St. Paul, Minn.), Quade Thompson (Wrightstown, Wis.), Connor Tulley (St. Charles, Ill.), and Anthony Weyers (Appleton, Wis.).

Men's Basketball (2): John Palmer (Faribault, Minn.), and Isaiah Ronning (Robbinsdale, Minn.).

Women's Basketball (5): Julia Koch (Omro, Wis.), Lindsey Lettner (Trempeauleau, Wis.), Brianna Nusbaum (Spring Lake Park, Minn.), Kali Olson (New York Mills, Minn.), and Rylie Sternquist (Big Lake, Minn.).

Men's Hockey (15): Connor Abric (Hayward, Wis.), Parker Anderson (Plymouth, Mich.), Markus Andrews (Stockholm, Sweden), Blake Arneson (Red Wing, Minn.), Ryan Berglund (Mahtomedi, Minn.), Robert Bymers (Alexandria, Minn.), Jake Cameron (Victoria, Minn.), Jack Campion (Crystal, Minn.), Blake Green (Irvine, Cali.), Tyler Lafferty (Lakeville, Minn.), Liam McInnis (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), Cole Mickel (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Colin Tushie (Prior Lake, Minn.), Denis Valenta (Praha, Czechia), and Tommy Wright (Scherville, Ind.).

Women's Hockey (12): Audrey Abeln (St. Charles, Mo.), Keeley Callander (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Taryn Dornseif (Somerset, Wis.), Magali Fillion (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada), Ashlyn Hoff (Stillwater, Minn), Alexa March (Stillwater, Minn.), Kenzie Meland (Princeton, Minn.), Sophia Paduano (Westby, Wis.), Teagan Phillips (Oregon, Wis.), Celeste Rimstad (Richfield, Minn.), Taverie Sherner (Maple Grove, Minn.), and Riley Vander Esch (Sioux Falls, S.D.). 

Softball (16): Jacqueline Avilez (Wabasha, Minn.), Peyton Berg (Chatfield, Minn.), Emily Bonk (Hudson, Wis.), Naleyah Bork (DePere, Wis.), Rhiannon Carroll (Rudolf, Wis.), Zoe Fink (Stevens Point, Wis.), Kenzie Gatz (Oswego, Ill.), Alexandra Gerber (Burnsville, Minn), Ariel Herrera (Chicago, Ill.), Reagan Mathe (West Bend, Wis.), Megan McGinnis (Appleton, Wis.), Breonna Methner (Woodbury, Minn.), Brianna Nusbaum (Spring Lake Park, Minn.), Makayla Steffes (Winona, Minn.), Abbie Stigler (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), and Karli Zetah (Goodhue, Minn.).

Men's Tennis: (3): Zak Farley (Sartell, Minn.), Michael Johnson (Hastings, Minn.), and Gavin Pratt (Woodbury, Minn.).

Women's Tennis (7): Sophia Binder (Sycamore, Ill.), Emily Dondelinger (Bemidji, Minn.), Harsha Gangasani (Naperville, Ill.), Olivia Molumby (South St. Paul, Minn.), Aheli Patel (Modesto, Cali.), Celeste Rimstad (Richfield, Minn.), and Elena Ruzevich (Chicago, Ill.).

Men's Track and Field (2): Nathan Folkert (Rochester, Minn.) and Ben Kritsberg (Rosemount, Minn.).

Women's Track and Field (9): Suzette Alvarez (Downers Grove, Ill.), Ameryn Dostal Dodge Center, Minn.), Megan Frosch (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Xara Gin (Naperville, Ill.), Katherine Goergen (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Ellie Hoffarth (Pine Island, Minn.), McKenzie Munson (Plain City, Utah), Samantha Munson (Plain City, Utah), and Mya Slavin (St. Charles, Minn.).