BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) has announced the 2017-18 NSIC Winter All-Academic Team with 29 Concordia-St. Paul student-athletes earning the honor.
The mark is just one shy of last year, when the 2016-17 Golden Bears had a 50 percent increase of 2015-16 to reach 30. Notable increases were with the men's selections, moving from seven last year to 12 this year.
As a whole, the 16-team Northern Sun had an increase of 29 student-athletes earn the honor with 601 reaching the mark in 2017-18 between the sports of men's and women's basketball, women's swimming & diving, men's and women's indoor track & field and wrestling.
To be eligible for this honor, the student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher. Furthermore, the athlete must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at her/his institution (true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at that institution.
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| Sport |
Name |
Yr. |
Hometown |
| Men's Basketball |
Ahmad Newsome |
Sr. |
East Lansing, Mich. |
| Men's Basketball |
Bryndan Matthews |
Jr. |
Eagan, Minn. |
| Women's Basketball |
Haydn Becker |
Sr. |
Andover, Minn. |
| Women's Basketball |
Kayla Miller |
Jr. |
Pequot Lakes, Minn. |
| Women's Basketball |
Anna Schmitt |
Jr. |
Waconia, Minn. |
| Women's Basketball |
Hanna Vidlund |
Jr. |
Forest Lake, Minn. |
| Women's Basketball |
Lexi Lee |
Jr. |
Coon Rapids, Minn. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Spencer Bergen |
Jr. |
Richfield, Minn. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Josh Johanson |
Sr. |
East Chain, Minn. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Eric Johnson |
Sr. |
Elkhorn, Wis. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Jonathan Johnson |
Sr. |
Stockton, Calif. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Tyler Karl |
Sr. |
Hutchinson, Minn. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Andrew Leck |
So. |
Chaska, Minn. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Matthew Marrin |
Jr. |
Stacy, Minn. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Cole Oslin |
So. |
Mora, Minn. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Andy Rachuy |
Jr. |
Hastings, Minn. |
| Men's Track & Field |
Nasru Wado |
Jr. |
St. Paul, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Leah Amundson |
Sr. |
Prior Lake, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Kalle Burney |
Sr. |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Lydia Carr |
So. |
Elk River, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Hannah Gustafson |
So. |
West St. Paul, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Wakpor Ighovojah |
Sr. |
Woodbury, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Maddy Kunshier |
Jr. |
North Branch, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Ruth Lindberg |
Jr. |
Pine Island, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Teghan Norman |
Jr. |
Waukesha, Wis. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Courtney Ramsay |
Jr. |
Lino Lakes, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Anna Ripke |
Jr. |
Lafayette, Ind. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Erika Shady |
Sr. |
Esko, Minn. |
| Women's Track & Field |
Holly Werning |
Jr. |
Carver, Minn. |