BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The Northern Sun (NSIC) announced its 2024-25 Britton and Kelly Award recipients on Wednesday with Concordia-St. Paul's Teagan Starkey and Calder Erick being named CSP's NSIC Female and Male Honor Student-Athletes of the Year. Starkey and Erick each earn the honor for the second time, with Starkey repeating on the female side while Erick was also selected in 2022-23.

The NSIC announced Augustana University's Liz Dierks as the 2025 Willis R. Kelly Scholar-Athlete Award winner and the University of Minnesota Duluth's Austin Andrews as the recipient of the 2025 Dr. William Britton Scholar-Athlete Award. The Britton Scholar-Athlete Award for Academic Excellence, in its 41st year, recognizes the NSIC's top male student-athlete and the Kelly Scholar-Athlete Award, in its 40th year, is presented to the NSIC's top female student-athlete.  

The Britton Award was created in 1985 in honor of Dr. William Britton, a longtime faculty representative at Bemidji State University who served on the Athletic Board of Control of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference for 25 years. Britton retired from BSU in 1982 and passed away in March of 2019. 

The Kelly Award is named in honor of Willis R. Kelly, an associate professor of physical education at the University of Minnesota-Morris. A member of the NSIC Hall of Fame, Kelly also coordinated the Minnesota-Morris Physical Education Department from 1970-87. She became the first director of women's intercollegiate athletics at Minnesota-Morris in 1976 and was later promoted to athletics director for the whole department. Kelly passed away in 1988.

The member institutions of the NSIC nominate one male and one female student-athlete for the Britton and Kelly Awards. The nominees must meet the following criteria: a grade point average of 3.5 or better (on a 4.0 scale); evidence of academic excellence beyond the minimum grade point average (scholarship prizes and other academic recognition), evidence of participation in the life of the institution, and evidence of participation in at least two-thirds of the varsity events of the individual's primary sport. The award is voted on by the NSIC Faculty Athletic Representatives.

The 30 student-athletes nominated for the NSIC's two most prestigious awards will also be recognized as NSIC Male and Female Honor Student-Athletes of the Year at their respective institutions. Dierks and Andrews will be recognized Tuesday, July 8 at the NSIC Hall of Fame Banquet in Moorhead, Minnesota and will each receive a $3,000 post-graduate scholarship.
 

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#5 Teagan Starkey (S, 5-8, Sr., Lakeville, Minn. / Lakeville South HS)

• 2024 CSC Academic All-America Division II Volleyball Team Member of the Year
• Two-time CSC Academic All-America First Team
• 2022 CSC Academic All-America Second Team
• Three-time CSC Academic All-District Team
• Two-time D2CCA All-America First Team
• Two-time D2CCA All-Region First Team
• 2022 D2CCA All-Region Second Team
• Three-time AVCA All-America First Team
• Three-time AVCA All-Region First Team
• 2024 NSIC Outstanding Senior for Volleyball
• Three-time All-NSIC First Team
• Three-time NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence
• Two time NSIC All-Tournament Team
• 2024 NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team
• 2023 Colorado Premier Challenge Tournament MVP
• Three-time Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team
• Six-time NSIC Setter of the Week (9/16, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 11/4)
• Led the nation with 12.63 assists per set this season
• Cleared 40 assists 25 times, including 13 matches with 50+
• Had 12 double-doubles on the season
• Had an NCAA DII season-best 75 assists against WSC on November 23

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Calder Erick (Multi-event, 5-11, Sr., Forest Lake, Minn. / Forest Lake Area HS)

• 2025 USTFCCCA Second Team All-America in the indoor heptathlon
• 2025 NSIC Champion in the indoor heptathlon
• 2024 NSIC Champion in the outdoor decathlon
• 2025 USTFCCCA All-Region in the decathlon
• 2024 USTFCCCA All-Region in the decathlon
• 2024 All-NSIC in the indoor heptathlon
• Two-time NCAA Championships qualifier
• Two-time NSIC Field Athlete of the Week
• Holds the school record in the outdoor 400m hurdles (54.00 seconds)
• Two-time CSC Academic All-District
• Three-time NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honoree
• NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award recipient

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CSP's PAST NSIC MALE HONOR STUDENT-ATHLETES
2024-25: Calder Erick, track & field
2023-24: Parker Dahlman, football
2022-23: Calder Erick, track & field
2021-22: Scott Burazin, track & field
2020-21: Jarod Wandersee, baseball
2019-20: Cole Oslin, track & field, cross country
2018-19: Kelly Pierce, football
2017-18: Adam Hildebrandt, baseball
2016-17: Sam Johnson, football
2015-16: Zach Rengel, baseball
2014-15: Zach Rengel, baseball
2013-14: Nic Rudolph, track & field, cross country
2012-13: Tom Flack, football, track & field
2011-12: Bryan Lippincott, baseball
2010-11: Nick Jarrett, golf
2009-10: John Pimental, track & field, football
*2008-09: Kirk Ingram, baseball
2007-08: Kirk Ingram, baseball
2006-07: Kyle Warren, track & field, cross country
2005-06: Galen Wetzell, baseball
2004-05: Brian Jamros, basketball
2003-04: Marcus Bretbarth, track & field, cross country
2002-03: Reed Tietz, track & field, football
2001-02: Lee Brandel, baseball
2000-01: Andrew Fleischman, football, baseball
1999-00: Matt Woodford, football
 * - NSIC Dr. William Britton Scholar-Athlete Award winner
 

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CSP's PAST NSIC FEMALE HONOR STUDENT-ATHLETES
2024-25: Teagan Starkey, volleyball
2023-24: Teagan Starkey, volleyball
2022-23: Clara Heislen, softball
*2021-22: Jena Berkland, soccer
2020-21: Jena Berkland, soccer
2019-20: Hannah Pavek, soccer
2018-19: Maddy Kunshier, track & field
2017-18: Kayla Miller, basketball
2016-17: Riley Hanson, volleyball
2015-16: Savannah Stone, golf
2014-15: Anika Whiting, basketball
2013-14: Eryn Johnson, golf
*2012-13: Ellie Duffy, volleyball
2011-12: Ellie Duffy, volleyball
2010-11: Molly Noser, golf
2009-10: Maggie McNamara, volleyball
*2008-09: Mary Slinger, volleyball
2007-08: Katie LaViolette, basketball
2006-07: Jessica Lucia, volleyball
2005-06: Valerie Olson, volleyball
2004-05: Lyndsey Gagas, soccer
2003-04: Jill Kalvik, volleyball, basketball
2002-03: Janet Brownawell, track & field, cross country, softball
2001-02: Erin Buecksler, track & field
2000-01: Jodi Werman, cross country
1999-00: Andrea Miller, softball, volleyball
* - NSIC Willis R. Kelly Scholar-Athlete Award winner