T. PAUL, Minn. – Despite a sudden and disappointing end to the 2019-20 athletics seasons due to COVID-19, the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) has a lot to celebrate heading into the summer as a record 621 winter and spring sport student-athletes were honored with academic all-conference recognition for outstanding performance in the classroom, the conference office announced Wednesday.
That number surpasses the previous conference record 460 winter/spring awards by 161. In addition to the record 524 student-athletes recognized in the fall, the UMAC set a new overall record with 1,145 student-athletes – that's 177 better than the previous record of 968 set in 2017-18.
Individuals who earn a 3.5 or better grade point average (GPA) or better during their respective semesters of competition are recognized with the prestigious individual honor, while the team with the top GPA in each sport is also recognized. The previous UMAC record for fall sports was set in 2016 when 513 student-athletes were acknowledged for academic achievement in the sports of men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer and volleyball.
For the winter and spring seasons, baseball finished as the top sport recognizing athletes with 122 honors, while women's track and field was second with 107 and softball was third with 100.
Bethany Lutheran had a school-record 14 named for baseball, 11 for women's basketball and softball, nine for men's track and field, six for women's tennis.
Bethany's honorees:
| Brody Curtiss |
Baseball |
JR |
| Adam Fjerstad |
Baseball |
JR |
| Alec Gratz |
Baseball |
SO |
| Austin Haus |
Baseball |
FY |
| Alex Kreiling |
Baseball |
JR |
| Kaylan Legred |
Baseball |
JR |
| Hunter Pearce |
Baseball |
SO |
| Liam Peterson |
Baseball |
FY |
| Cam Pettis |
Baseball |
SR |
| Nick Shubert |
Baseball |
JR |
| CJ Theis |
Baseball |
SR |
| Cody Ulfers |
Baseball |
SR |
| Matt Verdugo |
Baseball |
FY |
| Matt Wood |
Baseball |
FY |
| Carter Hansen |
Men's Basketball |
FY |
| Cooper Hansen |
Men's Basketball |
FY |
| Trenton Krueger |
Men's Basketball |
SR |
| Justin Schrupp |
Men's Basketball |
FY |
| Brock Aaker |
Men's Tennis |
SO |
| Noah Gernander |
Men's Tennis |
SO |
| Payton Prahl |
Men's Tennis |
FY |
| Jakin Anderson |
Men's Track and Field |
SO |
| Joao Bastos |
Men's Track and Field |
FY |
| Dalton Huonder |
Men's Track and Field |
SR |
| Ryan McCue |
Men's Track and Field |
JR |
| Alec Mueller |
Men's Track and Field |
FY |
| Jeannot Mutombo |
Men's Track and Field |
FY |
| Chris Pipes |
Men's Track and Field |
SO |
| Keegan Rich |
Men's Track and Field |
SO |
| Jacob Tesch |
Men's Track and Field |
SO |
| Eden Ambrose |
Softball |
JR |
| Jasmine Bejarano |
Softball |
SO |
| Hannah Dosch |
Softball |
SO |
| Anna Hoffman |
Softball |
SO |
| Zoe Kinakin |
Softball |
SO |
| Taylor Kottke |
Softball |
JR |
| Isabella Lattery |
Softball |
JR |
| Bria Majeski |
Softball |
SR |
| Morgan Mashlan |
Softball |
JR |
| Kaylee Mork |
Softball |
JR |
| Sarah Presler |
Softball |
JR |
| Laura Ellinghuysen |
Women's Basketball |
SO |
| Maya Franks |
Women's Basketball |
FY |
| Hanna Geistfeld |
Women's Basketball |
JR |
| Emilee Gustin |
Women's Basketball |
JR |
| McKenna Nelson |
Women's Basketball |
FY |
| Abby Olson |
Women's Basketball |
JR |
| Nuria Perez-Casas |
Women's Basketball |
FY |
| Kenlie Pytleski |
Women's Basketball |
JR |
| Emily Skrien |
Women's Basketball |
SR |
| Natasha Young |
Women's Basketball |
SR |
| Amanda Younge |
Women's Basketball |
FY |
| Shoshana Bruner |
Women's Tennis |
SO |
| Emma Carmichael |
Women's Tennis |
SO |
| Audrey Petersen |
Women's Tennis |
SO |
| Sadie Sandersfeld |
Women's Tennis |
JR |
| Marissa Thompson |
Women's Tennis |
FY |
| Karena Verbitsky |
Women's Tennis |
FY |
| Hannah Dosch |
Women's Track and Field |
FY |
| Mackenzie Floyd |
Women's Track and Field |
SO |
| Cianna Hoppe |
Women's Track and Field |
FY |
| Samantha Kniess |
Women's Track and Field |
SR |
| Chloe Kuhlman |
Women's Track and Field |
FY |
| Sarah Presler |
Women's Track and Field |
JR |
| Lauren Sanders |
Women's Track and Field |
FY |
| Sarah Strom |
Women's Track and Field |
FY |
| Sophie Zawisza |
Women's Track and Field |
FY |
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complete list of winners.
