General | 11/30/2016 3:09:00 PM
BURNSVILLE, MINN. – Fifty-four student-athletes from the University of Sioux Falls have been named to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Fall All-Academic Teams announced on Wednesday by the league office.
In total, 662 student-athletes earned NSIC All-Academic honors for the 2016 fall athletic season. To be eligible for this honor, student-athletes 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.
During the five years in the NSIC, USF has had 236 Academic All-NSIC honorees from fall sports programs. Those totals include 120 for football; 32 for men's cross country, 22 for women's cross country, 20 in soccer and 39 in volleyball. The 53 honorees in 2016 betters the total of 50 a year ago.
USF honorees include:
Men's Cross Country (3): Shane Herman, sophomore, Custer, S.D.;
Josh Liester, sophomore, Garretson, S.D.;
John Noyes, sophomore, Redfield, S.D. In the five years in the NSIC, the men's cross country team has had 33 academic all-league honorees. The Cougar men's team had nine honorees in 2012 following by eight in 2013, six in 2014, seven in 2015 and three in 2016.
Women's Cross Country (5):
Keegan Day, sophomore, Billings, Mont.;
Rachel Huffman, senior, Potter, Neb.;
Rebecca Goertzen, sophomore, Lake City, Minn.;
Mattisen Kelley, sophomore, Custer, S.D.;
Laura Kunz, junior, Owasso, Okla.; and
Tenley Schwartz, junior, Wells, Minn. Kunz is a three-time selection and Schwartz, a two-time honoree. Overall, the team has had 22 honorees, including three in 2012, four in 2013, five in 2014, five in 2015 and five in 2016.
Football (29): Tosin Adedeji, senior, Brooklyn Center, Minn.;
Erik Albeck, senior, Janesville, Wis.;
Josh Angulo, senior, Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Kyle Athmann, senior, Bird Island, Minn.;
Adria Botella, junior, Barcelona, Spain;
Andrew Buchele, junior, Milbank, S.D.;
Clarke Cooper, sophomore, Castle Rock, Colo.;
Shayden Drey, sophomore, Winner, S.D.;
Brett Garner, sophomore, Springfield, Mo.;
Evan Gentry, senior, Tallahassee, Fla;
Richard Guarascio, senior, Naples, Fla;
Terry Huber, senior, Yankton, S.D.;
Kray Krolikowski, junior, Winner, S.D.;
Derek Landis, junior, Lakewood, Colo.;
Corbin Lawler, senior, Tea, S.D.;
Nathan Lucs, senior, West Des Moines, Iowa;
Brian Mayberry, junior, Littleton, Colo,;
Luke Papilion, senior, Denver, Colo.;
Brady Rose, senior, Cumberland, Wis.;
Austin Schaffer, junior, Hilbert, Wis.;
Connor Schoepp, senior, Watertown, S.D.;
Jesse Springer, junior, Denver, Colo,;
Nicholas Stanke, junior, Eau Claire, Ws.;
Jason Towns, junior, Harvey, Ill.;
Riley Waldie, sophomore, Fort Collins, Colo.;
Trevor Wescott, senior, Blue Springs, Mo.;
Jess Williams, senior, Wall, S.D.; Matt Young, senior, Phoenix, Ariz.; and
Nick Zimmerman, sophomore, Rosendale, Wis.
Three-time honorees include Albeck, Athmann, Gentry, Guarascio, Huber, Lucs, Papilion, Rose, Wescott, Williams and Young. Two-time honorees include Botella, Buchele, Cooper, Lawler, Lucs, Mayberry, Schaffer, Schoepp, Springer, Stanke, Towns and Williams. Overall, the team has had 120 honorees since 2012 with 18 in 2012, 19 in 2013, 23 in 2014, 31 in 2015 and 29 in 2016.
Soccer (6): Brooke Jensen, senior, Council Bluffs, Iowa;
Chessa Novotny, sophomore, Colorado Springs, Colo.;
Morgan Perkins, sophomore, Liberty, Mo.;
Ellie Rieder, sophomore, Ankeny, Iowa;
Emma Trittin, sophomore, Elk River, Minn.; and
Paige Wohlers, sophomore, Council Bluffs, Iowa. USF has had a total of 20 honorees since joining the league, including seven in 2012, six in 2013, one in 2014 and six in 2016.
Volleyball (11): Bria Barfnecht, sophomore, Delano, Minn.;
Jordan Calef, senior, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Abby Folk, senior, Rogers, Minn.;
Megan Hamstad, sophomore, Colorado Springs, Colo; Kelli Holloway, sophomore, Lincoln, Neb.;
Janelle Lam, junior, Apple Valley, Minn.;
Aubrey Milne, senior, Murray, Utah;
Jody Noreen, sophomore, Hawley, Minn.;
Makenna Rockeman, sophomore, Broomfield, Colo.;
Sydney Schaap, junior, Lakewood, Colo.; and
Lexi Scott, sophomore, Prinsburg, Minn. Three-time academic honorees include Calef, Folk and Milne. Lam and Schaap are two-time academic all-league honorees. The volleyball team had its best total at the DII level with 11 after having six in 2012 and 2013 with eight in both 2014 and 2015.
