BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Sixty-five student-athletes from the University of Sioux Falls have earned Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Winter All-Academic honors, as announced today (Thursday, March 18) by the league office. Of that total, 41 USF student-athletes were named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence (3.6 GPA).
NSIC announced that 794 student-athletes have earned NSIC All-Academic honors for the 2020-21 winter athletic season; 482 student-athletes were named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, while 312 earned NSIC All-Academic Team honors. To be eligible for the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, a student-athlete must have a 3.60 cumulative GPA or higher, while NSIC All-Academic Team members must have a 3.20 cumulative GPA or higher. Additionally, the student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team, 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 nine years in the NSIC, USF has had 477 Academic All-NSIC honorees from winter sports programs. Those totals include Women's Indoor Track and Field, 178; Men's Indoor Track and Field, 147; Women's Basketball, 61; Women's Swimming, 47; and Men's Basketball, 44. Overall, USF has had 1,165 student-athletes named Academic All-NSIC since joining the league in 2012. USF honorees include (NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honorees marked with asterisk*).
Men's Basketball (4/2*)
Austin Slater*, Sr., Andover, Minn.;
Chase Grinde, Jr., Spring Grove, Minn.;
Jack Thompson*, So., Eagan, Minn.;
Jaxon Simons, So., Wahoo, Neb.
Slater and Thompson earned NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honors, Slater received his second straight honor, while Thompson received his first. Grinde was named to the Academic All-NSIC Team for a second straight year while Simons earned that honor for the first time.
Women's Basketball (5/3*)
Kasandra Springer*, Sr., Altoona, Wis.;
Amanda Dagostino*, Sr., Andover, Minn.;
Kiara James, So., Lakevillle, Minn.;
Ashley Wells*, So., Brandon, S.D;
Lauren Sanders, Jr., Millard, Neb.
Springer and Wells earned their first NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honors, while Dagostino was honored for the third straight year. James earned her second Academic All-NSIC Team honor, while Sanders received her first.
Swimming (16/10*)
Elizabeth Spaans*, Jr., Brandon, S.D.;
Alex Sanchez Clark*, Sr., Fuerteventura, Spain;
Chantal Kasch*, Sr., Stade, Germany;
Aleah Rohde*, Sr., Anchorage, Alaska;
Evelyn VanDeMark*, Sr., Alma, Mich.;
Nina Groene*, Sr., Mannheim, Germany;
Giulia Fazza Marcon*, Sr., Juiz de Fora, Brazil;
Giovanna Bario*, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.;
Jenna Krahn, Sr., Johnston, Iowa;
Samantha Mullvain*, Jr., Duluth, Minn.;
Makenzy Kennedy*, So., Ottawa, Ontario;
Abigail Ford, So., Grand Ledge, Mich.;
Lauren Gallick, Jr., Detroit, Mich.;
Megan Burrows, So., Eagle Lake, Minn.;
Burke Henderson, So., Owatonna, Minn.;
Keelin O'Connor, Jr., Columbus, Ohio
Honored for a third straight year was Sanchez Clark, VanDeMark, Kasch, Marcon, Groene, Rohde, Bario, Krahn. Spaans received her second straight Team of Excellence award. First time honorees included Mullvain, Ford, Henderson, O'Connor, Burrows, Kennedy, and Gallick. USF had ten named to the NSIC Academic Team of Excellence including Spaans, Sanchez Clark, Kasch, Rohde, VanDeMark, Marcon, Bario, Kennedy, Mullvain and Groene.
Men's Indoor Track and Field (12/9*)
Logan Hansen*, Sr., Hurley, S.D.;
David Ecker*, Jr., Eau Claire, Wis.;
Aaron Voigt*, Jr., Gregory, S.D.;
Jayden Slaba*, Jr., Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Ethan Holm*, Jr., Becker, Minn.;
Seth Overholt*, Sr., Chester, S.D.;
Nate Andrusick, Jr., Cold Springs, Minn..; and
Edwin Iraheta, Sr., Madison, S.D.;
Jacob Johnson*, So., Brookings, S.D.;
Diego Jaimes, So., Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Wil Modjeski*, So., Winona, Minn.;
Jaymeson Wolkow*, So., Alexandria, Minn.
Hansen and Overholt earned their third straight honor. Ecker, Voigt, Slaba, Holm, Andrusick, and Iraheta earned their second straight honor. Johnson, Wolkow, Modjeski, Hansen, Ecker, Voigt, Slaba, Holm, and Overholt were named to the NSIC Academic Team of Excellence.
Women's Indoor Track and Field (28/17*)
Taylor Stoltz*, Jr., Norfolk, Neb.;
Mercy Oyadare*, Sr., Sioux City, Iowa;
Kourtney Rozeboom*, Jr., Hills, Minn;
Lexi Frank, Jr., Olivia, Minn.;
Zoe Cigard*, Jr., South Sioux City, Neb.;
Carolyn Bradley*, Jr., Lead, S.D.;
Kayla Andersen, Sr., Minnetonka, Minn.;
Emily Olson, Sr., Champlin, Minn.;
Hannah Ebert, Jr., Beresford, S.D.;
Kanya Henderson*, Jr., Utica, Miss.;
Clara Leverich, Jr., Lester Prairie, Minn.; and
Tianna Wald, Sr., Pelican Rapids, Minn.;
Annika Aho*, So., Menahga, Minn.;
Cassidy O'Meara*, So., Moorhead, Minn.;
Karlee Simmons*, So., Keystone, S.D.;
Lauren Wells*, So., Brandon, S.D.;
Kiara Mattern, Sr., Colorado Springs, Colo.;
Hannah Yunker, So., Omaha, Neb.;
Anna Kenny*, So., Adel, Iowa;
Miranda Phipps*, Sr. Anoka, Minn.;
Emma Kenkel*, So., Storm Lake, Iowa;
Bailey Rudebusch*, Sr., Howard, S.D.;
Jailah Brice-Moore*, So., Stockton, Calif.;
Sarah Micek*, So., Columbus, Neb.;
Natalie Meyers*, So., Kansas City, Mo.;
Cassidy Noeldner, So., Fort Collins, Colo.;
Meara Beighley, So., Cohasset, Minn.;
Holly Mayers, So., Albany, Minn.
Olson and Oyadare, earned their third straight honor. O'Meara, Aho, Simmons, Brice-Moore, Micek, Meyers, Wells, Stoltz, Oyadare, Rozeboom, Cigard, Bradley, Kenny, Phipps, Kenkel, Rudebusch and Henderson were named to the NSIC Academic Team of Excellence.
