BURNSVILLE, MINN. – Seventy-three University of Sioux Falls student-athletes have been named to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Academic Team for the 2022 spring season, according to an announcement today from the league office.
USF also had 44 student-athletes (noted by *) named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence. With that total for the spring sports, USF had a total of 147 student-athletes honored in 2021-22 with NSIC All-Academic honors. Also, USF had 83 student-athletes named to the NSIC Academic Team of Excellence. Since joining the league in 2012, USF has had 1,703 student-athletes named to the NSIC's All-Academic squad.
In an announcement on May 26, the NSIC unveiled the names of 865 student-athletes named Academic All-NSIC and another 533 selected to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence for GPAs of 3.6 or better.
"We are proud of our student-athletes who were honored this spring and throughout 2021-22," said USF Director of Athletics
Pam Gohl. "Our USF student-athletes have stepped up to excel at a high level in competition and the classroom while also fulfilling a mission in community service. They have exhibited a high level of dedication to their respective sports and their commitment to studies," she said.
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.
Baseball (19/10)
Jared Binsfeld*, graduate, Saskatoon, Sask.;
Sterling Haphey*, sophomore, Moorhead, Minn.;
Grant Lung*, senior, Peoria, Ariz.;
Matt French*, junior, Camanche, Iowa,
Alex Bertram*, senior, Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Tyler Blackburn*, graduate, Gilbert, Ariz.;
Cole Schumacher*, junior, Bennington, Neb.;
Trey Hubers*, senior, Brandon, S.D.;
Connor King*, Senior, Rapid City, S.D.;
Zachary Shastay*, sophomore, Sahuarita, Ariz.;
Caleb Ditmarson, senior, Willmar, Minn.;
Isaac Bonner, sophomore, Omaha, Neb.;
Derek Lundgren, sophomore, Luverne, Minn.;
Noah Buss, sophomore, Lincoln, Neb.;
Tyler Cate, sophomore, Omaha, Neb.;
Andrew Maslowski, sophomore, Maplewood, Minn.;
Matt Graham, senior, Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Jacob Emerson, junior, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and
Kyle Gulbrandson, senior, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Graham earned his fourth honor. Hubers, King, and Emerson earned their third honor all league while Buss was recognized for a second straight year. Binsfeld, Haphey, Schumacher, Shastay, Ditmarson, Bonner, Lundgren, Cate, Maslowski and Gulbrandson earned their first honor. French, Bertram, King, Lung, Blackburn were also named to the Academic Team of Excellence for a second time. Binsfeld, Haphey, Schumacher, Hubers and Shastay were recognized for the first time on the Academic Team of Excellence.
Men's Golf (3/1)
Hank Eggebraaten*, senior, Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Anthony Cylkowski, sophomore, Zumbrota, Minn.;
Jake Oetzmann, graduate, Urbandale, Iowa
Oetzmann and Eggebraaten earned their third straight All-Academic honor while Eggebraaten picked up his third straight Academic Team of Excellence recognition.
Women's Golf (4/1)
Marisa Weeks*, senior, Spirit Lake, Iowa;
Annie Balduzzi, junior, Onalaska, Wis.;
Maggie Veenendall, junior, New Richmond, Wis.; and
Maddi Hanson, junior, Woodbury, Minn.
Veenendall and Balduzzi were named Academic All-NSIC for a second straight year.
Softball (10/5)
Kylan Straight*, senior, Logan, Iowa;
Megan Lawson*, sophomore, Omaha, Neb.;
Lexie Swift*, junior, Omaha, Neb.;
Kennedy Thomas*, junior, Ankeny Iowa;
Emma Spizzirri*, sophomore, Omaha, Neb.;
Kait Van Der Zwaag, junior, Hull, Iowa;
Damaris Cuevas, sophomore, Omaha, Neb.;
Hanna Cress, sophomore, Omaha, Neb.;
Danielle Klenke, sophomore, Seward, Neb.; and
Kylie Madrid, senior, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Straight received her fourth honor while Swift and Van Der Zwaag earned their third all-academic honors. Straight and Swift earned their third straight NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honor while Vander Zwaag was named for a second time.
Men's Outdoor Track and Field (14/11)
Xavier Blackwell*, sophomore, Mitchell, S.D.;
David Ecker*, senior, Eau Claire, Wisc.;
Dawson Davito*, sophomore, North Mankato, Minn.;
Christian Lietz*, sophomore, Worthington, Minn.;
Ben Mandel, sophomore, Prior Lake, Minn.;
Zach Matzner*, sophomore, Marshall, Minn.;
Ben Morrison*, sophomore, Bozeman, Mont.;
Jayden Slaba*, senior, Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Aaron Voigt*, senior, Gregory, S.D.;
Jaymeson Wolkow*, junior, Alexandria, S.D.;
Wil Modjeski, junior, Winona, Minn.;
Scott Obago Jr., sophomore, Lower Brule, S.D.;
Jake Person, senior, Rapid City, S.D.; and
Micade Shumway, sophomore, Williston, N.D.
Earning their fourth academic all-league honor were Ecker, Voigt, and Slaba, Wolkow, and Modjeski received their second all-academic honor. Selected to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence for a third time were Ecker, Voigt and Slaba. Wolkow picked up his first academic team of excellence award.
Women's Outdoor Track and Field (17/12)
Annika Aho*, junior, Menahga, Minn.;
Avery Bartunek*, sophomore, Dawson, Minn.;
Josie Boyd*, sophomore, Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Moriah Bullerman*, sophomore, Adrian, Minn.;
Kenna Comstock*, sophomore, Sioux City, Neb.;
KaNya Henderson*, senior, Utica, Miss.;
Emma Kenkel*, junior, Storm Lake, Iowa;
Natalie Meyers*, junior Kansas City, Mo.;
Khot Juac*, sophomore, Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Cassidy O'Meara*, junior, Moorhead, Minn.;
Myah Roggenbuck*, sophomore, Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Emily Swanson*, sophomore, Odell, Neb.;
Karlee Simmons, junior, Keystone, S.D.;
Hannah Ebert, senior, Beresford, S.D.;
Holly Mayers, junior, Albany, Minn.;
Tianna Voigt, senior, Pelican Rapids, Minn.;
Mackenzie Bengtson, senior, Buffalo Center, Iowa.
Ebert, Henderson, Aho, O'Meara, Simmons, Kenkel, Meyers, and Mayer were named Academic All-NSIC for a fourth time. Named to the NSIC Academic Team of Excellence for a third time included O'Meara, Bengtson, Kenkel, and Henderson.
Tennis (6/4)
Joelle Thorfinnson*, graduate, Glenwood, Minn.;
Emily Applegate*, senior, Casper, Wyo.;
Megan Quandt*, graduate, Henderson, Wyo.;
Danielle Thorfinnson*, sophomore, Glenwood, Minn.;
Peyton Forney, junior, Rapid City, S.D.; and
Talia Janos, sophomore, Riverview, Fla.
Named Academic All-NSIC for a fourth time were Quandt and Thorfinnson. Applegate was honored for a third straight year while Forney picked up her second academic all-league honor. Applegate, Quandt and Thorfinnson were named to the Academic Team of Excellence.
