ST. PAUL – The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) released its winter and spring sports academic all-conference lists from the 2008-09 school year on Tuesday. The individual athletes selected must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the award:
1. Post a 3.50 or better semester grade point average based on a 4.0 scale.
2. Compete in the sport in which he or she is nominated in the season that corresponds with the selection.
The College of St. Scholastica had a UMAC-best 66 academic all-conference honorees, while Martin Luther College and Northwestern College followed with 49 and 48 selections, respectively. The University of Minnesota, Morris came in fourth with 43 academic all-conference winners.
Baseball led all winter and spring sports with 43 honorees amongst participating schools. Women’s track and field had 41 award winners, while men’s track and field came in third with 39. Softball rounded out the UMAC’s top four with 32 selections. A grand total of 254 individuals earned academic all-conference awards.
As far as team academic all-conference awards go, Northwestern College claimed the best grade point averages (GPA) in four of the eight winter and spring sports. UMAC-sponsored sports that occur in the winter and spring and their top academic teams are listed below.
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Sport
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School
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Team GPA
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Baseball
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College of St. Scholastica
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3.587
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Softball
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Northwestern College
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3.597
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Men’s Tennis
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Martin Luther College
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2.972
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Women’s Tennis
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Northwestern College
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3.194
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Men’s Track & Field
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University of Minn., Morris
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3.397
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Women’s Track & Field
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Martin Luther College
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2.976
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Men’s Basketball
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Northwestern College
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2.971
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Women’s Basketball
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Northwestern College
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3.507
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Bethany Lutheran College
School Name Sport Yr
Bethany Lutheran College Steve Hoostal Baseball Jr
Bethany Lutheran College Michael Greibrok Baseball Jr
Bethany Lutheran College Devin Kaasa Baseball Sr
Bethany Lutheran College Abagail Popp Softball So
Bethany Lutheran College Brittany Schlomer Softball Jr
Bethany Lutheran College Susan Hegstrom Softball Jr
Bethany Lutheran College Paul Webber Men’s Tennis So
Bethany Lutheran College Mike Lukasek Men’s Tennis Sr
Bethany Lutheran College Ben Wiechmann Men’s Tennis Sr
Bethany Lutheran College Caitlyn Felthous Women’s Tennis Jr
Bethany Lutheran College Madara Matveja Women’s Tennis So
Bethany Lutheran College Eva Voss Women’s Basketball Sr
Bethany Lutheran College Molly Erdman Women’s Basketball Jr
Bethany Lutheran College Megan Lecy Women’s Basketball So
College of St. Scholastica
School Name Sport Yr
College of St. Scholastica Griffin Bell Baseball So
College of St. Scholastica Andy Manos Baseball So
College of St. Scholastica Matt Mikel Baseball So
College of St. Scholastica Brian Peterson Baseball So
College of St. Scholastica Brandon Porten Baseball So
College of St. Scholastica Matt Lewis Baseball So
College of St. Scholastica Paul Kolodge Baseball Jr
College of St. Scholastica Josh Hawkins Baseball So
College of St. Scholastica Steve Gerten Baseball Jr
College of St. Scholastica Mike Harris Baseball So
College of St. Scholastica Dan Lanari Baseball Sr
College of St. Scholastica Peter Burg Baseball Sr
College of St. Scholastica Sean Claugherty Baseball Jr
College of St. Scholastica Jordan Sandstrom Baseball Jr
College of St. Scholastica Robin Lake Softball Sr
College of St. Scholastica Michaela Carlson Softball Jr
College of St. Scholastica Kristin Swartz Softball Jr
College of St. Scholastica Betsy Wehseler Softball So
College of St. Scholastica Brady Vidovic Men’s Tennis Sr
College of St. Scholastica Nicholas Lind Men’s Tennis Fr
College of St. Scholastica Joe Vidmar Men’s Tennis So
College of St. Scholastica Thomas Schneuer Men’s Tennis So
College of St. Scholastica Brian Lindberg Men’s Tennis Fr
College of St. Scholastica Angela Schields Women’s Tennis Jr
College of St. Scholastica Paula Beckermann Women’s Tennis Jr
College of St. Scholastica Ali Bernst Women’s Tennis Fr
College of St. Scholastica Thanyalah Suthijindawong Women’s Tennis Fr
College of St. Scholastica Lynnae Wilke Women’s Tennis Sr
College of St. Scholastica Megan Carlson Women’s Tennis Jr
College of St. Scholastica Natlie Urick Women’s Tennis Jr
College of St. Scholastica Danielle Sonnenfeld Women’s Tennis So
College of St. Scholastica John Bradshaw Men’s Track & Field Jr
College of St. Scholastica Patrick Bigaouette Men’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Alex Tuttle Men’s Track & Field Jr
College of St. Scholastica Tom Lyscio Men’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Adam Kollmann Men’s Track & Field So
College of St. Scholastica Matthew Quanrud Men’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Jon Bennet Men’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica John Greiner Men’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Joe Leveille Men’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Josh Ditsworth Men’s Track & Field So
College of St. Scholastica Nicholas Mangan Men’s Track & Field Jr
College of St. Scholastica John Howard Men’s Track & Field So
College of St. Scholastica Brandon DeBock Men’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Benjamin Turman Men’s Track & Field Sr
College of St. Scholastica Erin Anderson Women’s Track & Field Sr
College of St. Scholastica Tara Connolly Women’s Track & Field Jr
College of St. Scholastica Julia Curry Women’s Track & Field So
College of St. Scholastica Eliza Devoe Women’s Track & Field So
College of St. Scholastica Katelin Domitrovich Women’s Track & Field Jr
College of St. Scholastica Nicole Hughes Women’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Jessie Lovering Women’s Track & Field So
College of St. Scholastica Meghan McMahon Women’s Track & Field So
College of St. Scholastica Katherine Mueller Women’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Stacey Peterson Women’s Track & Field Jr
College of St. Scholastica Alec Seeley Women’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Megan Severson Women’s Track & Field So
College of St. Scholastica Kathryn Walrath Women’s Track & Field Fr
College of St. Scholastica Kyle Allen Men’s Basketball Sr
College of St. Scholastica Derek Anderson Men’s Basketball So
College of St. Scholastica Max Dibrell Men’s Basketball Jr
College of St. Scholastica Logan Schultz Men’s Basketball So
College of St. Scholastica Jesse Taylor Men’s Basketball Sr
College of St. Scholastica Laura Amys Women’s Basketball Fr
College of St. Scholastica Christine Bryant Women’s Basketball Fr
College of St. Scholastica Kirsten Haukom Women’s Basketball Jr
Crown College
School Name Sport Yr
Crown College Austin Petersen Baseball Fr
Crown College John Patnode Baseball Sr
Crown College Chelsie Plate Softball Fr
Crown College Naomi Anderson Softball Fr
Crown College Steve Holladay Men’s Track & Field Fr
Crown College Hannah Dean Women’s Track & Field Fr
Crown College Cherie Hecimovich Women’s Track & Field Fr
Crown College Megan Kunde Women’s Track & Field So
Crown College Erika Sampfl Women’s Track & Field Fr
Crown College Travis Brickmann Men’s Basketball Fr
Crown College Steven Holladay Men’s Basketball Fr
Crown College Dan Pust Men’s Basketball Jr
Crown College Chelsi Plate Women’s Basketball Fr
Martin Luther College
School Name Sport Yr
Martin Luther College Christian Birsching Baseball Fr
Martin Luther College Joseph Blum Baseball Fr
Martin Luther College Jonah Gauger Baseball Fr
Martin Luther College Greg Holzhueter Baseball Jr
Martin Luther College Joseph Janke Baseball So
Martin Luther College April Cooke Softball Jr
Martin Luther College Heather Korb Softball So
Martin Luther College Shanna Padfield Softball Fr
Martin Luther College Andrew Becker Men’s Tennis So
Martin Luther College Philip Hunter Men’s Tennis Jr
Martin Luther College Ryan Obry Men’s Tennis Sr
Martin Luther College Daniel Rick Men’s Tennis So
Martin Luther College Heidi Heckmann Women’s Tennis Fr
Martin Luther College Michelle Hintz Women’s Tennis Fr
Martin Luther College Hannah Janke Women’s Tennis Fr
Martin Luther College Rachel Niemi Women’s Tennis Fr
Martin Luther College Rachel Wendland Women’s Tennis So
Martin Luther College Joshua Gibson Men’s Track & Field So
Martin Luther College Jason Liebenow Men’s Track & Field Fr
Martin Luther College Nathan Loersch Men’s Track & Field Jr
Martin Luther College Michael Marsh Men’s Track & Field Jr
Martin Luther College Adam Mathiak Men’s Track & Field So
Martin Luther College Loren Milbrath Men’s Track & Field Jr
Martin Luther College Brandon Reif Men’s Track & Field So
Martin Luther College Jacob Steinmetz Men’s Track & Field Fr
Martin Luther College Nathaniel Walther Men’s Track & Field Jr
Martin Luther College Sasha Bolwerk Women’s Track & Field Jr
Martin Luther College Laura Dietrich Women’s Track & Field Jr
Martin Luther College Emily Friend Women’s Track & Field So
Martin Luther College Stephanie Humann Women’s Track & Field Jr
Martin Luther College Amanda Nitz Women’s Track & Field Sr
Martin Luther College Carol Putz Women’s Track & Field Sr
Martin Luther College Sarah Schumann Women’s Track & Field So
Martin Luther College Elise Wordell Women’s Track & Field Jr
Martin Luther College Sarah Zietlow Women’s Track & Field Sr
Martin Luther College Greg Holzhueter Men’s Basketball So
Martin Luther College Ryan Kolander Men’s Basketball Jr
Martin Luther College Jared Matthies Men’s Basketball Fr
Martin Luther College Micah Ricke Men’s Basketball Jr
Martin Luther College Aaron Schultz Men’s Basketball Sr
Martin Luther College Marc Shambeau Men’s Basketball So
Martin Luther College Elisabeth Babinec Women’s Basketball Sr
Martin Luther College Hannah Bode Women’s Basketball Sr
Martin Luther College Emily Boldt Women’s Basketball Fr
Martin Luther College Carrie Fritzler Women’s Basketball Fr
Martin Luther College Abby Hosbach Women’s Basketball Sr
Martin Luther College Katherine Kogler Women’s Basketball Jr
Martin Luther College Meredith Koltz Women’s Basketball So
Martin Luther College Nicole Lehman Women’s Basketball Sr
Northland College
School Name Sport Yr
Northland College Jeremy Snow Baseball Jr
Northland College Chris Steiner Baseball Sr
Northland College Asia DefVlaeminck Softball Jr
Northland College Aurora Albrecht Softball Sr
Northland College Shon Givens Softball Sr
Northland College Kristin Zimmer Softball Fr
Northland College Joseph Brennan Men’s Basketball So
Northland College Lloyd Kalfs Men’s Basketball So
Northland College Zeb Woiak Men’s Basketball So
Northland College Chris Steiner Men’s Basketball Sr
Northland College Michael Mackey Men’s Basketball So
Northwestern College
School Name Sport Yr
Northwestern College Zeke Abel Baseball Fr
Northwestern College Tyler Campion Baseball Fr
Northwestern College Evan Entler Baseball Fr
Northwestern College Kevin Kleiner Baseball Jr
Northwestern College Mark Meredith Baseball Fr
Northwestern College Michael Sharp Baseball So
Northwestern College Michael Strickland Baseball Sr
Northwestern College Kevin Votaw Baseball Fr
Northwestern College Lauren August Softball Sr
Northwestern College Kristina Bicket Softball Fr
Northwestern College Alyssa Borgstrom Softball So
Northwestern College Kelsey Hanson Softball Sr
Northwestern College Jenny Kortus Softball Sr
Northwestern College Jessica Lokken Softball So
Northwestern College Michele MacKinnon Softball Fr
Northwestern College Amanda Rodgers Softball Sr
Northwestern College Ashley Weimer Softball Sr
Northwestern College Logan Fischer Men’s Tennis So
Northwestern College Daniel Johnson Men’s Tennis So
Northwestern College Garrett Lahr Men’s Tennis Sr
Northwestern College Erica Abeler Women’s Tennis Jr
Northwestern College Johanna Alex Women’s Tennis So
Northwestern College Rebecca Leland Women’s Tennis Jr
Northwestern College Wendy Miller Women’s Tennis Sr
Northwestern College Amy Norgren Women’s Tennis Fr
Northwestern College Dana Smith Women’s Tennis So
Northwestern College Victoria Viggers Women’s Tennis Fr
Northwestern College Benjamin Anderson Men’s Track & Field Fr
Northwestern College David Holle Men’s Track & Field Jr
Northwestern College Zachary Marshall Men’s Track & Field Sr
Northwestern College Kyle Thomforde Men’s Track & Field Sr
Northwestern College Molly Lefebvre Women’s Track & Field Jr
Northwestern College Mallory Maurer Women’s Track & Field Fr
Northwestern College Melody Olson Women’s Track & Field Sr
Northwestern College Hannah Orem Women’s Track & Field Jr
Northwestern College Bridget Piche Women’s Track & Field Fr
Northwestern College Renee Scharine Women’s Track & Field Jr
Northwestern College Ethan Benton Men’s Basketball Fr
Northwestern College Eric Garst Men’s Basketball Jr
Northwestern College Ross Hartman Men’s Basketball Fr
Northwestern College Ashley Filipi Women’s Basketball Jr
Northwestern College Emily Henslin Women’s Basketball So
Northwestern College Ariel Liesch Women’s Basketball Sr
Northwestern College Melissa Moore Women’s Basketball So
Northwestern College Luanne Mullet Women’s Basketball Sr
Northwestern College Marcy Nelson Women’s Basketball Sr
Northwestern College Rebecca Scheil Women’s Basketball So
Northwestern College Maria Yunger Women’s Basketball So
Presentation College
School Name Sport Yr
Presentation College Michael Babcock Baseball So
Presentation College Brett Hoffman Baseball Jr
Presentation College Zach Lagred Baseball Sr
Presentation College Ryan Moellenkamp Baseball So
Presentation College Michael Babcock Men’s Basketball So
Presentation College Lucas Bruns Men’s Basketball Sr
Presentation College Tyler Harrell Men’s Basketball Sr
Presentation College Blake Spindler Men’s Basketball So
Presentation College Trey Stephens Men’s Basketball Jr
Presentation College Megan Jones Women’s Basketball Jr
University of Minnesota – Morris
School Name Sport Yr
University of Minnesota, Morris Kazuhrio Magome Baseball Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Chris Thompson Baseball Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Thomas Fox Baseball So
University of Minnesota, Morris Joe Boedigheiemr Baseball Sr
University of Minnesota, Morris Scott Barta Baseball Jr
University of Minnesota, Morris Anne Bergstrom Softball Sr}
University of Minnesota, Morris Diane Blommel Softball So
University of Minnesota, Morris Ashley Corbett Softball Sr
University of Minnesota, Morris Briana Czer Softball Sr
University of Minnesota, Morris Bailey Jelle Softball Sr
University of Minnesota, Morris Emilie Kalvig Softball Sr
University of Minnesota, Morris Stephanie Wilson Softball Jr
University of Minnesota, Morris Mark Privatsky Men’s Tennis So
University of Minnesota, Morris Jeff Lind Men’s Tennis So
University of Minnesota, Morris Stephanie Kucala Women’s Tennis Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Manjari Govada Women’s Tennis Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Shauna Rosen Women’s Tennis Sr
University of Minnesota, Morris Matt Ellison Men’s Track & Field Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Dugan Flanders Men’s Track & Field So
University of Minnesota, Morris Scott Harder Men’s Track & Field So
University of Minnesota, Morris Seth Harrington Men’s Track & Field Jr
University of Minnesota, Morris Josh Johnson Men’s Track & Field Jr
University of Minnesota, Morris Karsten Maurer Men’s Track & Field Sr
University of Minnesota, Morris Mitch McGuire Men’s Track & Field Sr
University of Minnesota, Morris Denver Rogalla Men’s Track & Field Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Luke Toso Men’s Track & Field So
University of Minnesota, Morris Joe Weber Men’s Track & Field Jr
University of Minnesota, Morris Andrew Birnstengel Men’s Track & Field Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Rebecca Baldridge Women’s Track & Field So
University of Minnesota, Morris Allison Betsch Women’s Track & Field Sr
University of Minnesota, Morris Joy Heysse Women’s Track & Field Jr
University of Minnesota, Morris Kaia Jens Women’s Track & Field Jr
University of Minnesota, Morris Melissa Kloek Women’s Track & Field So
University of Minnesota, Morris Gemma Mitich Women’s Track & Field Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Amber O’Connor Women’s Track & Field So
University of Minnesota, Morris Sonja Smidt Women’s Track & Field Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Ally Sylvester Women’s Track & Field So
University of Minnesota, Morris Jeremy Bosch Men’s Basketball Jr
University of Minnesota, Morris Joe Fragodt Men’s Basketball Jr
University of Minnesota, Morris Mitch Primus Men’s Basketball Fr
University of Minnesota, Morris Lacey Albers Women’s Basketball So
University of Minnesota, Morris Dianne Blommel Women’s Basketball So
University of Minnesota, Morris Joy Heysse Women’s Basketball Jr