MIAC Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Twenty-six Saint John's University student-athletes earned a total of 30 Winter and Spring Academic All-MIAC honors for the 2015-16 academic year on Tuesday, June 21.

For the second time in the last three years, SJU led the conference with 63 male Academic All-MIAC honorees in 2015-16, six ahead of second-place St. Thomas (57). The Johnnies finished second in 2014-15, one honoree behind UST (51), and led the league with 57 honorees in 2013-14.

Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior or senior with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 on a 4.00 scale to qualify for Academic All-MIAC recognition. Athletically, student-athletes in baseball, basketball, hockey and tennis must compete in 50 percent of their team's varsity, regular-season contests. Pitchers must have five appearances or 20 innings pitched and hockey goaltenders must play in one-third (33.3 percent) of their team's total minutes played for the regular season. 

To be eligible in swimming and diving, student-athletes must place in the top 16 individually or participate on a relay team at the conference meet. Track and field honorees must score in an individual event (top eight) or compete on a relay team at the MIAC Championships. 

Golf honorees must compete in a minimum of 12 competitive rounds and/or participated in the MIAC Championship last October.

Here are the SJU honorees, listed by sport in alphabetical order:

Baseball (Story)
Senior shortstop Logan Hershey (Maple Grove, Minn.); senior first baseman/pitcher Patrick Strey (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview); and junior third baseman Derek Schiebel (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview).

Basketball (Story)
Senior post Jordan Peterson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and sophomore wing Patrick Strom (Fargo, N.D./Shanley).

Golf (Story)
Junior Mack Farley (Lakeville, Minn./South); senior Austin Fowler (Grand Rapids, Minn.); and sophomore Sam Olson (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman).

Hockey (Story)
Junior forward Dan McNamara (Grand Rapids, Mich.); sophomore forward Huba Sekesi (Germering, Germany); junior defenseman Daniel Tripicchio (Hudson, Wis.); sophomore forward Sam Valerius (Maple Grove, Minn.); and junior forward Dan Voce (Princeton, Minn.).

Swimming and Diving (Story)
Junior Kenny Bergman (Overland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission South); senior Alex Ingulsrud (Fargo, N.D./Davies); senior Paul Knaak (Forest Lake, Minn./Stillwater Area); senior Matthew McCormack (Rosemount, Minn.); and sophomore Curtis Noecker (St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park). 

Tennis (Story)
Senior Ben Lahren (Wausau, Wis./West) and sophomore Tim Larson (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson).

Indoor Track and Field (Story)
Junior Lukas Buehler (Omaha, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine); senior Thomas Feichtinger (Omaha, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine); junior Maxwell Olson (Warrensburg, Mo.); sophomore Mitchell Peck (Alexandria, Minn.); and junior Peyton Thiry (Lester Prairie, Minn./Lester Prairie-Holy Trinity). 

Outdoor Track and Field (Story)
Feichtinger; Olson; Peck; Thiry; sophomore Matthew Burgstahler (Sandpoint, Idaho); senior Andrew Hansen (Eden Prairie, Minn.); junior Will Zimmerman (Owatonna, Minn.); and senior Nick Zurn (Belle Plaine, Minn.).