MIAC Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Nineteen Saint John's University student-athletes earned 2018 Fall Academic All-MIAC honors on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

For the seventh consecutive year, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) honored a record number of fall sport student-athletes, 427 total, with Academic All-Conference recognition. 

In order to qualify for MIAC Academic All-Conference recognition, student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior or senior with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. Athletically, student-athletes in football and soccer must compete in 50 percent of their team's varsity regular-season contests. Cross country student-athletes must be a member of their team's top seven at the MIAC Championship or finish in the top 100 at the meet.

By sport, here are the Johnnies who earned the honor (listed alphabetically):

Cross Country (Story)
Sophomore Jack Colleran (Green Bay, Wis./Notre Dame Academy), junior Samuel Cruz (Pelican Rapids, Minn.), senior Kevin Lamb (Avon, Minn./Albany) and sophomore Noah Webb (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech). Sophomore holder/quarterback Chris Backes (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech), senior linebacker Brandon Beranek (New Ulm, Minn./Cathedral), senior linebacker Bryan Crossman (Eagan, Minn./Holy Angels), sophomore offensive lineman Jarod Fike (St. Paul, Minn./White Bear Lake), sophomore defensive lineman Collin Franz (Otsego, Minn./Rogers), senior wide receiver Will Gillach (Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes), senior safety Max Jackson (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall), senior safety Sam Marshall (Marshall, Minn.), junior linebacker Alex Sais (Los Lunas, N.M./St. Pius X) and junior wide receiver Andrew VanErp (Battle Lake, Minn./Ottertail Central).

Soccer (Story)
Junior forward Ben Becker (Richfield, Minn./Holy Angels), sophomore defender Andrew Kromer (Edina, Minn.), junior goalkeeper Payton Spencer (Hudson, Wis.), junior midfielder Nathan Stone (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley) and senior midfielder Andrew Weiler (Rosemount, Minn.).