MIAC Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Forty Saint John's University student-athletes received Winter and Spring Academic All-MIAC honors for the 2018-19 academic year on Thursday, June 27.

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. Transfers, like freshmen, must complete a full academic year to be eligible the following season. 

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 qualify as an individual event or compete on a relay team at either the MIAC Indoor or MIAC Outdoor 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)
Junior shortstop Michael Gruber (Glenwood, Minn./Minnewaska Area); senior center fielder Max Jackson (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall); senior second baseman Thomas Meland (Northfield, Minn.); and sophomore pitcher Nick Penick (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori).

Basketball (Story)
Sophomore wing Peter Gathje (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson); junior post Ethan Novacinski (St. Joseph, Minn./St. Cloud Apollo); senior guard David Stokman (Maple Lake, Minn.); and junior post Lucas Walford (Elko, Minn./New Prague).

Golf (Story)
Sophomore Preston Kopel (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Foley) and junior David Schneider (Albany, Minn.). 

Hockey (Story)
Senior forward Joe Chitwood (Carmel, Ind.); senior forward Matt Colford (Champlin, Minn.); sophomore defenseman Jake Dittel (St. Paul, Minn.); sophomore defenseman Troy Dobbs (Lancaster, N.Y.); sophomore forward Tanner Dufault (Kasson, Minn.); senior defenseman Grady Ewing (St. Cloud, Minn.); sophomore forward Ryan Kero (Hermantown, Minn.); senior forward Evan Okeley (Carmel, Ind.); senior forward Garrett Riebling (Chanhassen, Minn.); and junior defenseman Cole Souto (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

Swimming and Diving (Story)
Sophomore Eli Greenblat (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata); junior Ryan Pauley (Columbus, Neb.); sophomore Joe Schwamm (Littleton, Colo.); and senior Jacob Upton (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson).

Tennis (Story)
Sophomore Thomas Gillach (Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes); sophomore Nate Jordre (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech); and senior Hunter Krebsbach (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds View).

Track and Field (Story)
Junior Randall Clintsman (Maplewood, Minn./Hill-Murray); sophomore Jacob Czech (Kewaunee, Wis.); sophomore Charles Haik (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds View); sophomore Seth Jackson (Eagan, Minn.); senior Jake Kirsch (Eden Prairie, Minn./Holy Family Catholic); senior Kevin Lamb (Avon, Minn./Albany); senior Max Martin (Minneapolis, Minn./Wayzata); sophomore Kyle McKinney (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Augustine's); sophomore Ryan Murphy (Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View); senior Ryan Reiter (Hudson, Wis.); sophomore Ryan Thompson (Minneapolis, Minn./Edina); junior Collin Trout (Cloquet, Minn.); and sophomore Noah Webb (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech).