MIAC Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Four Saint John's University cross country student-athletes received 2019 Academic All-MIAC honors on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Those honored (listed alphabetically) include:

-Senior Trey Collins (Plentywood, Mont./Royalton), a nutrition major with a 3.63 GPA;
-Sophomore Andy Goldsmith (Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall), an integrative science major with a 3.87 GPA; 
-Junior Seth Jackson (Eagan, Minn.), a chemistry major (pre-engineering emphasis) with a 3.68 GPA; 
-Junior Noah Webb (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech), an accounting major with a 3.65 GPA.

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 cross country must be a member of their team's top seven at the MIAC Championship or finish in the top 100 at the meet.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) honored a record number of fall sport student-athletes, 431 total, with Academic All-Conference recognition. 

The Academic All-MIAC honor is the second in cross country for both Collins and Webb, who were the Johnnies' top two finishers at both the MIAC Championship and NCAA Central Regional in November. Collins crossed the finish line 17th out of 219 runners at the conference meet and 41st out of 199 participants at the regional. Webb, meanwhile, followed in 26th at the conference championship and 61st at the regional. Collins also earned Academic All-MIAC distinction in 2018 for outdoor track and field.

Goldsmith finished 35th at the MIAC Championship and 64th at the regional, while Jackson took 77th at the conference meet. 

SJU finished sixth out of 11 teams at the MIAC Championship and ninth out of 28 teams at the NCAA Central Regional.