MIAC Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Twenty-five Saint John's University student-athletes earned 2019 Fall Academic All-MIAC honors on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

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. 

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)
Senior Trey Collins (Plentywood, Mont./Royalton); sophomore Andy Goldsmith (Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall); junior Seth Jackson (Eagan, Minn.); and junior Noah Webb (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech).

Football (Story)
Junior holder/quarterback Chris Backes (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech); sophomore defensive back Keaton Ficker (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori); junior offensive lineman Jarod Fike (St. Paul, Minn./White Bear Lake); junior defensive lineman Collin Franz (Otsego, Minn./Rogers); junior defensive lineman Hank Hagen (Waseca, Minn.); junior tight end Tyler Johnson (Willmar, Minn.); sophomore defensive back John Kohler (Birchwood, Wis./Rice Lake); sophomore tight end Joe Lang (New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower); sophomore wide receiver Matt Mohr (Chisago City, Minn./Chisago Lakes); sophomore offensive lineman Cameron Murphy (Willmar, Minn.); senior linebacker Alex Sais (Los Lunas, N.M./St. Pius X); junior linebacker Nick Schmitt (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech); sophomore running back Henry Trost (Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes); and senior wide receiver Andrew VanErp (Battle Lake, Minn./Ottertail Central).

Soccer (Story)
Senior forward Ben Becker (Richfield, Minn./Holy Angels); senior forward Kagan Foster (Alexandria, Minn.); junior defender Andrew Kromer (Edina, Minn.); senior midfielder Leighton Lommel (Waite Park, Minn./St. Cloud Apollo); senior goalkeeper Payton Spencer (Hudson, Wis.); junior midfielder Tim Spesia (Joliet, Ill./West); and senior midfielder Nathan Stone (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley).