MIAC Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – A pair of Saint John's University golf student-athletes, senior David Schneider (Albany, Minn.) and junior Preston Kopel (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Foley), received 2019-20 Winter and Spring Academic All-MIAC honors on Tuesday, June 30.

Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior or senior academically with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 on a 4.00 scale to qualify for Academic All-MIAC recognition. Due to the cancellation of the 2020 spring season, the athletic requirement for golf was eliminated.

A two-time Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-American and GCAA All-Central Region selection, Schneider graduated in May with 3.67 GPA in biology. He led SJU with a 74.2 scoring average in 17 rounds and four top-10 finishes in the fall portion of the 2019-20 schedule. Schneider was a two-time GCAA All-America Scholar, was All-MIAC three times and ended his career tied for ninth in program history with a 75.2 scoring average in 87 rounds. He registered 16 top-10 finishes during his four-year career, including six in the top five.

An economics major with a 3.98 GPA, Kopel earned 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and the 2019 NCAA Elite 90 Award, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the NCAA Championship. He was named a 2020 GCAA Scholar All-American and also received the 2019 MIAC Elite 22 Award, which is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA among the top-10 finishers at the MIAC Championship, last fall.

Kopel led the Johnnies by tying for third at the 2019 MIAC Championship and ended the fall schedule with a 75.1 scoring average, including a team-leading four rounds at par or better. He begins his senior season with a 75.9 average in 59 career rounds.