MIAC Release

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Five Saint John's University tennis student-athletes achieved 2024-25 Winter and Spring Academic All-MIAC honors on Thursday, June 26.

For the fifth-straight academic year, SJU led the MIAC in male honorees with a total of 173 in 2024-25, followed by Gustavus Adolphus (149), Macalester (134), St. Olaf (133) and Carleton (110). The Johnnies had 85 fall honorees in cross country, football and soccer.

Those honored (listed alphabetically) include:

-Senior Cooper Anderson (White Bear Lake, Minn.), a global business leadership and mathematics double-major with a 3.54 GPA;
-Junior Finn Dolezal (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./East Ridge), an economics major with a 3.94 GPA;
-Sophomore Alex Draeger (Litchfield, Minn.), a computer science major with a 3.85 GPA;
-Junior Taylor Duncan (Benson, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.54 GPA;
-Sophomore Sam Wolden (St. Louis Park, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.67 GPA.

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

Athletically, student-athletes must be a member of a MIAC-sponsored, varsity team and be academically and athletically eligible. The student-athlete must have utilized a season of participation (per NCAA and MIAC definitions) and have remained on the sports roster through the conclusion of the sports season.

The Academic All-MIAC honor is the third for Anderson and the second for Dolezal and Duncan. Anderson, Draeger, Duncan and Wolden were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team May 13.

The Johnnies tied for seventh in the MIAC with a 3-6 record (8-9 overall) this spring.