MIAC Release

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Thirty-four Saint John's University track and field student-athletes earned 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 Andrew Adams (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), a finance major (pre-law emphasis) with a 3.96 GPA;
-Senior Tommy Allen (Woodbury, Minn./St. Paul Academy), a biochemistry major (pre-medicine emphasis) with a 4.0 GPA;
-Junior Jacob Becker (Lincoln, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine), a computer science and mathematics double-major with a 3.78 GPA;
-Sophomore Noah Besemann (New Brighton, Minn./Irondale), a biology and environmental studies double-major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Sophomore Connor Brynteson (Minneapolis, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper), a computer science major with 3.94 GPA;
-Senior Eamon Cavanaugh (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest), a history (secondary education) major with a 3.88 GPA;
-Senior Ryan Conzemius (La Crosse, Wis./Aquinas), a biology major with a 3.90 GPA;
-Junior Mitchell Degen (Brainerd, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.85 GPA;
-Sophomore Aaron Freier (Red Wing, Minn.), an art major with a 3.91 GPA;
-Senior Jaeden Frost (Omro, Wis.), a nutrition major with a 3.59 GPA;
-Senior Joe Gathje (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson), an economics major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Junior Kole Guth (St. Peter, Minn.), an exercise and health science major with a 3.55 GPA;
-Sophomore Matt Hansen (Longmont, Colo./Niwot), a global business leadership major with a 3.69 GPA;
-Sophomore Jack Johnston (Maple Grove, Minn.), a biochemistry major with a 3.77 GPA;
-Sophomore Vincent Kaluza (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori), a physics major with a 3.78 GPA;
-Junior Aiden Langheim (Jordan, Minn.), a finance major with a 3.79 GPA;
-Senior Max Lelwica (Brainerd, Minn.), a biochemistry major (pre-medicine emphasis) with a 3.68 GPA;
-Senior Ethan Leonard (Chaska, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.78 GPA;
-Junior Jacob Malecha (Lonsdale, Minn./New Prague), a global business leadership major with a 3.67 GPA;
-Sophomore Peyton Martinek (Coon Rapids, Minn.), a physics major with a 3.69 GPA;
-Sophomore Max McCoy (Bennington, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine), a biology major with a 3.69 GPA;
-Senior Jackson McDowell (Centennial, Colo./Arapahoe), a global business leadership major with a 3.66 GPA;
-Sophomore Lars Molenkamp (Almere, Netherlands/Oostvaarders College), an economics major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Junior Owen Montreuil (Jordan, Minn.), a finance major with a 3.98 GPA;
-Junior Aidan Morey (Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep), an accounting major with a 3.96 GPA;
-Senior Sam Rabaey (Hastings, Minn.), a mathematics and physics double-major with a 3.97 GPA;
-Senior Liam Sheeley (Edina, Minn./Holy Angels), an exercise and health science major with a 3.72 GPA;
-Sophomore Cooper Smith (Alvarado, Minn./East Grand Forks), an accounting major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Junior Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove, Minn.), a data science major with a 3.90 GPA;
-Sophomore Cole Stencel (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River), a physics major with a 3.82 GPA;
-Senior Aidan Thomas (Blaine, Minn./Totino-Grace), a computer science and mathematics double-major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Senior Anthony Thurk (St. Bonifacius, Minn./Waconia), an accounting major with a 3.51 GPA;
-Sophomore Andrew Withuski (Wahpeton, N.D.), a biology major (pre-dentistry emphasis) with a 3.57 GPA;
-Sophomore Wyatt Witschen (Monticello, Minn.), a finance major with a 3.68 GPA.

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 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 fourth in track and field for Allen and the third for nine others: Adams, Cavanaugh, Conzemius, Frost, Gathje, Lelwica, Leonard, Sheeley and Thomas.

Degen, Lelwica, McDowell, Montreuil and Thurk were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team June 24.

SJU track and field finished second – by half a point, 207-206.5 – out of 11 teams at the 2025 MIAC Outdoor Championships and third at the MIAC indoor meet. SJU qualified six athletes in six events at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships and finished fourth out of 73 teams. The Johnnies collected a program-record six top-eight finishes across the three-day meet and seven total All-America performances.