MIAC Release

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Forty-one Saint John's University football student-athletes earned 2025 Fall Academic All-MIAC recognition on Wednesday, Jan. 28.

Those honored (listed alphabetically) include: 

-Senior wide receiver Faaris Amegankpoe (Maple Grove, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.88 GPA;
-Senior wide receiver Owen Amrhein (Waconia, Minn.), an exercise and health science major with a 3.74 GPA;
-Junior linebacker Henry Bendickson (St. Louis Park, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.61 GPA;
-Sophomore defensive back Darby Boelter (Crosslake, Minn./Pequot Lakes), a chemistry major with a 3.78 GPA;
-Sophomore quarterback Reece Dawson (Rogers, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.92 GPA;
-Senior offensive lineman Ian DeGross (Elko, Minn./New Prague), a biology major with a 3.51 GPA;
-Sophomore running back Mason Delzer (Spicer, Minn./New London-Spicer), an exercise and health science major with a 3.60 GPA;
-Senior defensive lineman Riley DeRosier (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd), an accounting major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Senior quarterback Zander Dittbenner (Mankato, Minn./West), an elementary education major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Sophomore defensive back Nolan Dumonceaux (Forest Lake, Minn.), a finance major with a 3.88 GPA;
-Senior defensive lineman Zach Frank (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial), an accounting major with a 3.86 GPA;
-Senior tight end Joey Gendreau (Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka), an exercise and health science and global business leadership double-major with a 3.60 GPA;
-Senior defensive lineman Tommy Gilmore (Otsego, Minn./Rogers), an exercise and health science major with a 3.53 GPA;
-Sophomore offensive lineman Thomas Graves (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall), an economics major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Junior kicker/punter Matt Hansen (Longmont, Colo./Niwot), a global business leadership major with a 3.68 GPA;
-Junior tight end Andrew Harren (Rice, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice), an accounting major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Senior defensive back John Hawkins (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral), a communication major with a 3.55 GPA;
-Junior wide receiver Thomas Jacobs (Lakeland, Minn./Stillwater Area), a global business leadership major with a 3.68 GPA;
-Junior running back Dylan Kirchner (Andover, Minn.), a physics major with a 3.85 GPA;
-Senior linebacker Jayden Leach (Bayport, Minn./Stillwater Area), an accounting major with a 3.54 GPA;
-Sophomore linebacker Andrew Lipke (Stewart, Minn./Hutchinson), an accounting major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Senior offensive lineman Alex Markgraf (St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville), an accounting major with a 3.53 GPA;
-Junior running back Wyatt McCabe (Mayer, Minn./Watertown-Mayer), an accounting major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Junior linebacker Aiden McMahon (Maple Grove, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.66 GPA;
-Sophomore defensive lineman Grady Minnerath (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori), an accounting major with a 3.92 GPA;
-Sophomore offensive lineman Joey Nelson (Chanhassen, Minn.), a data science major with a 3.80 GPA;
-Junior wide receiver Sam Nolan (Lakeville, Minn./North), a biology major with a 3.78 GPA;
-Sophomore offensive lineman Mikey Oftedahl (Minnetrista, Minn./Mound-Westonka), an accounting major with a 3.58 GPA;
-Sophomore defensive back Will Peroutka (Rosemount, Minn.), a political science major with a 3.96 GPA;
-Senior linebacker Isaac Potter (Waseca, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.78 GPA;
-Senior offensive lineman Eddie Reece (Hudson, Wis./Hill-Murray), a global business leadership major with a 3.58 GPA;
-Senior defensive back Charlie Ryks (Maple Grove, Minn./Breck), an accounting major with a 3.95 GPA;
-Junior wide receiver Riley Schwellenbach (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge), a data science major with a 3.98 GPA;
-Sophomore defensive back Will Seymour (New Prague, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.51 GPA;
-Senior defensive back Blake Simonson (Waconia, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.66 GPA;
-Junior offensive lineman Barrett Van Deun (Omaha, Neb./Millard West), an accounting major with a 3.62 GPA;
-Senior defensive back Evan Wahlin (Sartell, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral), an accounting major with a 3.83 GPA;
-Junior linebacker J.P. Weber (Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert), a global business leadership and Spanish double-major with a 3.90 GPA;
-Senior running back Caden Wheeler (Andover, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.50 GPA;
-Senior wide receiver Dylan Wheeler (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds View), an accounting major with a 3.64 GPA;
-Sophomore defensive lineman Alex Wimmer (Anoka, Minn.), an accounting major with a 4.0 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. Transfers must have completed one academic year (full-time) at the institution prior to becoming eligible the following year.

Athletically, student-athletes must be a member of a MIAC-sponsored varsity team, utilize a season of participation (per NCAA and MIAC definitions) and have remained on the sports roster through the conclusion of the sport's season. The MIAC moved away from athletic-specific requirements (i.e. participate in 50 percent of the games, finish in the top 100 at the MIAC Championships, etc.) beginning with the 2021-22 academic year.

For the sixth-straight academic year and eighth in the last 11, SJU led the MIAC in male honorees for the fall.

The Academic All-MIAC distinction is the third-consecutive for Amrhein, DeRosier, Dittbenner, Frank, McMahon, Potter, Ryks, Simonson, Wahlin and C. Wheeler. 

Frank, Gendreau, Hansen, McMahon, Peroutka, Van Deun and D. Wheeler also earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors earlier this month. SJU has now had 83 Academic All-District selections over the last 21 seasons. 

The Johnnies (10-2, 8-1 MIAC) recorded their 27th 10-win season, made their 34th postseason appearance (30th in Division III) this fall and ended the season ranked as high as No. 8 in the final AFCA poll.