MIAC Release
 
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Seven Saint John's University soccer student-athletes achieved 2025 Academic All-MIAC recognition on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
 
Those honored (listed alphabetically) include:
 
-Senior forward Alex Bowman (Elk River, Minn./Rogers), an exercise and health science major with a 3.61 GPA;
-Senior forward Riley Buxell (Afton, Minn./Stillwater Area), a Hispanic studies and psychology double-major with a 3.52 GPA;
-Senior defender Foster Conlin (Mooresville, N.C./Mounds View), an accounting major with a 3.74 GPA;
-Senior forward Connor Drong (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral), an accounting major with a 3.94 GPA;
-Senior defender Noah Hermanson (St. Paul, Minn./Holy Angels), a computer science major with a 3.77 GPA;
-Sophomore goalkeeper Ed Krinke (Shoreview, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall), a finance major with a 3.80 GPA;
-Sophomore midfielder Luke Madden (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall), a global business leadership major with a 3.60 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 honor is the third-straight for Conlin and the second for Hermanson. Bowman and Conlin earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors in November.
 
The Johnnies tied for fifth in the conference with a 5-4-1 record (13-5-3 overall) and made their 14th appearance in the MIAC Playoffs (established in 2003) and 11th in the last 13 seasons in 2025. The 13 wins were the program's most since 2014 (13-7-0).
 
SJU led NCAA Division III in assists per game (3.48); was second in both corner kicks per game (7.52) and total assists (73); fourth in points per game (8.90); fifth in total points (187); and 14th scoring offense (2.71 gpg.). Sophomore Ronan O'Connor (Woodbury, Minn./Hill-Murray) was second in Division III in total points (51); fourth in goals (20); fifth in game-winning goals (6) and points per game (2.43); and seventh in both assists (11) and goals per game (0.95).