MIAC Release

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Eleven Saint John's University hockey student-athletes received 2025-26 Winter and Spring Academic All-MIAC recognition on Thursday, June 25.

Saint John's saw its streak of consecutive academic years leading the MIAC in male honorees end at five – by one honoree – with 141 in 2025-26. St. Olaf edged the Johnnies with 142. Gustavus Adolphus was third (125), followed by Carleton (114), Macalester (112) and Bethel (105). SJU had 61 fall honorees in cross country, football and soccer.

Those honored (listed alphabetically) include:

-Junior defenseman Sam Berry (St. Louis Park, Minn.), an economics major with a 3.61 GPA;
-Junior forward Jackson Bisson (Edina, Minn.), a finance major with a 3.62 GPA;
-Senior defenseman Conner Couet (St. Michael, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.56 GPA;
-Senior goaltender Jon Howe (Chanhassen, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.96 GPA;
-Junior forward Chris Kernan (Maple Grove, Minn.), a global business leadership major with 3.57 GPA;
-Junior forward Logan Lyke (Medina, Minn.), a finance major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Junior forward Jacob McPartland (Victoria, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.94 GPA;
-Sophomore defenseman George Moore III (Little Falls, Minn.), an economics and finance double-major with a 3.64 GPA;
-Sophomore forward Jordan Newpower (Lino Lakes, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.52 GPA;
-Senior defenseman Michael Spinner (Prior Lake, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.75 GPA;
-Junior forward Jack Wandmacher (St. Louis Park, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.69 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 Howe and Spinner, and the second for Berry, Bisson, Kernan, Lyke, McPartland and Wandmacher.

Four Johnnies – Bisson, Howe, Lyke and Wandmacher – were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District at-large team June 16.

SJU (17-7-4, 10-3-3 MIAC) swept both MIAC titles for the fifth time in program history in 2025-26. The Johnnies won their 10th MIAC regular-season championship and first since 2020, as well as their first MIAC playoff championship (sixth overall) and trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament (seventh overall) since 2013. 

The regular-season title was the third for head coach Doug Schueller, who collected his third MIAC Men's Hockey Coach of the Year honor, and the fifth overall (2013 and 2026 MIAC playoff championships). Schueller was also a finalist for the Edward Jeremiah Award, presented to the national coach of the year in NCAA Division III men's hockey. 

SJU ended the season in the top 25 statistically in five statistical categories: 19th in winning percentage (.679); 21st in scoring offense (3.68 gpg.), team assists (169) and team points (272); and 23rd in scoring margin (+1.00).