MIAC Release

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Seventeen Saint John's University baseball student-athletes earned 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:

-Senior left fielder Owen Amrhein (Waconia, Minn.), an exercise and health science major (pre-physical therapy emphasis) with a 3.76 GPA;
-Junior first baseman Justin Brooks (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park), an accounting major with a 3.71 GPA;
-Senior pitcher Jack Dobesh (Edina, Minn.), an elementary education major with a 3.50 GPA;
-Sophomore outfielder Nolan Dumonceaux (Forest Lake, Minn.), a finance major with a 3.91 GPA;
-Junior catcher Sam Garry (Mahtomedi, Minn.), an accounting major with a 3.66 GPA;
-Senior infielder Jackson Geislinger (Grove City, Minn./Eden Valley-Watkins), an exercise and health science major with a 3.61 GPA;
-Junior designated hitter Zach Helfmann (St. Louis Park, Minn.), a nursing major with a 3.62 GPA;
-Senior right fielder Brendan Hemr (Blaine, Minn./Centennial), a computer science major with a 3.68 GPA;
-Junior infielder Tanner Hoemann (Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View), an exercise and health science major with a 3.52 GPA;
-Senior pitcher Noah Jensen (St. Cloud, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice), an environmental studies major with a 3.98 GPA;
-Senior first baseman Collin Kray (Little Falls, Minn.), a chemistry major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Sophomore pitcher Dylan Marciulionis (Esko, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.85 GPA;
-Senior third baseman Reed Marquardt (Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes), a finance major with a 3.56 GPA;
-Sophomore pitcher Isaac Nelsen (Austin, Minn./Pacelli), an accounting major with a 3.67 GPA;
-Senior pitcher Vinny Schleper (Shakopee, Minn.), an elementary education major with a 3.95 GPA;
-Junior center fielder Riley Schwellenbach (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge), a data science major with a 3.96 GPA;
-Junior pitcher Carter Theisen (Rosemount, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.98 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 Amrhein, Geislinger, Hemr, Jensen, Kray, Marquardt and Schleper, and the second for Brooks, Garry, Helfmann, Schwellenbach and Theisen.

Four of the honorees – Brooks, Hemr, Marquardt and Schwellenbach – were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District baseball team June 2.

For the second-consecutive season, Kray earned the MIAC Elite 22 Award for baseball, which is given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA among those who competed in the four-team MIAC Tournament.

The Johnnies finished third in the MIAC with a 13-7 record (28-16 overall) and made their 16th-consecutive appearance in the MIAC Tournament (18th overall) under the direction of first-year head coach Scott Lieser in 2026.