MIAC Release

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Four Saint John's University basketball student-athletes earned 2025-26 Winter and Spring Academic All-MIAC honors 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:

-Sophomore guard Eli Hoelz (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd), a finance major with a 3.94 GPA;
-Junior guard A.J. McCleery (Mahtomedi, Minn.), a finance major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Sophomore guard Tschetter (Stewartville, Minn.), an economics major with a 3.83 GPA;
-Sophomore guard Parker Wellmann (Prior Lake, Minn./East Ridge), a finance major with a 3.84 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 second for McCleery and the first for the other three Johnnies.

Tschetter was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District basketball team March 24.

The Johnnies finished second in the MIAC with an 11-5 record (16-11 overall) and advanced to their sixth MIAC playoff championship game in the past seven seasons in 2025-26.