MIAC Release

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Four Saint John's University tennis student-athletes collected 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:

-Senior Finn Dolezal (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./East Ridge), an economics major with a 3.96 GPA;
-Junior Alex Draeger (Litchfield, Minn.), a computer science major with a 3.84 GPA;
-Senior Taylor Duncan (Benson, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.56 GPA;
-Sophomore Andrew Eckmann (Eagan, Minn./Two Rivers), a biology major with a 3.73 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 Dolezal and Duncan, and the second for Draeger.

Draeger, Duncan and Eckmann were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team May 12.

The Johnnies finished eighth in the MIAC with a 1-8 record (2-12 overall) in 2026.