MIAC Release

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Nine Saint John's University swimming and diving 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 Trevor Barton (Buffalo, Minn.), an environmental studies major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Junior Brennan Close (Princeton, Minn.), a chemistry major with a 3.80 GPA;
-Junior Ben Edwards (Burnsville, Minn.), a physics major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Sophomore Henry Hilgendorf (Owatonna, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.94 GPA;
-Sophomore Jason Jones (Monticello, Minn.), a political science major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Sophomore Nate Krotzer (Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park), a French and psychology double-major with a 3.91 GPA;
-Junior Simon Nyangamoi (Harrisburg, S.D.), a psychology major (pre-medicine emphasis) with a 3.67 GPA;
-Senior Andrew Roggeman (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech), a strategic communication studies major with a 3.58 GPA;
-Junior Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech), an exercise and health science major (pre-chiropractic emphasis) with a 3.76 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 Close, Edwards, Nyangamoi and Watts.

Four Johnnies – Barton, Hilgendorf, Jones and Watts – were named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District swimming and diving team April 7. 

The Johnnies finished third out of six teams Feb. 11-14 at the 2026 MIAC Championships and tied for 37th out of 46 teams March 18-21 at the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis. Senior Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska) ended his decorated career with a third-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle. The third-place finish was the best by a Johnnie at the NCAA Championships since Luke Prokop '05 took third in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2005.