CSC Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University graduate Jon Howe (Chanhassen, Minn./Totino-Grace) was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America at-large first team on Wednesday, July 8.

The CSC's at-large category includes men's fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

Nominees must be at least a sophomore with a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher and, in ice hockey, compete in 90 percent of the team's total games or have started 66 percent of the total.

Howe graduated in May with a 3.96 GPA in accounting. He became SJU's first All-America first-team selection in 20 years and the 25th overall when he was named to the CCM/AHCA first team. He was also selected to the All-USCHO and DIIIHockeyNews.com All-America second teams. He is the sixth Johnnie goaltender to be named an All-American in any right.
 
The four-time MIAC Athlete of the Week finished with a 16-6-4 record – the fourth-most wins in an SJU season – to go with a 2.51 GAA, a .929 save percentage and 869 saves. The 869 saves were the second-most in program history, 18 from the record of 887 owned by Hanson set in 1978-79. Three of Howe's four career assists were tallied this season.
 
Among goaltenders with 400 saves or more, he was first in GAA (2.27) and save percentage (.933) in league play. Howe was also second in saves (512). He was named to the All-MIAC and All-Playoff Team after he posted a 1.95 GAA and a .956 save percentage with 86 saves in the two MIAC playoff games. Howe ended his career with a 29-21-7 record, two shutouts, a 2.58 GAA, .923 save percentage and 1,761 saves in 60 games played.

Howe is a four-time AHCA All-American Scholar and has been named to the Academic All-MIAC team in all three of his eligible seasons.

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).