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MSU student-athletes honored with Academic Achievement Award

For the 14th consecutive year, the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association honored the top student-athletes in the NCAA Division II for their achievements in the classroom along with competition announcing the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards this week. A total of 69 Minot State student-athletes earned the distinguished honor.

To be eligible for the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award, a student-athlete must have completed two years of schoolwork and maintained at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA in all their collegiate studies, while also being a member of their team’s active roster for the 2020-21 academic year.

Leading the way for the Beavers with 17 Academic Achievement Award winners was the Minot State football team, while the MSU softball team led the way for the women’s programs with 10 players honored.

Here is a list of Minot State’s D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award winners by sport for the 2020-21 school year:

Football: Isaiah Bigby (So., Las Vegas, NV); Sir-Wallace Chanel II (So., Ewa Beach, HI), Terek Enget (So., Powers Lake, N.D); Spencer Gordon (Jr., Bozeman, MT); Philip Green (Jr., Parker, CO): Roma’n Grissett (Jr., Ruskin, FL); Jakob Heggie (So., Highlands Ranch, CO): Cade Hernandez, (Sr. Riverside, CA); Sean Hoover (So., Simi Valley, CA): Aiden Nordloef (So., Powers Lake, ND); Payton O’Connor (So., Regina, Saskatchewan): Joel Ramnath, (Sr., Edmonton, Alberta); David Schneibel (So., Rugby, ND); Kyle Van Berkom (So., Powers Lake, ND) Peleantino Vito (So., Phoenix, AZ); and two-sport student-athletes Lafayette Bade (So., Elk River, MN) and Jordan Will, (Sr., Minot, ND) who played football and wrestled.

Baseball: Jake Collins (Jr., Littleton, CO); Cameron Deasy (Sr., Brampton, Ontario); Ryley Humrighouse (5-Sr., Castle Rock, CO); Gunnar Kozlowitz (So., Windsor, CO); Tyler Luban (Sr., El Cajon, CA); Kellen Peat (Jr., Parker, CO); Craig Schmich (Jr., Lincoln, CA).

Men’s Basketball: Ben Bohl (So., Minot ND); Jacob Dahl (Grad., Coeur d’Alene, ID).

Men’s Track/Cross country: Amilcar (Tito) Gonzalez (Sr., Fremont, NE); Jacob Jensen (So., Belcourt, ND); Ryan Kohler, (Sr., Bismarck, ND); Samuel Kreins (So., Reno, NV); Trestin Mancillas-Finnerty (Grad., Lansing, MI).

Golf: Arron Grandy (Jr., Minot, ND); Travis Smith (So., Colstrip, MT).

Wrestling: Logen Fischer (So., Rapid City, SD); William Horton-Hayden, (Grad., Lancaster, NH); Je-Mario Jones (Sr., Minot, ND); Lincoln Stormer (Jr., Circle, MT).

Softball: Isis Cabral (Grad., Oxnard, CA); Courtney Chatburn (So., Cave Creek, AZ); Lauryn DeGuzman (Jr., Elk Grove, CA); Kilee Fehd (So., Gilbert, AZ); Alina Gonzalez (Jr., Citrus Heights, CA); Jaycie Rostad (So., Minot, ND); Kiera Shwaluk (Jr., Portage La Prairie, Manitoba); Jordyn Staples (Jr., Winnipeg, Manitoba); Julia Suchan (5-Sr., Calgary, Alberta); Lenora Watson (So., Orangevale, CA).

Women’s Basketball: Faith Brintle (Sr., Alta Vista, KS); Natasha Elliot (So., Brisbane, Australia); Kate Head (Jr., Brisbane, Australia); Wyniah Mintz (Sr., Glendive, MT); Breianna Smestad (Jr., Plymouth, MN); Amber Stevahn (Jr., Bismarck, ND); Sophie Wedar (So., Minot, ND); Jane Wunderlich (Sr., Perham, MN); Kennedy Harris (So., Mandan, ND). Harris also was honored for volleyball.

Women’s Track/Cross Country: Abigail McGee (Sr., Butte, MT); Ashley Miller (Sr., Monroe, IA); Alicia Murillo (Jr., Corning, CA); Monica Okopal (Jr., Reno, NV).

Women’s Golf: Gabrielle Wilkie (Jr., Rolla, ND); Madeline Wilkie (Jr., Rolla, ND).

Women’s Soccer: Madeline Kindred (Sr., Soldotna, AK); Sofia Lewis (Sr., Jacksonville, FL); Hannah Mitchell (Grad., Phoenix, AZ); Daniela Nardelli (So., Arco, Italy); Megan Zeller, (Jr., Kenosha, WI).

Volleyball: Kennedy Harris (So., Mandan, ND); Sophia Peterson (Jr., Huntington Beach, CA).

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