The Beavers enjoyed a memorable spring semester of competition with the men’s basketball team, men’s wrestling team, women’s wrestling team, men’s hockey team, and women’s hockey team all advancing to their respective national tournaments and Minot State student-athletes Caleb Van De Griend, Jake Swirple, and Jillian Ackerman each earning All-American honors.

While it proved to be an outstanding season of competitive action, the Minot State student-athletes were equally outstanding in the classroom as the Beavers posted an athletic department GPA of 3.21 for the spring semester, which gave the Beavers a department-wide GPA of 3.261 for the 2024-25 academic year.

Of the 17 Beaver sports programs, 12 had a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or higher for the spring, and 93 individual Minot State student-athletes boasted a perfect 4.0 GPA for the spring 2025 semester.

The Minot State volleyball team led the way with a 3.707 team GPA for the spring and an athletic-department best 3.593 team GPA for the academic year.

The Minot State women’s hockey team, which advanced to the WMCH Tournament title game and the ACHA National Tournament, had the 2nd highest spring GPA of 3.595 and finished 4th best for the 2024-25 year with a team GPA of 3.479, and the Beaver softball team, which advanced to the NSIC Tournament, had the 3rd highest spring GPA of 3.586, and the 3rd highest GPA for the year at 3.549.

The Minot State men’s hockey team, which won the MCH Tournament and advanced to the ACHA semifinals, had the 4th highest spring GPA of 3.461 and the 2nd highest GPA for the academic year at 3.55.

The Beaver women’s cross country team was next highest for the spring semester at 3.419 and 5th highest, as well, for the year at 3.456; women’s soccer was 6th for the spring semester with a 3.416 GPA and 10th for the year at 3.27; women’s basketball was 7th for the spring at 3.39 and 7th for the year with a 3.401 GPA; baseball was 8th for the spring with a 3.281 GPA and 6th for the year with a 3.416 GPA; men’s basketball was 9th for the spring at 3.235 and 9th for the year at 3.302; and the women’s golf team was 10th for the spring at 3.204 and 11th on the year with a 3.249 GPA.

The Minot State men’s cross country team had the 11th highest GPA for the spring at 3.078 and was 8th for the year at 3.384; the women’s track and field team was 12th in the spring at 3.05 and 13th for the year at 3.059; the women’s wrestling team was 13th in the spring at 2.993 and 12th for the year at 3.135; the football team was 14th for the spring at 2.964 and 15th for the year at 2.921; the men’s wrestling team was 16th for the spring at 2.84 and 17th for the year at 2.788; the men’s track and field team was 16th for the spring at 2.766 and 14th for the year at 2.99; and the men’s golf team was 17th for the spring at 2.581 and 16th for the year at 2.899.

While the entire Beaver athletic department excelled academically, individually 93 student-athletes with a 3.8 to 4.0 GPA in the spring were named to the Minot State President’s List, and another 67 Beaver student-athletes earned a GPA of 3.5 to 3.79 and were named to the Vice President of Academic Affairs Honor Roll for the spring semester.

Named to the President’s List were:

From the men’s basketball team: Braelyn Dale and Caleb Van De Griend.

From the women’s basketball team: Mia Aberle, Taylor Goss, Natalie Holte, Grace Kent, Emma Mogen, and Brenna Stroklund.

From the women’s wrestling team: Emily Light.

From the men’s wrestling team: John Armstrong, Mario Esposito, Tristan Pekas, and Cannon Potts.

From the women’s golf team: Abigail Goettle.

From the women’s cross country and track and field teams: Kaydee Boyce, Natalie Becker, Nicole Reeves, Emery Smith, Bailey Wride, and Autumn Wright.

From the men’s cross country and track and field teams: Peyton Halverson, Camden Jasmin, Yoni Neyshtadt, and Tyson Ruzicka.

From the softball team: Mallory Hoogensen, Abbey Kelley, Raivyn Millions, Sarah Misner, Lexie Nelson, Calley Olson, Taylor Smith, Sara Van Wickler, and Maizy Whitlow.

From the baseball team: Cole Barta, Gage Eastlick, Alex Engel, Grant Gabbert, Cruz Garcia, Nate Larsen, Devin Marton, Jacob McLean, Conner Meldrim, Kekoa Munos, Seungjun Song, Oscar Tucci, Jessen West, and Michael Williamson.

From the volleyball team: Bailee Brommenschenkel, Olivia Murphy, Brenna Stroklund, Sydney Upton, and Taylor Wyatt.

From the women’s soccer team: Brooklyn Casey, Sierra Haren, Mia Lewis, Manuela Pacheco Martinez, Anna Miotto, and Tereza Vrbanek.

From the football team: Ryan Gambino, Cruz Garcia, Jackson Gridley, Cody Grossinger, Malachi Johnson, Trevor Jungman, Julian Kameristy, Zach Malpica, Teagan Nicholes, Jonathan Noriega, Peter Olsson, Conner Raetzman, Tyson Ruzicka, and Joshua Will.

From the men’s hockey team: Jake Anthony, Reid Arnold, Jay Buchholz, Austin Clyne, William Dyke, Payton Jerome, Christian Kadolph, Eric Krywy, Brayden Pawluk, Josh Pederson, Logan Rands, Tre Sortland, Slade Stanick, and Brett Tataryn.

From the women’s hockey team: Jillian Ackerman, Makenna Beard, Olivia Bervig, Hannah Gray, Karlyn Gudz, Olivia Kirwan, Abby Pineau, Kaitlyn Snyder, and Makena Welby.

Named to the Vice President for Academic Affairs Honor Roll were:

From the men’s basketball team: Max Groom.

From the women’s basketball team: Lara Dobbins, Jessica Mogen, Skylar Smith, and Ashley Wacha.

From the women’s wrestling team: Haleigh Lematta and Madison Parson.

From the men’s wrestling team: Marcus Allen, Zachary Allen, Shafer Ehmke, Kale Farrington, Kyan George, Roman Leifridt, Jake Swirple, and Evan Vieira.

From the women’s golf team: Zoe Banack and Taylor Cormier.

From the women’s cross country and track and field teams: Camryn Adams, Paulette Dominguez, and Julie Folk.

From the men’s cross country and track and field teams: Holter Bridwell, Zander Grover, Ben Holte, Casey McMahon, Nikita Neyshtadt, Lucas Parslow, Dallas Reese, Peyton Tuhy, and Kaden Vermillion.

From the softball team: Ellington Anderson, Isabelle Anderson, Taylor Eatherton, Paige Kellogg, Haleigh Lematta, Abby Lohse, and Sophie Sparrow.

From the baseball team: Anthony Chatwood, Joshua Czyz, Javier Gutierrez, Jake Orthner, and Jacob Thompson.

From the volleyball team: Paulina Kowalska, Jaina Macaulay, and Mia Thompson.

From the women’s soccer team: Natalia Arnsdottir, Elsa Duquesne, Sofia Galvez, and Linnea Svenzen.

From the football team: Lukaas Bloxham, Max Bray, Sam Buckhanan, Wilfredo Diaz, Aiden George, Ben Holte, Tyler Johnson, Evan Lovett, Tyler Stonebraker, and Jake Swirple.

From the men’s hockey team: Kieran Cooke, Logan Cyca, Walker Jerome, Colby Joseph, and Joey Moffatt.

From the women’s hockey team: Erica Fijala, Payton Lang, Journey Miller, Olivia Opheim, Marlie Rutherford, Cameron Schmidt, and Abby Tallman.