Upper Iowa boasts 52 NSIC All-Academic honorees from their fall sports. There were 33 Peacocks that earned NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honors and 19 more that earned NSIC All-Academic Team honors.
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In total, the Northern Sun Conference recognized 864 student-athletes across their 16 institutions with 535 earning NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honors and 329 grabbing NSIC All-Academic recognition.
To be eligible for the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, a student-athlete must have a 3.60 cumulative GPA or higher, while NSIC All-Academic Team members must have a cumulative GPA between 3.20 and 3.59.Â
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Additionally, the student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team and in at least their second year of competition at their current institution (true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible). Furthermore, the student-athlete must have completed at least one full academic year at their current institution (student must be in at least their 3rd academic-year-semester at their institution).
All five of Upper Iowa's fall sports sponsored by the NSIC garnered all-academic honors; including 20 from football, 14 from volleyball, 10 from women's soccer, and four each from the women and men's cross country teams.
Below is the full list of UIU student-athletes selected for the teams; those marked with an asterisk (*) were named to the NSICÂ All-Academic Team of Excellence.
Football (20):Â *
Eddy Gosche (5th - Schaumburg, Ill.), *
Collin Jones (Jr. - Oshkosh, Wis.), *
Brady Stevens (So. - Sun Prairie, Wis.), *
Baxter Bohr (So. - Swisher, Iowa), *
RJ Knaack (Sr. - Kaukauna, Wis.), *
Connor Andresen (So. - Anamosa, Iowa), *
Traegen Kramer (So. - Le Mars, Iowa), *
Connor Frasier (Jr. - McFarland, Wis.), *
Hunter Brooks (So. - Joliet, Ill.), *
Marcus Orr (So. - Mount Vernon, Iowa), *
Ben Houselog (So. - North Liberty, Iowa), * Kenneth Draeving (Jr. - Beloit, Wis.), *
Drake Kinney (So. - Cedar Rapids, Iowa),
Tyler Owen (So. - Madison, Wis.),
Jacob Seeger (So. - Kenosha, Wis.),
Rhett Smith (So. - Wapello, Iowa), Zachary Hamilton (So. - Milwaukee, Wis.),
Noah Schirmers (Jr. - Blaine, Minn.),
Jacob Daniel (5th - Chandlerville, Ill.),
Peyton Bieber (Sr. - Waukon, Iowa).
Volleyball (14):Â *
Emily Kono (Jr. - Center Point, Iowa), *
Martha Pace (So. - West Liberty, Iowa), *
Sarah Johnson (Sr. - Elk River, Minn.), *
Madelyn Rettler (Jr. - West Bend, Wis.), *
Sarah Stevelinck (Grad. - Lyons, Colo.), *
Kylie Willis (Sr. - Grundy Center, Iowa), *
Carlee Dove (Sr. - New Hartford, Iowa), *
Kaci Beesecker (Jr. - Fairbank, Iowa), *
Kaitlyn Mohwinkle (Grad. - Aplington, Iowa), *
Maggie Streightiff (Grad. - Hayfield, Minn.),
Zoe Semelroth (Jr. - Tripoli, Iowa),
Kylee Oldenburger (Jr. - Cedar Rapids, Iowa),
Kayla Veto (Jr. - Moline, Ill.),
Nicole Pozorski (Jr. - Eagle, Wis.).
Women's Soccer (10):Â *
Alena Miller (Jr. - Forest Lake, Minn.), *
Katie Samuels (R-Sr. - Blackburn, United Kingdom), *
Grace Birdsley (Sr. - Prior Lake, Minn.), *
Katrina Kazluski (So. - Poplar Grove, Ill.), *
Haley Ramberg (Grad. - St. Francis, Minn.),
Nora Nouhaili (R-So. - Las Vegas, Nev.),
Toni Powsey (Grad. - Cumberland, BC, Canada),
Alex Garcia (So. - Barcelona, Spain),
Chloe Jarosz (So. - Omaha, Neb.),
Leah Willenbring (Sr. - South St. Paul, Minn.).
Women's Cross Country (4):Â *
Ashley Donovan (Sr. - Dubuque, Iowa), *
Delaney Miller (Jr. - Chandler, Ariz.), *
Jadyn Schultz (Jr. - Independence, Iowa),
Macey White (Grad. - Mount Pleasant, Iowa).
Men's Cross Country (4):Â *
Bryce Baker (Jr. - Rochester, Minn.), *
Nathan Goranson (Jr. - Greeley, Iowa),
Brady Johnston (Jr. - Platteville, Wis.),
David Snider (Sr. - Havana, Ill.)
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