BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Ninety-eight Saint Benedict student-athletes earned 2025-26 Winter and Spring Academic All-MIAC recognition on Thursday, June 25.

Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior or senior with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 on a 4.00 scale to qualify for Academic All-MIAC recognition. Transfers, like first years, 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.

CSB ranked third in the MIAC in female honorees for winter and spring, following Gustavus Adolphus (114) and St. Olaf (99). Saint Benedict finished third in the conference in overall female honorees with a total of 137, behind St. Olaf (156) and Gustavus Adolphus (149). The Bennies had 39 fall honorees in cross country, soccer and volleyball.

Here are the CSB honorees, listed by sport in alphabetical order:

Basketball (Story)
Sophomore guard Lauren Arnold (Chanhassen, Minn.); junior forward Cora Beeler (Delano, Minn.); junior wing Ella Beeler (Delano, Minn.); junior wing Emily Crandall (Sartell, Minn.); senior wing Megan Driste (Sartell, Minn.); sophomore guard Emily Gates (Lake City, Minn./Lincoln); sophomore guard Natalie Gates (Lake City, Minn./Lincoln); junior center Kristen Hilbert (Kimball, Minn.); senior wing Megan Morgan (Winona, Minn./Cotter); sophomore wing Alyssa Sadlovsky (Pierz, Minn./Pierz Healy); sophomore forward Lauren Schultz (Pequot Lakes, Minn.); and senior post Kira Young (Hudson, Wis.).

Golf (Story)
Sophomore Sophia Anderson (Albany, Minn./Albany Area); junior Brooke Bee (Lake City, Minn.); sophomore Sydney Burggraf (Grand Rapids, Minn.); sophomore Kenna Henriksen (Olivia, Minn./BOLD); senior Catherine Jance (Hopkins, Minn.); junior Taylar Nadler; and senior Maggie Roth (Rush City, Minn.).

Hockey (Story)
Senior defender Jamie Bimberg (Chanhassen, Minn.); sophomore defender Merrill Delich (Andover, Minn.); senior forward Mia Lopez (Plymouth, Minn./Orono); and junior forward Shae Stinnett (North Oaks, Minn./Hill-Murray).

Softball (Story)
Sophomore pitcher Anna Corbid (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area); sophomore second baseman Lauren Freeberg (Rogers, Minn.); sophomore outfielder Izzy Guttenfelder (Minnetonka, Minn.); junior outfielder Olivia Laudenbach (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech); senior third baseman Sammy Muetzel (Woodbury, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall); sophomore catcher Maddy Orth (Lakeville, Minn./North); senior pitcher Ellie Peterson (St. Anthony Village, Minn.); sophomore infielder Izzy Radel (Owatonna, Minn.); senior catcher Bryn Ruhberg (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial); senior first baseman Cat Smetana (Lake Elmo, Minn./Stillwater); sophomore right fielder Lily Treml (Shakopee, Minn.); senior center fielder Olivia Van Hout (Mahtomedi, Minn.); and senior pitcher Olivia Wallace (Maple Grove, Minn.).

Swim & Dive (Story)
Senior Jayda Alholm (Little Falls, Minn./Little Falls Community); senior Megan Bartels (Highlands Ranch, Colo.); junior Claire Canfield (Waconia, Minn.); junior Josey Jackson (Mandan, N.D.); junior Ella Kowalczyk (Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest); sophomore Autumn Larson (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd); junior Mary Morris (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral); sophomore Emma Netland (Moorhead, Minn.); sophomore Ava Niksich (Hermantown, Minn.); senior Lauren Sitzman (Omaha, Neb./North Magnet); sophomore Abby Stevens (St. Cloud, Minn./Apollo); and senior Morgan Stout (Des Moines, Iowa/East).

Tennis (Story)
Sophomore Lila Collins (Brainerd, Minn.); sophomore Claire Erdal (Brainerd, Minn.); junior Marie Labenski (Northfield, Minn.); junior Ella Marohl (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech); sophomore Ava Stritesky (Otsego, Minn./Rogers); and sophomore Allyson Yahn (Pequot Lakes, Minn.).

Track & Field (Story)
Junior Anya Adelgren (St. Paul, Minn./DeLaSalle); senior Jaylyn Ahlberg (Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View); junior Julia Babineau (Andover, Minn.); sophomore Erin Baker (Isanti, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti); sophomore Allison Banse (Mankato, Minn./West); senior Megan Bartels (Highlands Ranch, Colo.); senior Lauren Berg (Bemidji, Minn.); sophomore Mariah Brooks (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes); junior Abby Bufkin (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain); junior Grace Buntrock (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes); senior Ayva Burshem (Maple Grove, Minn.); senior Karoline Curlo (Elko New Market, Minn./New Prague); sophomore Allee Feldman (Buffalo, Minn.); sophomore McKenna Flinn (Redwood Valley, Minn.); sophomore Anna Gries (Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle); senior Mary Kenney (St. Paul, Minn./East Ridge); sophomore Kamryn Klemme (Rice Lake, Wis.); junior Emily Koch (Otsego, Minn./Rogers); senior Isabel Kraabel (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds View); senior Tatum Leibke (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial); junior Annie Libbey (Minnetonka, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's); junior Bailey Link (Brush, Colo.); junior Bella Lund (Mound, Minn./Mound Westonka); junior Joel Makem Ratzinger (Shakopee, Minn.); senior Meghan McDonald (Orono, Minn./Firbank Gammer); sophomore Kaline Merges (Rogers, Minn./Buffalo); senior Myah Nelson (Brainerd, Minn.); sophomore Erin O'Connor (Chicago, Ill./Mother McAuley); junior Chloe Ostrem (Mendota Heights, Minn./Two Rivers); sophomore Mollie Ping (Winona, Minn.); sophomore Parker Pollis (Richfield, Minn.); junior Taylor Radaich (Prior Lake, Minn./Lakeville South); junior LiLi Raidt (Waconia, Minn.); junior Sam Richardson (Monticello, Minn.); senior Emma Schuele (Shakopee, Minn./Holy Family Catholic); junior Samantha Solheid (New Prague, Minn.); sophomore Kiera Stommes (Eden Valley, Minn./Eden Valley-Watkins); junior Drea Terwedo (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur Henderson); junior Katelyn Van Marel (Hutchinson, Minn.); senior Brooke Verkinnes (St. Cloud, Minn./Apollo); junior Rachel Weber (Loretto, Minn./Wayzata); sophomore Alyse Williamschen (Kasson, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville); junior Annabella Witschen (Monticello, Minn.); and senior Natalie Zielsdorf (Arden Hills, Minn./St. Anthony Village).