BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Seven Saint Benedict golf student-athletes earned 2025-26 Spring Academic All-MIAC recognition on Thursday, June 25.

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.

Those honored (listed alphabetically) include:

-Sophomore Sophia Anderson (Albany, Minn./Albany Area), a physics major with a 4.0 GPA; 
-Junior Brooke Bee (Lake City, Minn.), a nursing major with a 3.92 GPA; 
-Sophomore Sydney Burggraf (Grand Rapids, Minn.), a global business leadership and marketing double-major with a 3.66 GPA; 
-Sophomore Kenna Henriksen (Olivia, Minn./BOLD), a nutrition and exercise health science double-major with a 3.78 GPA; 
-Senior Catherine Jance (Hopkins, Minn.), a biology (pre-med emphasis) major with a 3.93 GPA; 
-Junior Taylar Nadler (Cottage Grove, Minn.), a nursing major with a 3.68 GPA; 
-Senior Maggie Roth (Rush City, Minn.), a communications and theatre double-major with a 3.77 GPA.

Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior or senior academically 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.

The Academic All-MIAC honor is the third for Jance and Roth and the second for Bee and Nadler. 

Jance was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District golf team June 16. She was also the 2025-26 MIAC Elite 22 Award recipient in golf for having the highest cumulative GPA among the student-athletes who finished in the top 10 at the MIAC Championships in October.

The Bennie golf team finished fourth out of 10 teams at the 2025 MIAC Championships in October. The fourth-place finish was the program's best since 2018 and the three-round 962 (329-309-320) was the team's best since 2017. CSB finished third or better in three of its eight tournaments and ranked fourth in the MIAC with a 318.1 team average in 15 rounds. The Bennies broke the school record for 18-hole team score (302) and 36-hole team score (611) at the St. Catherine Invite in September.