BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Six Saint Benedict tennis student-athletes earned 2025-26 Winter 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 Lila Collins (Brainerd, Minn.), an English major with a 4.0 GPA; 
-Sophomore Claire Erdal (Brainerd, Minn.), an exercise and health science major with a 3.91 GPA; 
-Junior Marie Labenski (Northfield, Minn.), a biochemistry and neuroscience double-major with a 3.72 GPA; 
-Junior Ella Marohl (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech), a nursing major with a 3.83; 
-Sophomore Ava Stritesky (Otsego, Minn./Rogers), an accounting major with a 3.78 GPA;
-Sophomore Allyson Yahn (Pequot Lakes, Minn.), a nutrition and exercise and health science double-major with a 4.0 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 second for Labenski and Marohl. 

Four of the honorees – Collins, Labenski, Marohl and Yahn – were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District tennis team May 12.

CSB tied for seventh in the MIAC with a 4-6 record (6-9 overall).