BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Forty-four Saint Benedict track & field student-athletes earned 2025-26 Winter/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:

-Junior Anya Adelgren (St. Paul, Minn./DeLaSalle), an exercise and health science major with a 3.52 GPA; 
-Senior Jaylyn Ahlberg (Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View), an exercise and health science major with a 3.68 GPA; 
-Junior Julia Babineau (Andover, Minn.), a nursing major with a 3.98 GPA; 
-Sophomore Erin Baker (Isanti, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti), a biology major (pre-dental emphasis) with a 3.62 GPA; 
-Sophomore Allison Banse (Mankato, Minn./West), a nursing major with a 3.61 GPA; 
-Senior Megan Bartels (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), a nutrition and exercise and health science double-major with a 3.76 GPA; 
-Senior Lauren Berg (Bemidji, Minn.), a biology major (pre-med emphasis) with a 3.71 GPA; 
-Sophomore Mariah Brooks (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes), a biochemistry major with a 3.73 GPA; 
-Junior Abby Bufkin (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain), a biology and history double-major with a 3.85 GPA; 
-Junior Grace Buntrock (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes), a biology major with a 3.94 GPA; 
-Senior Ayva Burshem (Maple Grove, Minn.), an exercise and health science major with a 3.75 GPA; 
-Senior Karoline Curlo (Elko New Market, Minn./New Prague), a psychology major with a 4.0 GPA; 
-Sophomore Allee Feldman (Buffalo, Minn.), an exercise and health science major with a 3.78 GPA; 
-Sophomore McKenna Flinn (Redwood Valley, Minn.), a global business leadership major with a 3.80 GPA; 
-Sophomore Anna Gries (Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle), an exercise and health science major with a 3.86 GPA; 
-Senior Mary Kenney (St. Paul, Minn./East Ridge), a nursing major with a 3.90 GPA; 
-Sophomore Kamryn Klemme (Rice Lake, Wis.), a psychology major with a 3.94 GPA; 
-Junior Emily Koch (Otsego, Minn./Rogers), an exercise and health science major with a 3.71 GPA; 
-Senior Isabel Kraabel (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds View), a psychology major with a 3.76 GPA; 
-Senior Tatum Leibke (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial), a biology major with a 3.83 GPA; 
-Junior Annie Libby (Minnetonka, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's), an English major with a 3.96 GPA; 
-Junior Bailey Link (Brush, Colo.), an economics major with a 3.98 GPA; 
-Junior Bella Lund (Mound, Minn./Mound Westonka), an accounting major with a 4.0 GPA; 
-Junior Joel Makem Ratzinger (Shakopee, Minn.), an exercise and health science major with a 3.60 GPA; 
-Senior Meaghan McDonald (Orono, Minn./Firbank Gammer), a biology major with a 3.53 GPA;
-Sophomore Kaline Merges (Rogers, Minn./Buffalo), a nursing major with a 3.87 GPA;
-Senior Myah Nelson (Brainerd, Minn.), an accounting major with a 4.0 GPA; 
-Sophomore Erin O'Connor (Chicago, Ill./Mother McAuley), a psychology major with a 3.84 GPA; 
-Junior Chloe Ostrem (Mendota Heights, Minn./Two Rivers), a nursing major with a 3.52 GPA; 
-Sophomore Mollie Ping (Winona, Minn.), an accounting and finance double-major with a 4.0 GPA; 
-Sophomore Parker Pollis (Richfield, Minn.), a mathematics major with a 3.99 GPA; 
-Junior Taylor Radaich (Prior Lake, Minn./Lakeville South), a strategic communication studies major with a 3.95 GPA; 
-Junior Lili Raidt (Waconia, Minn.), a nursing major with a 3.92 GPA; 
-Junior Sam Richardson (Monticello, Minn.), a biology major with a 3.61 GPA; 
-Senior Emma Schuele (Shakopee, Minn./Holy Family Catholic), a psychology major with a 3.99 GPA; 
-Junior Samantha Solheid (New Prague, Minn.), an accounting major with a 4.0 GPA; 
-Sophomore Kiera Stommes (Eden Valley, Minn./Eden Valley-Watkins), a mathematics major with a 3.91 GPA; 
-Junior Drea Terwedo (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur Henderson), an environmental studies major with a 3.54 GPA; 
-Junior Katelyn Van Marel (Hutchinson, Minn.), a nursing major with a 3.56 GPA; 
-Senior Brooke Verkinnes (St. Cloud, Minn./Apollo), a global business leadership major 3.70; 
-Junior Rachel Weber (Loretto, Minn./Wayzata), a nursing major with a 4.0 GPA; 
-Sophomore Alyse Williamschen (Kasson, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville), a nursing major with a 3.61 GPA; 
-Junior Anabella Witschen (Monticello, Minn.), an exercise and health science major with a 3.79 GPA; 
-Senior Natalie Zielsdorf (Arden Hills, Minn./St. Anthony Village), a nutrition major with a 3.93 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 Berg, Burshem, Curlo, Kenney, Kraabel, Leibke, McDonald, Nelson, Schuele, Verkinnes and Witschen. It was the second for Ahlberg, Babineau, Bufkin, Buntrock, Koch, Makem Ratzinger, Ostrem, Radaich, Solheid, Van Marel and Witschen. 

Six of the honorees – Ahlberg, Banse, Berg, Kenney, Lund and Radaich – were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District track & field team June 23.

The CSB track & field team finished fifth out of 12 teams at both the 2026 MIAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Berg became CSB's first NCAA qualifier since Ahlberg and Fiona Smith in 2024. She earned All-America second team honors in the 400-meter hurdles.