MIAC All-Sports Competition History

2021-22
Soccer finishes second in the regular season and advances to the MIAC Championship game for the first time since 2013 ... sophomore golfer Emily Renner ties for third at the MIAC Championships, the program's best individual finish since 2015-16 ... sophomore Fiona Smith wins the MIAC cross country title and later becomes the first North Region champion in program history ... she finished fifth at the NCAA Championships to become the program's fifth All-American ... the swim and dive team finishes the MIAC Championships in fifth with 430.5 points - the most for the team since 2011-12 ... the Bennies earned All-MIAC in five events - the most since 2012-13 - and had the program's first All-MIAC relay since 2011-12 ... senior Ana Birklid finished the weekend with two All-MIAC honors, five All-MIAC Honorable Mention and six school records (three individual and three relay) ... the hockey team reached the 10-win mark for the second time in three seasons and the seventh time in program history ... the team made the conference tournament for the second time after finishing sixth - its best MIAC finish since 2008-09 ... first year Jenna Timm earned All-MIAC First Team and All-MIAC Rookie honors- the second athlete in program history to earn both honors in the same season ... basketball finishes 15-11 overall and 11-10 in the MIAC and advances to the MIAC Quarterfinals ... Fiona Smith became the first athlete in CSB track and field history to earn two All-American honors in the same meet after taking third in the 3K and fourth in the 5K at the NCAA Championships ... she also won the 3K and 5K at the MIAC Championships and broke the 35-year-old conference 3K record ... tennis finishes sixth in the MIAC and earns its first trip to the MIAC Tournament since 2015 ... Jane Bodensteiner and Peyton Kopel earn All-MIAC singles and doubles honors, the program's first All-MIAC honorees since 2015 ... softball finishes third in the MIAC in the regular season and is selected as an NCAA Regional Tournament host for the first time in program history ... the Bennies finished the regional 2-2 and fell to Wartburg in the championship game ... junior outfield Gabby Spencer earned First Team All-American honors - the first First Team honoree in program history ... Fiona Smith became the most decorated athlete of any sport in CSB history after finishing fourth in the 5K and 10K and earning two more All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... CSB finished second at the MIAC Outdoor Championships after Smith (5K, 10K), Justus Floren (high jump), Tiana Johnson (200) and Tracy Renier (steeplechase) all won MIAC titles.

2020-21
The MIAC Presidents vote to postpone all competition in the fall semester due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic ... hockey was the first CSB team to compete since March 9, 2020, when it took the ice against Hamline on Jan. 30, 2021 ... all 11 varsity sports competed in some capacity between Jan. 30 and mid-May 2021 ... basketball finished the shortened season 4-5, including an 88-83 win over St. Thomas on Feb. 24 - the program's first win over the Tommies since 2013, and the 700th win of head coach Mike Durbin's career ... Durbin is one of just three active coaches in Division III to reach the milestone ... senior Maddie Schmitz earned WBCA Honorable Mention All-American honors after leading the MIAC in scoring and rebounding ... sophomore diver Emi Quill earned First Team All-American honors after recording a pair of national qualifying scores on the one-meter board and being voted All-American by a panel of judges after sending in video ... swimmers recorded 11 marks in the top 10 in program history at the final meet of the shortened season, including school records in the 200 IM from Ana Birklid and the 200 breaststroke from Fiona Rosko ... volleyball finished 4-2 and senior Madison Weiss reached the 1,000-kill milestone ... Hunter Weiss was named CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for Division III volleyballl ... Hunter earned CoSIDA All-America First Team honors and Madison earned second-team accolades ... golf took fifth at the MIAC Championships in May ... first year Emily Renner tied for seventh after recording eight birdies throughout the tournament, including one each of the final three holes ... softball finished 26-7 and made it to the MIAC play-in game before being eliminated ... sophomore pitcher Elly Novak set school records for strikeouts (172) and wins (17) in a season and became the second All-American in program history after earning Third Team All-American honors ... first year Bryn Carlstrom was named MIAC Rookie of the Year ... track and field first year Fiona Smith re-wrote the record books with five school records ... she became the first athlete in CSB track history to break 10 minutes in the indoor and outdoor 3K and 17 minutes in the outdoor 5K ... she earned All-American honors in the 5K after taking fifth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Greensboro, N.C.

2019-20
Volleyball beats UW-Stevens Point in a five-set thriller in the region championship match to earn the program's first trip to the Elite 8 since 2008 ... juniors Hunter and Madison Weiss both earned First Team All-American honors ... Hunter also was named MIAC Player of the Year and AVCA Central Region Player of the Year and was the Elite 90 Award winner ... Madison led all levels of the NCAA with 205 total blocks ... soccer picked up its first MIAC Tournament win since 2013, beating Carleton 3-2  ... junior Megan Thompson earned Third Team All-American honors ... golf finished fifth at the MIAC Championships ... cross country took sixth at the conference meet ... hockey finished 11-12-1 overall - the most wins for the program since 2001-02, and the sixth time in program history it hit double-digit wins ... hockey upset St. Thomas 3-2, the fourth win over UST in program history ... basketball started the season 6-0 before finishing 11-14 overall ... track and field hosted the MIAC Indoor Championships with SJU and recorded four All-MIAC Honorable Mention performances ... tennis was 7-1 before the season was canceled, including a 6-3 win over St. Thomas - a first for the program since 2012 ... sophomore Lily Fredericks became the first CSB tennis athlete in more than a decade to make it to Day 2 of the ITA Midwest Regionals in the fall ... first-year diver Emi Quill qualified for the NCAA Championships on the one-meter board - a first for the program since 2001-02 - but the championships were canceled due to the COVID19 pandemic ... she earned All-American honors by virtue of qualifying for nationals ... softball started 7-7 before the 2020 season was canceled ... the NCAA canceled all sports on March 13, 2020, due to the COVID19 pandemic.

2018-19
Volleyball earns an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and makes it to the Sweet 16 ... sophomores Hunter Weiss earns All-American First Team honors - volleyball's first first-team honoree since 1993 - and Madison Weiss earns third-team accolades ... Madison Weiss leads the NCAA in total blocks ... senior Morgan Pierce becomes the second MIAC Cross Country champion in program history ... both Pierce and first year Abby Goff qualify for nationals, a first for the cross country team since 2005 ... the golf team takes second at the MIAC Championships for the second straight year ... Natalie Amundson becomes the second golfer in program history to earn four straight top-10 finishes and sets the school record for scoring average in a career ... Nick Thibault takes over as CSB's head hockey coach ... junior diver Mallory Jarvi becomes CSB's first swimmer or diver to compete in the postseason since 2002 after qualifying for the NCAA Central Zone meet ... first years Ana Birklid and Mikayla Von Wahlde set five school records for the swim team ... Jarvi, Birklid and Von Wahlde all earn All-MIAC, the most for the program since 2012-13 ... Pierce wins the MIAC indoor 5K title ... Jenna Degen qualifies for the NCAA indoor championships in the pentathlon ... softball senior Kate Deming sets school records for hits in a season and a career ... despite missing the MIAC Tournament, the softball team receives an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year ... Pierce sets school records in the outdoor 5K and 10K and wins the MIAC outdoor 5K title, becoming the first athlete in CSB history to win three MIAC titles in three different seasons in a year ... Degen qualifies for the NCAA outdoor championships in the heptathlon.

2017-18
Volleyball beats St. Thomas on its home court to win the MIAC Tournament title, its first since 2009 ... Hunter and Madison Weiss become the first CSB volleyball first years to earn All-MIAC honors since 2011 ... golf takes second at the MIAC Championships, its best finish since 2009-10 ... Madeline Pagel, Bridget Amundson and Natalie Amundson all finish in the top 10 ... the golf team is ranked in the top 25 in the Golf Stat rankings for the first time in program history ... soccer plays its first games on the new turf field across College Ave. ... soccer first-year Megan Thompson scores four goals in the first game of her career and is later named MIAC Rookie of the Year ... basketball takes second in the MIAC and earns an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time since 2009 ... Mike Durbin is named MIAC Coach of the Year for the sixth time ... the basketball team wins 20 games for the 25th time in Durbin's career ... Niki Fokken scores the 1,000th point of her career ... softball sets the school record for wins in a season with 36 ... the team upset No. 5 Trine in Arizona thanks in part to a grand slam from Claire Boatman ... softball makes it to the championship game of the MIAC Tournament and earns its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1994 ... first-year pitcher Ally Hjort is named MIAC Rookie and Pitcher of the Year ... senior Megan Sundstrom qualifies for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the heptathlon for the second straight year.

2016-17
Volleyball beats No. 4 Emory 3-2 on its home court in Atlanta ... junior setter Megan Pekarek surpasses the 2,000-assist milestone ... sophomore golfer Natalie Amundson takes eighth at the MIAC Championships, the first CSB golfer to finish in the top 10 in back-to-back years since 2011 ... CSB soccer scores 10 seconds into the game against No. 10 St. Thomas and goes on to tie the Tommies 1-1 ... Taylor Hedin records a hat trick against St. Kate's, the first since at least the mid-2000s for CSB soccer ... Allison Kosobud, Taylor Loth and Emma Weber all finish top 15 for CSB cross country at the MIAC Championships to help the team finish fourth ... Weber and Kosobud earn All-Region ... Michael Engdahl takes over as the head coach of the CSB tennis program ... the CSB basketball team starts the season 7-0, its best start since 2003- 04 ... the team advances to the semifinals of the MIAC Tournament and hosts a playoff game for the first time since 2012-13 ... CSB finishes the year 11-2 at home in Claire Lynch ... senior forward Elli Marvin finishes in the top four in the MIAC in goals, assists and points for the hockey team ... first-year diver Maggie Pomerenke sets the school record in the one-meter (11 dive) diving competition ... she later takes fifth in the one-meter diving competition at the MIAC Championships ... Allison Kosobud, Megan Sundstrom, Jenna Degen and London Stelten all qualify for the NCAA Indoor National Championships ... Degen (fourth, pentathlon), Stelten (fourth, pole vault) and Kosobud (fifth, 800) all earn All-American honors ... CSB track and field takes second at the MIAC Indoor Championships ... the CSB softball team starts MIAC play 10-0 and earns the No. 24 spot in the NFCA Top-25 Coaches Poll - the first top 25 ranking since at least the late 1990s for the program ... head coach Rachael Click wins her 100th game ... six athletes earn All-MIAC softball honors, the most for the team since 1994 ... CSB earns a spot in the MIAC tournament where it falls to St. Thomas and Hamline ... the track and field team takes second - its best-ever finish - at the MIAC Outdoor Championships, and records a school-record 130 points ... Kosobud, Sundstrom, Degen and Stelten all qualify for the NCAA Outdoor National Championships ... Degen (third, heptathlon) and Stelten (fourth, pole vault) earn All-American honors.

2015-16
Volleyball qualifies for the NCAA Tournament for the fifth straight year … CSB beats St. Thomas for the first time since 2009 … sophomore setter Megan Pekarek earns All-American Honorable Mention … basketball picks up its 500^th MIAC in in program history with a win against Macalester Jan. 6 in Claire Lynch … golf first year Natalie Amundson finishes second at the MIAC Championships, CSB’s best individual finish since 2011 … the track and field team takes second at the MIAC Indoor Championships and head coach Robin Balder-Lanoue is named MIAC Indoor Coach of the Year … junior London Stelten wins indoor and outdoor MIAC pole vault titles … senior Kiley Green sets school records in the 3K (indoor) and 3K, 5K and 10K (outdoor) … Allison Kosobud qualifies for the NCAA Outdoor National Championships in the 1,500 and finishes 17^th … softball wins 20 or more games for the fourth straight year and head coach Rachael Click wins the 75^th game in her career … hockey sweeps No. 4 St. Thomas for the first time since 1999-2000 … Elli Marvin earns All-MIAC First Team honors and is the first CSB hockey player named to the first team since 2010-11 … basketball junior Alison Newton earns All-MIAC First Team and All-MIAC Defensive honors, the first CSB player to win both since 2009-10 … Gaby Hagen, Steph Bierman, Katie Heller and Kristina Rudin team up to set school records and the 200 and 400 freestyle relays at the MIAC Swimming and Diving Championships.

2014-15
Volleyball qualified for the NCAA Tournament after finishing third in the MIAC ... senior Taya Kockelman earned Second Team All-American honors and Lexi Rinde earned All-American Honorable Mention ... the soccer team recorded 13 shutouts and finished tied for third in the conference ... senior cross country runner Manon Gammon-Deering earned All-MIAC and All-Region honors, becoming the fourth runner to earn three All-Region honors in her career ... golf finished fifth at the MIAC Championships ... the Blazer hockey team ended the year with a 5-3 home win against St. Thomas, which was receiving votes in Division III ... senior goalie Jenna Traut set the school record for career save percentage (.906) and minutes played in a career (3739:15) ... the hockey team took a week-long trip to Europe over New Year's and played against three European teams ... senior diver Megan Lawson qualified for the NCAA zone sections in the 1-meter dive ... Lawson and Kenzie Young (1,650 freestyle) earned All-MIAC honors ... Mattie Lueck, a junior on the basketball team, earned All-MIAC honors and Niki Fokken was named to the All-MIAC First Year Team ... CSB's distance medley relay team (Gammon-Deering, Jenna O'Donnell, Megan Sundstrom, Maria Kiminski) won the MIAC title at the indoor championships ... the Blazers' 3,200-meter relay team (Olivia Dengel, Gammon-Deering,  O'Donnell, Allison Kosobud) set school and stadium records and won the MIAC title at the outdoor championships ... London Stelten won the pole vault title ... tennis qualified for the conference tournament ... softball split with No. 12 St. Thomas ... junior Kim Lidstone set records for runs (46), at-bats (142) and stolen bases (29) in a season.

2013-2014
CSB finished second in the MIAC All-Sports Competition led by top-three performances from soccer, volleyball, cross-country, indoor track and field and softball … soccer won the MIAC regular and postseason championships and advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... soccer head coach Steve Kimble won his second MIAC Coach of the Year Award …... basketball head coach Mike Durbin notched the 600th win of his career, the 51^st NCAA women's basketball coach to break that plateau ... Durbin has the 11^th-best winning percentage (.777) amongst coaches with 600-plus wins ... volleyball finished the season ranked sixth in the country ...... tennis head coach Scott Larsen won his second career MIAC Coach of the Year Award ... soccer senior Colleen Bouchard was named Blazer Athlete of the Year after being named a first-team All-American, being named an NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 Selection and setting the CSB record for career assists (35) ... volleyball also had three All-Americans with Taya Kockelman being named to the third team and Lexi Alm and Lexi Rinde being named All-American Honorable Mention ... Lexi Alm was also named a second-team All-American in softball – the first All-American in program history – after setting new Blazer single-season records for runs scored (44), RBIs (45), and home runs (9) ... Alm was also named MIAC Player of the Year in softball … hockey swept No. 7 Gustavus to snap the Gusties’ 30-game MIAC winning streak … cross country finished third in the MIAC, its best finish since 2002 … Manon Gammon-Deering (1,500) and Allison Kosobud (800) qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and Kosobud (800), Mandy Witschen (pentathlon) and the distance medley relay team of Amy Kiminski, Gammon-Deering, Kelsie Larson and Kosobud qualified for the indoor meet.

2012-2013
The Blazers finished fourth in the MIAC All-Sports Competition, led by a second-place MIAC finish from the volleyball team and top-three performances by soccer, basketball, and indoor track and field ... 2012-13 marked 25^th consecutive year that CSB has finished in the top four in the All-Sports Race ... volleyball advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and finished second overall in the central region ... cross-country finished sixth overall at the regional meet ... soccer was awarded the NSCAA Team Ethics Gold Award for playing the entire season without a booking ... soccer, cross country, and swimming and diving all received national academic awards from their respective coaches' associations ... volleyball players Lexi Alm and Taya Kockelman both earned All-American Honorable Mention status ... first-year softball infielder Kim Lidstone was named MIAC Rookie of the Year after going on the fourth-longest hitting streak in DIII softball history (31 games).

2011-2012
Indoor track and field finished second and CSB finished fourth overall in the MIAC All-Sports Competition ... CSB was led by five top-three performances (golf, soccer, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field) ... no team finished lower than sixth in the conference ... soccer won the MIAC postseason championship and advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen ... volleyball qualified for the NCAA Tournament ... soccer head coach Steve Kimble was named MIAC Coach of the Year ... track head coach Robin Balder-Landoue was named MIAC Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year ...  soccer star Sami Meyman was named an All-American ... Collen Bouchard was named Co-MIAC Player of the Year in soccer ... Kathryn Hauff was named the MIAC’s Senior Golfer of the Year ... Clare Murn qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the pentathlon but did not compete ... Julia Renner finished 17th in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships.

2010-2011
Saint Benedict finished fourth overall in the MIAC Sports Competition ... CSB was led by top-three performances by golf, soccer, basketball and indoor and outdoor track and field ... golfer Kathryn Hauff qualified for nationals for the second straight year and earned Second Team All-American honors after finishing 37^th … swimmer Emily Roberts set a new 100-backstroke school record with a 59.10 at the MIAC Championships ... Ellen Dean set school records in the 100-fly and 200-fly with times of 59.13 and 2:08.86 respectively at the MIAC Championships ... Danielle Busch won the indoor and outdoor pole vault titles at the MIAC Championships … Jillian Daleiden (400), Molly Noel (1,500) and Caitlin Schnettler (steeplechase) also won MIAC titles at the outdoor meet … Busch took 18^th in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and 10^th at the national indoor meet … track and field coach Robin Balder-Lanoue was named MIAC Indoor Coach of the Year … volleyball first year Kathryn Gaydos was named MIAC Rookie of the Year.

2009-2010
The Blazer golf team took second at the MIAC Championships ... sophomore Kathryn Hauff qualified for the 2010 Division III Women's Golf National Championship and finished 47th to earn All-American Honorable Mention ... Hauff won the NCAA Elite 88 Award at the NCAA Championships … Sami Meyman earned All-Region Second Team honors for the Blazer soccer team ... the volleyball team finished 10-1 in the MIAC and won the conference title … CSB beat St. Thomas for the first time since 2004, snapping the Tommies' 36-match MIAC winning streak ... Beth Hanson became the school's all-time assist leader with 5,092 ... Hanson earned AVCA Division III Third Team All-American honors … head coach Michele Blaeser was named MIAC Coach of the Year ... Blazer basketball won its fifth straight MIAC regular-season title ... head coach Mike Durbin was named MIAC Coach of the Year ... the CSB Nordic skiing team finished fourth at the NCAA Regional ... first year Megan Smith finished in the top two in 10 of CSB's 11 races ... Kelly Matzen broke the CSB swim team's records in the 50 and 100 freestyle ... sophomore Danielle Busch qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the pole vault and took 12^th ... Julia Renner qualified for the outdoor national meet in the long jump and finished 12^th and high jump where she finished 17^th ... track and field coach Robin Balder-Lanoue was named MIAC Outdoor Coach of the Year … the CSB tennis team beat St. Thomas in the first round of the MIAC playoffs … golf finished second in the MIAC.

2008-2009
Basketball wins its 12^th MIAC championship and advances to the Sweet 16 at the NCAA Tournament … head coach Mike Durbin wins his 500^th game as a head coach … volleyball finishes 29-7, takes second in the MIAC and advances to the Elite 8 at the NCAA Championships, its best finish since 1990 … Kaycee Knutson earns All-MIAC and All-Region in cross country … track and field coach Robin Balder-Lanoue was named MIAC Indoor Track and Field Co-Coach of the Year … track and field athletes Mary Schletty (triple jump) and Abby Neigebauer (100) both qualified for the NCAA Championships … Neigebauer wins the outdoor 100 title at the MIAC meet, Julia Renner wins the indoor long jump title and Schletty wins the triple jump indoor and outdoor conference titles.

2007-2008
Basketball wins its 11^th MIAC championship … volleyball goes 21-11 and finishes second in the MIAC ... soccer qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002 after taking second in the MIAC … Margot Branigan wins the 5K and 10K at the MIAC Outdoor Championships.

2006-2007
Basketball wins its 10^th MIAC Championship and advances to the NCAA Tournament … volleyball coach Michelle Blaeser earns her 100^th win at CSB … Megan Tieg qualifies for the national tennis tournament and earns All-American Honorable Mention honors.

2005-2006
Basketball wins its ninth MIAC championship and qualifies for its 14^th NCAA appearance … Anna Heikenen earns First Team All-American honors … thrower Jenna Wendorff qualifies for the indoor and outdoor national championships and earns All-American honors with an eighth place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships … hockey player Lisa Brown receives the first ever MIAC Sheila Brown award for leadership … tennis coach Janna LaFountaine named MIAC Coach of the Year after leading CSB to a runner-up finish in the MIAC, its best finish since 1988-89 … volleyball finishes 1-1 at the national tournament … Leah Wurm finishes 23^rd at the national cross country championships to earn a second-straight All-American honor … Wurm also won the MIAC Championships and later received a postgraduate scholarship.

2004-2005
Basketball earns an NCAA bid where it advances to the Sweet 16 … cross country athlete Leah Wurm earns All-American honors for the first time after finishing 14^th in her second NCAA Championship appearance … Jenna Wendorff qualifies for the indoor and outdoor national championships in the shot put and earns All-American honors at the indoor meet with a seventh-place finish … the 400-meter relay team of Sarah Nezworski, Patti Clintsman, Bethany Keene and Jen Dalhed earn All-American honors after taking third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … softball coach Dennis Johnson records his 400^th career win and becomes the MIAC’s all-time winningest coach.

2003-2004
Soccer wins its third MIAC title and second in the past two seasons … Megan McVoy is named MIAC Player of the Year … basketball coach Mike Durbin wins his 400^th career game … basketball wins its eighth MIAC Championship … tennis player Christin Tieg qualifies for the national meet and earns All-American First Team honors … thrower Jenna Wendorff qualifies for the indoor and outdoor national championships and earns the first All-American honor of her career after taking fifth in the shot put at the outdoor meet … softball wins 29 games, the second-most in program history, and finishes second in the MIAC … hockey goalie Kate Hall graduates with the school record for games played (83), saves (1,794) and shutouts (7) in a career … golf finishes second in the MIAC.

2002-2003
Soccer earns its second MIAC title and advances to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998 … Bill Kelly is named MIAC Coach of the Year … basketball coach Mike Durbin is inducted into the Minnesota High School Girls’ Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame … Denny Johnson named AFLAC NCAA Division III Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year … basketball earns its seventh MIAC championship title as tri-champions and Michelle Barlau is named the conference player of the year … thrower Jenna Wendorff qualifies for the NCAA Outdoor National Championships for the first time … first year Leah Wurm becomes the first CSB athletes to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships since 1996 … Amanda Kelly wins the MIAC one-meter diving title.

2001-2002
Basketball earns its sixth MIAC title, as co-champions, and advances to its 12^th NCAA Tournament … with his 338^th victory, Mike Durbin becomes the winningest women’s coach in MIAC history … Katie Kuhlmann advances to NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships and takes sixth in the 100 breaststroke to earn All-American honors and also takes 21^st in 200 breaststroke … cross country took fifth place at the NCAA Division III Central Regional meet and barely missed a team berth into the NCAA Championships … softball finished second in the MIAC by beating St. Thomas (who was undefeated up until that point) in the last game of the season … Jenny Ewertz broke both the 100 and 200 records during the outdoor track and field season … Katy Rollwagen set the CSB hockey career scoring record with 135 points in her four-year career and is the first hockey player to earn All-MIAC honors all four years … basketball was crowned MIAC co-Champions and received an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament … during the indoor track and field season several records were broken: Molly Miller (55 hurdles), Jen Bruns (200), Kit Neubauer (200 hurdles) and Cindy Blendermann, Annie Radabaugh, Anna Gunderson and Stephanie Noonan (distance medley relay).

2000-2001
Soccer overall scored 61 goals for the season, higher than any team in the MIAC, and highest in school history … senior pole vaulter Caroline Boatz qualified for the indoor and outdoor national championships and earned All-American honors at both meets after taking third (indoor) and eighth (outdoor) … head softball coach Denny Johnson earns 325^th career win with a victory over Concordia-Moorhead … first-year softball player Ani Jordan earns All-MIAC honors … senior tennis player Katie Kaufman awarded 2001 Chris Evert Award for excellence in athletics, academics and sportsmanship … basketball finished second in the MIAC and sets two new three-point records: most in one game (14) and most in one season (172) … head basketball coach Mike Durbin earns 325^th career win over Bethel … Katie Kuhlmann sets school swimming record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:04.58 … Libby Homan earns All-MIAC volleyball honors as a first-year … soccer finished in a second place tie in the MIAC … golf had an NCAA Division III ranking of sixth at the end of the year … Mary Welle broke the CSB career records for most games played (135), most hits (163), most runs scored (114), most at-bats (402), and most RBIs (102) … Angie Erickson finished out her career claiming the records for most games pitched (91), most innings pitched (481.67), most victories (56), and most strikeouts (414) … head softball coach Dennis Johnson crosses another milestone with his 300^th win in a game against Hamline University.

1999-2000
Heather Schmitt earns All-State golf honors to help CSB finish second in the MIAC for the third straight year … Caroline Boatz placed 14^th in the pole vault at the outdoor national championships … CSB basketball finished second in the conference and broke three team records: most points in a game (110 vs. St. Catherine), most steals in a season (401, 16.0 avg.), and most steals in a game (30 vs St. Catherine) … basketball player Laura Wendorff earns Academic All-American First Team honors and earns an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship … Wendorff set several CSB career records including: most points (1,775), most field goals made (745), most rebounds (1,053), and most free throws made (285) … basketball player Molly Mark joined the 1,000 point club with 1,120 points … she also broke all of the steal records including: most career steals (314), most steals in a season (95), and most steals in a game (9 vs. Hamline) ... Blazer hockey finished fourth in the MIAC in its third year of existence …  Katie Kuhlmann finished 23^rd in the 200 backstroke and 13^th in the 100 backstroke and also competed in the 50 freestyle at the NCAA Championships … Kuhlmann won MIAC titles 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke … CSB's 200 freestyle, 400 medley, and 400 freestyle relay teams of Gretchen Weber, Heather Niemi, Katie Kuhlmann, and Courtney Remes all won MIAC titles … Weber won the conference title in the 100 butterfly … Nordic skiing finished its inaugural season sixth in the MIAC … Carrie Otis sets volleyball records for blocks in a season (192) … volleyball coach Carol Howe-Veenstra announces she is stepping down as coach at the end of the season after 15 years … hockey records 14 wins, the most in program history.

1998-1999
Blazer basketball finishes 28-2 overall, wins the MIAC and goes 4-1 at the NCAA Division III National Championships to finish second in the nation … the CSB Blazer athletic teams are named best in the MIAC and win the Pat Wiesner All-Sports Trophy, ending St. Thomas' 13-year winning streak … head basketball coach Mike Durbin crosses another milestone with his 275^th win against Concordia-Moorhead … soccer advances to its second straight and third total NCAA appearance and advances to the Sweet 16 … Lisa Grefe earns All-American accolades … head volleyball coach Carol Howe-Veenstra captures her 325^th collegiate victory … volleyball wins the MIAC title and advances to the national tournament … Robyn Ruschmeier sets the school record for kills in a career (1,771) … Rhonda Swanson wins the indoor and outdoor MIAC pole vault titles and BriAnne Erpelding wins an outdoor title (triple jump) and Bridget Schletty (high jump) wins in the indoor season … softball players Angie Erickson, Patty McCabe, and Mary Welle were named to the Midwest All-Region team … pitcher Angie Erickson set new records in most career victories (41), most career strikeouts (323), lowest career ERA (0.74), and most strikeouts in a season (117) … basketball player Laura Wendorff is named MIAC Player of the Year, NCAA Division III Kodak All-American, MIAC Player of the Year, Women's DIII News All-American, and Columbus Multimedia All-American West Region Player of the Year … basketball players Robyn Ruschmeier and Molly Mark are named to the NCAA Division III National Championship All-Tournament Team … swimmers Gretchen Weber and Noelle Peterson qualify for NCAA Division III National Championships … Weber finishes eighth in the 200 backstroke to earn All-American status and 10^th in the 200 freestyle to earn Honorable Mention All-American honors … Noelle Peterson finishes 24^th in the 200 backstroke and 28^th in the 100 backstroke … Weber, Peterson, Katie Kuhlmann and Heather Niemi are conference champions.

1997-1998
Cross country qualifies for the NCAA Championships for the second time in CSB history and finishes 12^th … soccer qualifies for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1990 … the Blazer volleyball team earns MIAC Champions honors, then finishes in the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA DIII Championships … Carol Howe-Veenstra earns MIAC Coach of the Year honors … Robyn Ruschmeier earns All-America First Team honors and Christy Molitor is an Academic All-American for the second straight year … Heather Schmitt becomes the first CSB golfer to qualify for the NCAA Championships … Schmitt earns All-State honors … Rhonda Swanson (outdoor) and Caroline Boatz (indoor) win MIAC pole vault titles … softball player Nikki Dold is receives All-Midwest Region First Team honors … tennis doubles players Janelle Ziwisky and Liz Keifenheim earned the title of conference champions … softball coach Denny Johnson sets a milestone of 250 wins with a sweep of Carleton … the Blazer Swimming and diving team wins its first-ever conference championship and finishes 20^th at nationals … swimmers Noelle Peterson, Katie Olson, Courtney Remes, and Deanne Siverson (200 medley relay) are named NCAA All-Americans after taking seventh … Kristin Koch, Michelle Macy, Olson and Remes (200 freestyle relay, 13^th) and Peterson (100 backstroke, 13^th) earn All-American Honorable Mention … CSB’s 400 freestyle and 400 medley relays also qualify for nationals … swimmers Macy, Olson, Koch, Remes, Peterson, Siverson and diver Heidi Barklow are MIAC champions … basketball shares the MIAC title and makes an appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16 … Robyn Ruschmeier, Jenny Blaser, Molly Mark and Laura Wendorff are Columbus Multimedia Players of the Week … coach Mike Durbin is named MIAC Co-Coach of the Year and NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year … CSB hockey plays its inaugural season and finishes 11-8-2 overall.

1996-1997
Missy Petersen qualifies for the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the third time in her career … volleyball athlete Christy Molitor earns GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American/District V honors …… softball player Mary Welle breaks season records in most home runs (7) and most runs scored (35) … Petersen and triple jumper BriAnne Erpelding are MIAC outdoor champions and qualify for the NCAA Championships … Petersen also wins the indoor 5K title … the swimming and diving teams posts an impressive 25^th-place finish at the NCAA Championships … Katie Macy (one- and three-meter dive), Courtney Remes (50 free, 100 and 200 back) and Michelle Macy (200, 500 free) all qualify for nationals … Katie Macy takes third in the one-meter dive to earn All-American honors and Michelle Macy takes 18^th in the 500 free to earn honorable mention … swimmers Kristin Koch, Amy Lese, Remes, Michelle Macy, Deanne Siverson, Heather Raser, Betsey Gebeck, and diver Katie Macy are conference champions … the basketball team makes its ninth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament … Laura Wendorff earns Columbus Multimedia West Region Rookie of the Year and Women's DIII News All-Rookie Team.

1995-1996
Runner Missy Petersen makes her second trip to NCAA Cross Country Championships in as many years after taking second at the NCAA Central Region meet … softball player Kris Gorman earns GTE/CoSIDA District V All-Academic honors … runner Alexis Brunner is the MIAC champion in the 400 and qualifies for the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships, marking her fifth career championship appearance… swimming and diving ties for 30^th at the national meet … Katie Macy (one- and three-meter dive) and Ashley Holderness (100 and 200 fly) both qualify for nationals … Macy (one-meter dive) takes third and Holderness (100 fly) seventh to earn All-American honors … Holderness and Macy each win two MIAC titles and Michelle Macy (500 free) and Deanne Siverson (200 breaststroke) each win one to help CSB finish second.

1994-1995
Tina Kampa is named Midwest Sports Channel Division III Women’s Athlete of the Year … Kampa earned All-American Honorable Mention basketball honors and second-team honors in volleyball … she is the first CSB athlete to post over 1,000 kills in volleyball and 1,000 points in basketball during her four-year tenure … volleyball advances to the Sweet 16 at the NCAA Tournament … Alexis Brunner qualifies for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400 and Missy Petersen qualifies in the 1,500 and 3K … swimmer Ashley Holderness and diver Katie Macy are MIAC champions … Macy qualifies for the national championships in the one- and three-meter dives … basketball wins the conference title and advances to the Final Four at the NCAA Tournament … CSB cross country qualifies as a team for the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history and takes 13^th … head cross country coach Ellen Carpenter is named NCAA Division III Central Region Coach of the Year… Missy Petersen takes third at the NCAA meet to earn All-American honors … tennis player Judy Robertson receives the MIAC's Chris Evert Sportsmanship Award … Danielle Guse is named MIAC Basketball Player of the Year … head coach Mike Durbin is named West Region Coach of the Year and MIAC Coach of the Year

1993-1994
Softball qualifies for the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year after winning its second straight MIAC title … volleyball player Tina Kampa is named American Volleyball Coaches Association First Team All-American … CSB volleyball advances to the Sweet 16 at the NCAA Tournament … CSB basketball also advances to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament … coach Mike Durbin is named MIAC and West Region Coach of the Year … swimmer Heather Raser wins the MIAC 100 and 200 fly titles and Amy Lese, Dawn Leob, Raser and Kathy Woods team up to win the 200 freestyle relay title … soccer coach Laure Schingen becomes the first woman in Minnesota to earn her National "A" License, which is the top certification given to soccer coaches by the United States Soccer Federation.

1992-1993
Basketball goes undefeated in the regular season, including 20-0 in the MIAC, to win its second MIAC title … the Blazers finish 3-2 at nationals to advance to the Final Four … Kelly Mahlum earns First Team All-American honors and Mike Durbin is the DIII Converse National Coach of the Year … Katy Deignan qualifies for the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the second straight year … track and field members Deignan and Alexis Brunner qualify for the indoor and outdoor NCAA Division III National Championship … Deignan takes second in the 800 at the indoor meet and fourth at the outdoor meet to earn All-American honors at both meets… tennis player Jenny Sell qualifies for the NCAA Division III National Tournament and wins of the MIAC Chris Evert Sportsmanship Award … head tennis coach Jack Bowe is named MIAC Coach of the Year … the CSB softball team captures its first MIAC championship and qualifies for the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament for the first time in program history … Jennifer Nord wins the 100 backstroke title at the MIAC Swimming and Diving Championships.

1991-1992
Katy Deignan finishes 20^th at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships to become CSB’s third-ever All-American … Deignan also qualifies for the indoor and outdoor track and field national championships and earns All-American honors after taking fifth in the 800 … Deignan also becomes the Blazers' first individual conference champion after winning the 800 at the MIAC outdoor meet … soccer wins its first MIAC title and Colleen Neary is named an All-American … head volleyball coach Carol Howe-Veenstra captures her 175^th  collegiate victory after leading CSB to a MIAC title and a Sweet 16 appearance at the national tournament … volleyball player Chris Muehlbauer becomes CSB's first back-to-back GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American and is also named Academic All-American Player of the Year and All-American First Team … softball player Jaque Dahle is named GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American Player of the Year … the cross country team leads Division III with a GPA of 3.633 … CSB softball leads Division III with a team ERA of 0.75 … basketball advances to the Sweet 16 at the national tournament.

1990-1991
Soccer advances to the national tournament for the first time in program history and makes it to the Final Four … Steve Pratt is named the MIAC and NSCAA Region Coach of the Year … Kathy Yarnott earns NCAA All-American and Division III Goalie of the Year honors … Colleen Neary is the MIAC Player of the Year … basketball standout Joyce Spanier earns Kodak All-American First Team honors … basketball earns its third straight trip to the national tournament … volleyball wins the MIAC title and advances to the Final Four at the NCAA Tournament … Amy Hagen becomes the first CSB athlete to earn All-American First Team honors for three straight years … Chris Muehlbauer also earns All-American First Team honors … Carol Howe-Veenstra is the Region Coach of the Year … Amy Hagen is named MIAC Player of the Year.

1989-1990
Volleyball wins its second MIAC title and advances to the Sweet 16 at the National Tournament … Carol Howe-Veenstra is named MIAC Coach of the Year for the first time … Niki Denne is named MIAC Player of the Year … Denne and Amy Hagen earn All-American First Team honors for the second straight year … basketball qualifies for the national tournament for the second straight year … Kathy Madison, Colleen VanRisseghem, Erin O’Toole and Marne Schmid qualify for the National Swimming and Diving Championships in the 200 and 400 freestyle and 200 and 400 medley relays … softball wins 23 games, the most in program history.

1988-1989
Tennis player Marcy Erickson is named NCAA Division III Academic All-American of the Year … Erickson earns All-American First Team honors for the second straight year after qualifying for the national tournament for the third year … Erickson and doubles partner Tina Och also qualify for nationals … volleyball wins its second MIAC title and finishes 16-0 in MIAC play … the Blazers advance to the Sweet 16 in their first-ever national tournament appearance … Niki Dene and Amy Hagen earn All-American First Team honors … the Blazer basketball team wins its first MIAC championship and receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament … head coach Mike Durbin is named MIAC Coach of the Year … Marne Schmid qualifies for the swimming and diving national championships in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle … golfer Theresa Solarz earns all-state honors.

1987-1988
Tennis player Marcy Erickson qualifies for the NCAA National Tournament for the second straight year and earns All-American singles honors and doubles honors with partner Tina Och … volleyball wins its first MIAC title after finishing 34-4 overall and 15-1 in the MIAC … Amy Tri qualifies for the national championships in the 200 and 400 individual medley becomes CSB's first swimming All-American after taking fifth in the 400 IM … Kim Krize becomes the first CSB basketball player to reach the 1,000-point milestone … golf and track become intercollegiate sports at CSB.

1986-1987
Volleyball finishes 26-10 overall and 13-3 in the MIAC to take second in its second year in the league … basketball finishes fourth in the MIAC with a 15-7 conference record … swimmer Brenda Fisher takes second in the 100 back and 200 fly at the MIAC Championships.

1985-1986
CSB begins play in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … Claire Lynch Hall opens … swimming wins its first Saint Ben's Invitational … tennis standout Marcy Erickson is named NCAA Division III Tennis Rookie of the Year … Brenda Fisher takes third in the 100 back at the MIAC Championships.

1984-1985
The Blazer basketball team wins its second MWCC tournament championship … tennis wins its third straight MCWW championship … basketball player Jennifer Nash is named a Division III All-American, the first in CSB history.

1983-1984
Cross country and soccer become varsity sports at CSB … CSB basketball wins its first MWCC conference title … tennis wins its second straight MCWW title.

1982-1983
The Blazer softball team finishes fifth in the state and was invited to Region VI Tournament held in Missouri … tennis wins its first-ever MCWW conference title.

1980
CSB joins the MCWW.

1976
Tennis becomes an intercollegiate sport at CSB.

1975
Softball becomes an intercollegiate sport at CSB.

1973
Volleyball, basketball and swimming become varsity sports at CSB … Rosie Stallman, first base, was a junior at SCSU who played volleyball and softball and she and Linda Anderson, who played left field and batted in the number one spot, were asked to coach softball at Saint Benedict …  Linda was actually asked and she said she'd split her salary of $100 if Rosie would help her … can't remember if we won or lost - I do remember really cold practices!