Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Commissioner Erin Lind announced the 11th annual NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award winners and the University of Minnesota Crookston student-athletes had 12 receive this year’s honor. The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to senior NSIC student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher, are exhausting their eligibility and are on track to graduate. Each student-athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wristwatch. Furthermore, each institution is highly encouraged to have these student-athletes be publicly recognized at a home athletic event. A record number 194 student-athletes from the NSIC’s 16 institutions will receive the award in its 11th year, 38 more than last year’s record of 156.
The UMC Myles Brand award winners are listed below –
| Name | Sport | Hometown | Major |
| Jacqueline Burk | Soccer | Anchorage, AK | Bus. Mngt. |
| Bobby Chu | Baseball | Redwood City, CA | Ex. Science |
| Will Cross | Football | Turtle Lake, WI | Bus. Mngt. |
| Logan Huso | Football | Eagan | Crim. Justice |
| Tavia Lawson | Softball | Hawley | Finance |
| Sabrina Leuer | Volleyball | Hamel | Agronomy |
| Steph McWilliams | Basketball | Grand Forks, ND | Elem. Ed |
| Paige Pitlick | Softball | Jordan | Health Sci. |
| Meli Rodriguez | Volleyball | Sarchi, Costa Rica | Elem. Ed. |
| Kaitlin Sikkink | Volleyball | St. Charles | Biology |
| Kayla Strangeland | X-Country | Mitchell, SD | Elem. Ed. |
| Alyssa Thomas | Volleyball | Marion, IA | Health Mngt. |
