The University of Minnesota Crookston had nine student-athletes earn placement on the 2021 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Fall All-Academic Teams as announced Wednesday, December 1 by the conference office. The Golden Eagles had six student-athletes earn placement on the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence.
To be eligible for the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, a student-athlete must have a 3.60 cumulative GPA or higher, while NSIC All-Academic Team members must have a 3.20 cumulative GPA or higher. Additionally, the student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team and in at least their second year of competition at their current institution (true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen, and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible). Furthermore, the student-athlete must have completed at least one full academic year at their current institution (student must be in at least their third academic-year semester at their institution). Since the 2020 fall season was canceled due to COVID-19, student-athletes who were in their second year on campus but were in their first full year of competition in the sport, were not eligible for the award.
The men’s cross-country team had one student-athlete, Paul Hendrickx (Sr., Butler, Minn.) garner the accolade. The women’s cross country squad had four student-athletes earn the awards with Brooke Benson (Jr., Monroe, Wash.), Alyssa Stillman (Jr., Hortonville, Wis.), Rena Sakai (Jr., Chiba, Japan), and Nicole Schilling (Sr., Little Falls, Minn.). Benson, Stillman, and Sakai were named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence. Ashley Chomyn (Jr., Winnipeg, Manitoba) of the women’s soccer team was honored as a member of the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence. Lauren Wallace (R-Sr., Bloomington, Minn.), Bailey Mulcahy (Sr., Fertile, Minn.), and Natalie Koke (R-Jr., Caledonia, Wis.) earned the accolades. Wallace and Mulcahy were named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence.
