Record 19 Bulldogs Earn Myles Brand Academic Honor from NSIC
UMD Bulldogs "ALLETE" Moments: Classroom
Throughout this year, UMD Athletics is partnering with Minnesota Power, ALLETE to highlight the Bulldogs accomplishments in the 3 C's: Classroom, Competition, Community.
19 University of Minnesota Duluth Division II senior student athletes representing 14 sports have earned a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award for 2024-2025.
Those Bulldogs are:
Payton Addink -- Volleyball Sun Prairie, Wis. Accounting
DaShaun Ames -- Football Cumberland, Wis. Physical Education
Austin Andrews -- Basketball Eden Prairie, Minn. Civil Engineering
Josie Bond -- Track/CC Lisle, Ill. Exercise Rehab Science
Tyler Collien -- Football Fond du Lac, Wis. Finance
Luke Danielski -- Football Waukesha, Wis. Biology
Megan Gilles -- Track & Field Prescott, Wis. Psychology
Olivia Honsey -- Tennis Annandale, Minn. Public Health
Allison Luoma -- Softball Iron River, Wis. Environmental Science
Kiley Nihart -- Volleyball Medford, Minn. Exercise Rehab Science
Samantha Paulsen -- Volleyball Chisago Lakes, Minn. Exercise Rehab Science
Julia Rademacher -- Track/CC Fort Ripley, Minn. Biology
Lindsey Root -- Track & Field St. Charles, Minn. Exercise Rehab Science
Savannah Schley -- Track/CC Loyal, Wis. Journalism
Nicole Schmitt -- Softball Verona, Wis. Biochemistry
Sabrina Segar -- Track & Field Fairmont, Minn. Teaching Life Science
Anna Tobias -- Soccer Lakeville, Minn. Marketing
Jack Van Kempen -- Track/CC Elbow Lake, Minn. Civil Engineering
Zach Wallace -- Football Burlington, Wis. Physical Education
The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed upon 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 after the season.
A total of 258 student-athletes from the NSIC's 15 institutions will receive the award in its 16th year.
Dr. Myles N. Brand, visionary leader, educator and reformer, served as the President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 2003-2009. He passed away in September 2009 at the age of 67 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Brand presided over passage of the most comprehensive academic reform package for intercollegiate athletics in recent history – a package that refocused the attention of student-athletes, coaches and administrators on the education of student-athletes. Brand also changed the national dialog on college sports to emphasize the educational value of athletics participation and the integration of intercollegiate athletics with the academic mission of higher education. His impact on Division II ran deep by implementing an identity campaign and a strategic-positioning platform tied to specific divisional attributes. He challenged Division II to continue its game environment and community engagement focus, and improve academic success rates.
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Players Mentioned
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- DB
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- Redshirt Junior
- OH
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- DS
- 5' 2"
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- RS/MB
- 6' 3"
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- F
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- Fifth Year
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Players Mentioned
- 6' 3"
- Redshirt Senior
- LB
- 5' 10"
- Redshirt Junior
- DB
- 6' 0"
- Senior
- OH
- 5' 2"
- Senior
- DS
- 6' 3"
- Senior
- RS/MB
- 5' 6"
- Senior
- F
- 6' 6"
- Fifth Year
- F
- 5' 10"
- Senior
- R/R
- P
- 5' 10"
- Senior
- R/R
- IF
- Senior
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