Academic All-MIAC (PDF)

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) has announced its 2008-09 Winter and Spring Academic All-Conference honorees. The conference recognized a record 407 student-athletes who represent the MIAC's thirteen institutions, and 41 of those student athletes came from Bethel University.

The 407 winter and spring student-athletes honored by the conference is the most ever, topping the 399 total in 2006-07 and 397 in 2007-08. Bethel's 41 student athletes on the list is also an increase from the 37 who earned All-Conference academic standing in 2007-08.

In combination with the record 304 fall semester honorees, the 2008-09 academic year proved to be one of the most successful in the history of the MIAC both in the classroom and on the field of competition. The 711 Academic All-Conference honorees are joined by 105 All-Americans, 55 Academic All-District recipients, 22 Academic All-Americans, five individual national champions, two track relay team national champions, and one team national champion from the MIAC during 2008-09.

Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior, or senior with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale to qualify for the recognition. Athletically, student-athletes in basketball, hockey, baseball, softball and tennis must compete in 50% of their team's varsity regular season contests to be eligible. Swimming & diving student-athletes must qualify for the conference finals while track & field participants must earn honorable mention status in an individual event or place in the top three as a relay team at the conference championships to earn the honor.

MIAC Academic All-Conference awardees are announced twice annually, after the completion of the fall and spring academic semesters.

Click on the link above to see a complete list of academic all-conference athletes.