BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- The NSIC has announced its annual Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction award winners and MSU Moorhead features a record 20 award winners this year.
The 20 Dragons awarded solidifies a new record number of award winners for MSUM in the Myles Brand award's 15-year history.
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Commissioner Erin Lind is excited to announce the 15th annual NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award winners. The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to NSIC academic senior student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher (student-athletes can only earn the award once). Each student-athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wristwatch. A total of 258 student-athletes from the NSIC's 15 institutions will receive the award in its 15th year.
"I am filled with pride on how our student-athletes in the NSIC continue to excel in the classroom, in the community and on the playing field. These are characteristics in which Dr. Myles Brand emphasized. I am extremely proud of all these student-athletes for their devotion to their universities, the NSIC and to their personal academic and athletic goals. I have no doubt these student-athletes will continue to achieve success in life well beyond the classroom and the competition venues," said Lind.
Dr. Myles N. Brand, visionary leader, educator and reformer, served as the President of the National Collegiate Athletic As- sociation (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.
The MSUM honorees are as follows:
Josiah Behm, Football (Finance)
Madison Bell, Tennis (Exercise Science)
Arina Bratamidjaja, Swimming & Diving (Psychology)
Madison Braun, Golf (Elementary Inclusive Education)
Jessica Carlson, Soccer (Speech, Language and Hearing Science)
Reece Dahl, Softball (Gerontology & Leadership & Innovation in Aging Studies)
Lizzy Davis, Softball (Digital Media Management)
Halle Erickson, Volleyball (Biology)
Madeline Etter, Soccer (Elementary Inclusive Education)
Ellie Fischer, Golf (Finance)
Ella Holiman, Softball (Geosciences & Water Quality Services & Geographic Information Science)
Luke Imdieke, Football (Business Administration & Exercise Science)
Shaelyn Johnson, Tennis (Project Management)
Sarah Kingland, Women's Basketball (Elementary Inclusive Education)
Megan Klein, Volleyball (Elementary Inclusive Education)
Eliyah McCarthy, Softball (Political Science & Criminal Justice)
Tyson Powell, Football (Communication Studies)
Denver Sheets, Football (Environmental Geology & Geographic Information Systems)
Olivia Skibiel, Women's Basketball (Business Administration w/ Healthcare)
Abby Thompson, Volleyball (Social Work & Psychology)
