BURNSVILLE, Minn. – The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has announced the 2025 recipients of the prestigious Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award, and 12 Warriors received the honor.
 
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).
 
The 12 Winona State student-athletes who received the award this year are:

• Ellie Behring; Women's Golf; Oak Creek, Wis.; Business Administration
• Elysia Beynon; Tennis; Swansea, Wales; Film Studies & Creative Digital Media
• Ben Bowe; Football; Chaska, Minn.; Finance
• Stephanie Dasbach; Women's Basketball; Lombard, Ill.; Art/Design
• Miranda Daulong; Tennis; Rockwall, Texas; Criminal Justice
• Olivia Gamoke; Women's Basketball; Onalaska, Wis.; Business Administration
• Drew Goettl; Football; Eau Claire, Wis.; Business Administration
• Alyson Jumper; Soccer; Ankeny, Iowa; Criminal Justice & Spanish
• Logan LeTourneau; Baseball; Brookfield, Wis.; Healthcare Leadership
• Hanna Reichenberger; Track & Field; Combined Locks, Wis.; Health Promotion & Physical Ed.
• Abigail Williams; Soccer; Savage, Minn.; Elementary Education
• Kyle Yu; Baseball; Madison, Wis.; Movement Science

 
"It brings me joy to continue to see how our student-athletes in the NSIC 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 NSIC Commissioner, Erin Lind.
 
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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