Thirteen Huskies earn NSIC Myles Brand Award

1/27/2021 11:02:00 AM | Baseball, Women's Cross Country, General, Women's Basketball, Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Swim & Dive, Women's Track & Field

BURNSVILLE, MINN. - The St. Cloud State University athletics department is well known for its success, not only in competition, but in the classroom as well. Thirteen Huskies were recognized for their academic success, as they earned the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award, conference commissioner Erin Lind announced Wednesday.

The year 2021 marks the 12th year since the awards inception, which is bestowed upon senior NSIC student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 or higher. Additionally, these student-athletes must be exhausting their NCAA eligibility and on track to graduate in the spring of 2021.

In total, a record 227 NSIC student-athletes earned the prestigious honor, 33 more than the previous year's record of 194. Of those 227, 13 were student-athletes from St. Cloud State representing eight of the university's 15 Division II teams.

St. Cloud State Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award honorees:

Baseball
Jake Shusterich (Nipomo, Calif. / Arroyo Grande)

Women's basketball
Tori Wortz (Hutchinson, Minn. / Hutchinson)

Cross Country / Track and Field
Cheresa Bouley (Zimmerman, Minn. / Zimmerman)
Dominique Buechel (Chilton, Wis. / Chilton)
Victoria Czech (Chippewa Falls, Wis. / Chippewa Falls)

Soccer
Kaitlyn Dziubinski (St. Charles, Ill. / St. Charles East)
Carly Eckstrom (Cedar Falls, Iowa / Cedar Falls)
Kassidy Lange (Grafton, Wis. / Cedarburg)
Sally Nelson (Apple Valley, Minn. / Eastview)

Swim and Dive
Madison Brinkman (Grey Eagle, Minn. / Melrose)
Alyssa Doherty (Cudahy, Wis. / Whitnall)
Christina Ware (Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny Centennial)

Volleyball
Maddy Torve (Loretto, Minn. / Heritage Christian Academy)