Sixteen St. Cloud State Student-Athletes Earn 2025-26 NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic With Distinction Award
1/30/2026 12:01:00 PM | Baseball, Women's Cross Country, General, Women's Basketball, Wrestling, Volleyball, Women's Swim & Dive, Women's Track & Field, Women's Tennis
Huskies have eight teams represented
BURNSVILLE, Minn. – St. Cloud State Athletics had 16 student-athletes from eight different teams earn Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award honors, NSIC Commissioner Erin Lind announced on Friday. A total of 324 student-athletes from the NSIC's 16 institutions received the award, which is in in its 17th year. The Huskies had six representatives from Women's Swim & Dive, two from Baseball, Track & Field and Volleyball and one each from Cross Country / Track & Field, Tennis, Women's Basketball and Wrestling.
The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to senior NSIC 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.
"It is incredibly rewarding to see NSIC student-athletes continue to thrive academically, serve their communities, and compete at a high level," said Lind. "Those qualities reflect the principles championed by Dr. Myles Brand, and they remain at the heart of what we value in this conference. I am proud of the commitment these student-athletes show to their institutions, the NSIC, and their own academic and athletic pursuits, and I am confident their success will extend far to their institutions, the NSIC, and their own academic and athletic pursuits, and I am confident their success will extend far beyond their time in competition."
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.
NSIC Release
2025-26 St. Cloud State Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award honorees
Baseball (2)
The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to senior NSIC 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.
"It is incredibly rewarding to see NSIC student-athletes continue to thrive academically, serve their communities, and compete at a high level," said Lind. "Those qualities reflect the principles championed by Dr. Myles Brand, and they remain at the heart of what we value in this conference. I am proud of the commitment these student-athletes show to their institutions, the NSIC, and their own academic and athletic pursuits, and I am confident their success will extend far to their institutions, the NSIC, and their own academic and athletic pursuits, and I am confident their success will extend far beyond their time in competition."
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.
NSIC Release
2025-26 St. Cloud State Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award honorees
Baseball (2)
- Cael Kolacia (Fort Dodge, Iowa – Construction Management)
- Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Manitoba – Exercise Science)
- Ashley Sawicki (Waunakee, Wis. – Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering)
- Hannah Little (Grimes, Iowa – Communication Sciences & Disorders)
- Paula Albala (Gijon, Spain – Finance)
- Natalie Gneiser (Baraboo, Wis. – Construction Management)
- Izzy Koebele (Bismarck, N.D. – Criminal Justice Studies)
- Ella Sieber (Green Bay, Wis. – Management)
- Alba Silva Alcoba (Amposta, Spain – Mechanical Engineering)
- Amelia Travis (Dassel, Minn. – Elementary/K-6 Education)
- Brooklyn Broadwell (Thief River Falls, Minn. – Accounting)
- Savannah Reinke (Malta Bend, Mo. – Mass Communications)
- Elena Martinez-Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain – Clinical Mental Health Counseling)
- Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn. – Environmental Engineering)
- Annika Forbes (Cottage Grove, Minn. – Marketing)
- Tyson Meyer (Glenwood, Minn. – Master's in Business Administration)
Players Mentioned
Fly
/ Women's Swim & Dive
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/ Volleyball
/ Women's Tennis
DS
/ Volleyball
Back
/ Women's Swim & Dive
Dist
/ Women's Swim & Dive
RHP
/ Baseball
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Track & Field
197
/ Wrestling
Throws
/ Women's Track & Field
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/ Women's Basketball
Back
/ Women's Swim & Dive
Breast
/ Women's Swim & Dive
Fly
/ Women's Swim & Dive
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