Academic Awards

Updated 1/16/2026

Academic All-American

*From 2014*

Year	Name	Class	Position	Team
2019	Matthew Saager Matt Anderson Jacob Frey	Senior Senior Senior	Offensive Line Linebacker Defensive Back	First First/AAA of the Year First
2020	Ryan Wisniewski Kyle Gannon	Junior Junior	Wide Receiver Offensive Line	Second Second
2021	Kyle Gannon	Senior	Offensive Line	First

Academic All-District

*First/Second Team Selections ended in 2022*

Year	Name	Class	Position	Team
1996	Doug Chellevold	Senior	Defensive Back	First
1999	Peter Katz	Sophomore	Def/Off Lineman	First
2000	Peter Katz	Junior	Def/Off Lineman	First
2001	Peter Katz	Senior	Def/Off Lineman	First
2003	Kyle Haug Chad Nimm	Senior Senior	Punter Center	Second Second
2006	Justin Beaver Ryan Kleppe	Junior Senior	Running Back Defensive Lineman	Second Second
2007	Justin Beaver Ben Farley Neil Mrkvicka Brady Ramseier Cal Schmidt	Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior	Running Back Defensive Back Wide Receiver Offensive Lineman Offensive Lineman	First Second Second Second First
2008	Matt Gifford Mike Sherman	Junior Senior	Wide Receiver Offensive Lineman	Second Second
2009	Derek Underwood	Senior	Defensive Back	Second
2011	Jared Kiesow Kris Rosholt	Senior Senior	Defensive Back Punter	First First
2012	Mike Seefeld	Senior	Defensive Back	First
2013	Joe Paulus	Senior	Linebacker	First
2014	Brady Grayvold	Senior	Defensive Back	First
2016	Will Meyer	Junior	Placekicker	First
2017	Tony Gumina	Senior	Tight End	First
2018	Bailey Breunig	Senior	Defensive Back	First
2019	Matt Anderson Jacob Frey Matthew Saager Nate Tranel	Senior Senior Senior Senior	Linebacker Defensive Back Offensive Line Defensive Back	First First First First
2020	Kyle Gannon Ryan Wisniewski	Junior Junior	Offensive Line Wide Receiver	First First
2021	Kyle Gannon Ryan Wisniewski	Senior Senior	Offensive Line Wide Receiver	First First
2023	Joey Antoniettti Ethan Gallagher Matt Burba Mason Stepanski Caden Straka Parker Breunig	Sophomore Senior Sophomore Junior Senior Sophomore	Linebacker Defensive Line Linebacker Defensive Back Defensive Line Linebacker/Special Teams
2024	Matt Burba Noah Moris Ethan Gallagher Karsten Libby Tyler Vasey Nick Wind Blake Haggerty	Senior Sophomore Junior Sophomore Sophomore Senior Sophomore	Defensive Line Defensive Line Linebacker Linebacker Wide Receiver Wide Receiver Wide Receiver
2025	Ethan Gallagher Justin Klinkner Efrein Ramirez Tyler Vasey Noah Moris Karsten Libby Jayden Fowler	Senior Sophomore Sophomore Junior Junior Junior Sophomore	Linebacker Quarterback Defensive Back Returner Defensive End Linebacker Linebacker

Elite 90 Award Winners

*Elite 90 is the Award given to the Student Athlete with highest GPA at the Final Site of the NCAA Competiton*

Year	Name	Class	Major	GPA
2011	Jared Kiesow	Junior	Elementary Education	3.878
2012	Jared Kiesow	Senior	Elementary Education	3.894
2020	Matt Anderson	Senior	Biology	4.000