SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) revealed its 2025-26 winter and spring academic awards Wednesday, and once again the Yellowjackets logged a league-leading 127 student-athletes to academic honors.

Individuals who earn a 3.5 or better grade point average (GPA) or better during their respective semesters of competition are recognized with the prestigious individual honor, while the team with the top average GPA in each sport is also recognized.

Winter/spring student-athletes were acknowledged for academic achievement in the sports of baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track & field, men's and women's outdoor track & field, softball, and men's and women's tennis. There were 1,259 student-athletes honored across the league, marking the third-highest total in UMAC history.

UWS picked up a team award in men's basketball, collecting a 3.27 grade point average. Leading the department in total honorees was baseball, who logged 20 student-athletes.

The Yellowjackets led the league in total recipients for men's and women's indoor track and field, men's outdoor track and field, and men's basketball. 

A full list of Yellowjacket honorees is below:

Baseball (20)
Noah Dagostino            
Owen Farrington          
Tyler Fitzgerald               
Zach Flater      
Brayden Haag
Declan Higgins              
Jackson Karn 
Miles Kay           
Payton Mangold            
Niles Monroe 
Brian O'Dwyer                 
Chase Oxborough       
Aiden Pfeifer   
Josh Pritchard                 
Kevin Rahe       
Dawson Rannow          
Zach Romans
Adam Swedahl               
Zach Threde    
Tanner Voight

Men's Basketball (12)
Jackson Allfrey               
Andrew Beers
Evan Bennett 
Gage Braiedy 
Nathan Deprez               
Lucas Glaus   
Caiden Lecce
Zane Nelson   
Karson Osterman        
Rocco Paulson               
Hayden Quimby            
Jett Rogowski

Women's Basketball (10)
Adison Allard
Colleen Claude
Charlotte Ferstl
Kylee Hewitt
Kyra Latvala
MyKenzie Leccia
Elsa Olson
Maddie Reott
Dakota Soltis
Megan Schafer

Softball (9)
Peyton Bennett
Jade Kolbe
MyKenzie Leccia
Bethany Lewis
Larissa Snyder
Carly Stuckmayer
Samantha Swartz
Tessa Twedt
Georgia Youngblood

Men's Tennis (8)
Gavin Brown
Yash Chhabra
Adam Culp
Igor Guetten Chaves
Keanu Lin
Ezekiel Ribar
Vitor Sakakibara
Sharan Kanugovi

Women's Tennis (6)
Hailey Bault
Anouk Bluemm
Kate Jonas
Lillian Kimber
Elif Oezen
Andreina Tejada

Men's Indoor Track & Field (14)
Tucker Briggs
Sawyer Ferdon
Jackson Fiamoncini
Edward Hakanson
Maverick Hoogland
Kevin Hufziger
Garrett Kroells
Dominick Meisner
Deryck Parduhn
Benjamin Plackner
Gus Schmitt-Mischke
Marshall Swanson
Jason Thomas
Carson Wilhorn

Women's Indoor Track & Field (15)
Ella Briggs
Taylor DeCook
Jezebel Dimaze
Keira Hesseldahl
Summer Hesseldahl
Melissa Hoff
Hannah Hutton
Kyra Nelson
Amelia Olson
Kayela Putnam
Addison Smith
Lilley Smith
Simone Stephens
Scarlett Vanderscheuren
Alivia Visger

Men's Outdoor Track & Field (17)
Carlos Becksrand
Kieran Bignell
Tucker Briggs
Sawyer Ferdon
Jackson Fiamoncini
Edward Hakanson
Isaac Hanson
Maverick Hoogland
Garrett Kroells
Dominick Meisner
Deryck Parduhn
Ben Plackner
Gus Schmitt-Mischke
Marshall Swanson
Jason Thomas
Dylan Uitto
Carson Wilhorn

Women's Outdoor Track & Field (16)
Ella Briggs
Naima Burt
Aislin Carrick
Taylor DeCook
Bel Dimaze
Keira Hesseldahl
Melissa Hoff
Kyra Nelson
Amelia Olson
Kayela Putnam
Maddie Reott
Cora Schmitz
Addison Smith
Lilley Smith
Simone Stephens
Scarlett Vanderscheuren