NSIC Release
BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- A total of 24 student-athletes from Minnesota State University Moorhead have been named to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference's Spring All-Academic Team, it was announced on Wednesday.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a member of a varsity traveling team and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher. The athlete must have also reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at her/his institution (true freshmen, redshirt freshman and first-year transfers are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at that institution.

Men's outdoor track and field led the way for MSUM with eight athletes being named to the team: seniors Derek Bredy and Clayton Foster, juniors Spencer Ruebke and Dan Sederquist and sophomores Nate Cole, Jackson Henrich, Kyle Kastello and Beau Scheving.

Dragon women's outdoor track and field had six athletes earn the award: seniors Nicole Hall, Jessica Keesling and Heather Schultz, juniors Kelly Brammer and Kara Nygaard, and sophomore Erin Sistad.

Four Dragon softball players earned honors: senior Amanda Moore and sophomores Taylor Huss, Amanda Lynch and Rachel Sannicandro.

Four golfers earned the honor: senior Amanda Northwick, junior Jennifer Kurtz and sophomores Megan Amundson and Shannon Deutsch.

Two MSUM women's tennis players were named to the team: junior Kaitlyn McNary and sophomore Jenna Galstad.

Including the fall and winter seasons, MSUM had 85 student-athletes named NSIC All-Academic.