A total of 45 University of Minnesota Duluth student-athletes qualified for a spot on the 336-member Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Academic Team for the 2011-12 winter sport season.

The Bulldogs had the most most representatives of any league school and were followed by Winona State University (35), Augustana College (31) and Minnesota State University-Mankato (29).

Sports included for the winter NSIC All-Academic team are men's and women's basketball, men's and women's track and field, and wrestling (which UMD does not sponsor).

To be eligible for the NSIC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better, be a member of a varsity traveling team, have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing and completed one full year at his/her institution.

The UMD honorees include:

Men's Basketball
Dan Kornbaum          So         Little Falls, Minn.

Womens Basketball
Megan Lueck              So        Winona, Minn.          
Katrina Newmann       So        Barnum, Minn.
Hannah Rutten            So       New York Mills, Minn.
Kaiya Sygulla              Jr         Lakeville, Minn.
Emma Van Winkle      Sr         Des Moines, Iowa

Men's Indoor Track
Danny Badhwa           So        Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Joe Deters                   Jr         Sauk Rapids, Minn.
Jared Grams                Sr        North Branch, Minn.
Aaron Handorff            So        Andover, Minn.        
Jacob Heifort               So        Roseville, Minn.
Jimmy Hosey              So         Lake Nebagamon, Wis.
Joel Johnson               So        Chisholm, Minn.
Rob Kostick                 Jr         Fridley, Minn.
Kyle Larson                 Sr         Chaska, Minn.
Tim Lasch       `           Jr         Lino Lakes, Minn.
Jacob Lepisto              Jr         Forest Lake, Minn.
Mark Mickow               Jr         Rochester, Minn.
Nick Nygaard              Sr         St. Michael, Minn.
Nick Pederson            So        Rice Lake, Wis.
Zach Roggow             So        Fairmont, Minn.
Tyler Stevens             So        Elk River, Minn.
Chris Wilson               So        Plymouth, Minn.

Womens Indoor Track
Katelyn Bendel           So       Shakopee, Minn.
Cathryn Bettendorf     Jr         North Branch, Minn.
Kirsten Bjork               Jr         Sauk Rapids, Minn.
Sarah Chasson          So        Floodwood, Minn.
Brietta Clementson     Jr         Pine City, Minn.
Maggie Demulling       Sr         New Richmond, Wis.
Erin Jennings              So        Holmen, Wis.
Taylor Kosey                Jr         Superior Wis.
Rebecca Lee               Jr         Plainview, Minn.
Kari Novotny                Jr         Grand Forks, N.D.
Sarah Pederson           Jr         Oshkosh, Wis.
Paige Pluemer              Jr          Phillips, Wis.
Dana Roach                Jr           Faribault, Minn.
Alyssa Salava              So        St. Paul, Minn.
Nicole Shantz              So        Neenah, Wis.
Megan Stroh                Sr         Underwood, Minn.
Jacqueline Thaemert   So        Buffalo, Minn.
Abigail Thomas            Sr         Maple Lake, Minn.
Randi Timerman          So       Stevens Point, Wis.
Taylor Warnes             So        Shoreview, Minn.
Lexi Williams               Sr         Rice Lake, Wis.
Hannah Wurl               So        Oakdale, Minn.