Seven University of Minnesota Duluth student-athletes - Joe Deters, Taylor Kosey, Rebecca Lee, Kristi Merhman, Dana Roach, Kaiya Sygulla and Andrew Yetzer - representing five sports, have earned a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award for 2012-13, it was announced today.

The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed upon senior NSIC student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher, are exhausting their eligibility and are on track to graduate after the season.

A total of 80 student-athletes from the conference's 16 member institutions received the Myles Brand award, which is in its fourth year of existence.

Name • Sport • Hometown • Major

Joe Deters • Men's Track & Field • Sauk Rapids, Minn. • Mechanical Engineering

Taylor Kosey • Women's Track & Field • Superior, Wis. • Communications Sciences & Disorders

Rebecca Lee • Women's Track & Field  • Plainview, Minn. • Biology

Kristi Mehrman  • Women's Soccer • Duluth, Minn. • Civil Engineering

Dana Roach • Women's Track & Field • Faribault, Minn. •  Biochemistry

Kaiya Sygulla  • Women's Basketball • Lakeville, Minn. • Excercise Science

Andrew Yetzer  • Baseball • Lakeville, Minn. • Finance