The four University of Minnesota Duluth athletic teams that competed during the 2026 winter athletic season had a combined total of 61 student-athletes earn Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Academic honors, the conference announced Thursday.

UMD also had 39 winter student-athletes who were named to the NSIC Academic Team of Excellence, which requires a student-athlete to have a 3.60 cumulative GPA or higher. All 61 student-athletes earned NSIC All-Academic Team membership that requires a 3.20 cumulative GPA or higher. Additionally, student-athletes must be a member of the varsity traveling team, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at her/his institution (true freshmen, redshirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at that institution.

Below are the Bulldogs' 2026 NSIC All-Academic Team members by sport. Each NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honoree is denoted with a *.

Men's Basketball (7)
*Mattie Thompson | Gr. | Duluth, Minn.
*Kole Hanson | So. | Prior Lake, Minn.
Cole Lahti | Jr. | Oulu, Wis.
Noah Paulson | Gr. | Duluth, Minn.
Owen Leach | Jr. | Glyndon, Minn.
Karon Abdullah | Sr. | Minneapolis, Minn.
Caleb Siwek | Sr. | Rosemount, Minn.

Women's Basketball (5)
*Myra Moorjani | Sr. | Eden Prairie, Minn.
*Lexi Karlen | Jr. | Stillwater, Minn.
*Lilly Radcliffe | Jr. | Melrose, Wis.
Gabrielle Kirchner | So. | Mendota Heights, Minn.
Drew Johnston | Jr. | Roseville, Minn.

Men's Indoor Track & Field (21)
Jake Heimkes | So. | Eden Prairie, Minn.
*Noah Foster | Jr. | Cromwell, Minn.
*Connor Kostynick | Sr. | Perham, Minn.
*Austin Kehr | So. | Belle Plaine, Minn.
*Noah Rodenwald | So. | Rosemont, Minn.
*Alex Heidorn | Sr. | Rogers, Minn.
*Brayden Brakke | Jr. | Northfield, Minn.
*Brock Unger | Sr. | New Richmond, Wis.
*Brady Johnson | Jr. | Oak Grove, Minn.
*Reid Olson | So. | Wyoming, Minn.
*Will Heydt | Sr. | Alexandria, Minn.
*Bennett Nelson | Sr. | Iron River, Wis.
*Sam Blomberg | Sr. | New Ulm, Minn.
*Jake Fier | Jr. | Prior Lake, Minn.
Nolan Bakken | Jr. | Eden Prairie, Minn.
Zachary Anderson | Sr. | Blaine, Minn.
Jackson Weston | Sr. | Grand Rapids, Minn.
Nathan Amundson | Jr. | Northfield, Minn.
Connor Bialka | So. | Ham Lake, Minn.
Nathaniel Brandt | Sr. | Deephaven, Minn.
Billy Auvin | So. | New Richmond, Wis.

Women's Indoor Track & Field (28)
*Elizabeth VanLoon | Sr. | New Brighton, Minn.
*Kate Fitzgerald | Sr. | Mosinee, Wis.
*Justine Carsrud | Jr. | Grand Rapids, Minn.
*Alaina Hageman | Sr. | Foley, Minn.
*Megan Sandgren | Sr. | Franklin, Minn.
*Ella Cole | Jr. | Moorhead, Minn.
*Ellie Hanowski | Jr. | Forest Lake, Minn.
*Annaka Bogenholm | So. | Moose Lake, Minn.
*Isabelle Alderman | So. | Rochester, Minn.
*Lillian Wanzek | Jr. | Golden Valley, Minn.
*Marybeth Mathews | Sr. | Bemidji, Minn.
*Emily Bastian | Jr. | Baxter, Minn.
*Sevanna Burke | So. | Trego, Wis.
*Kira Almsberger | Sr. | Olathe, Kan.
*Erin Steinman | Jr. | Mahtomedi, Minn.
*Rachel Ulrich | Jr. | Osceloa, Wis.
*Graycee Roubinek | Jr. | Monticello, Minn.
*Maddie Verkerke | Sr. | White Bear Lake, Minn.
*Aften Robinson | Jr. | Staples, Minn.
*Sophie Mahnke | So. | Rogers, Minn.
Kathryn Wraspir | Sr. | Roseville, Minn.
Brookelyn Kuechle | So. | South Haven, Minn.
Emily Anderson | Sr. | Lino Lakes, Minn.
Lauren Swanson | Jr. | Centerville, Minn.
Avary Fitzpatrick | So. | West Fargo, ND
Hailey Hollar | So. | Morgan, Minn.
Sarah Baum | Jr. | Rochester, Minn.
Sierra Ingle | So. | Delano, Minn.

A total of 874 student-athletes earned NSIC All-Academic honors for the 2026 winter athletic season; 552 student-athletes were named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, while 332 earned NSIC All-Academic Team honors.