CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced today the fall sport members of its 2023 All-Academic Team. Five hundred and eighty-eight student-athletes from the conference's eight fall championship sports met the requirements for recognition.
 
To be eligible for the A-R-C All-Academic Team honors, a student-athlete must be on the eligibility list for the sport of nomination, at least a sophomore in academic standing with at least one year in residence and attain a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better (on a 4.0 scale).

Wartburg College led the way in total with 103 student-athletes earning All-Academic recognition. 
 
Football led all sports with 116 honorees, followed by women's soccer with 98 honorees. Men's soccer had the third-most with 88, followed by men's and women's cross country both placing 70 student-athletes on the team. Volleyball saw 73 student-athletes collect All-Academic accolades, while women's tennis earned 42. Women's golf rounded out the fall sports honorees with 31. 
 

School	Football	Cross Country (M)	Cross Country (W)	Soccer (M)	Soccer (W)	Volleyball	Golf (W)	Tennis (W)	Total
Buena Vista	3	1	4	8	10	7	2	2	37
Central	21	11	15	9	9	8	4	7	84
Coe	9	4	2	7	5	6	2	4	39
Dubuque	9	9	6	16	16	11	7	4	78
Loras	15	5	4	11	10	7	1	4	57
Luther	1	11	7	8	13	6	3	5	54
Nebraska Wesleyan	16	2	7	8	7	11	2	8	61
Simpson	9	12	10	7	20	10	4	3	75
Wartburg	33	15	15	14	8	7	6	5	103
Total	116	70	70	88	98	73	31	42	588

Wartburg's honorees

Football (33)

Joey Anderson	Neola, Iowa/Underwood	Undeclared
Korbin Barck	Perry, Iowa/Van Meter	Undeclared
Kaden Behrens	Dunkerton, Iowa/Dunkerton	Business Administration
Kaden Bibler	Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock	Undeclared
Ben Bryant	Peosta, Iowa/Western Dubuque	Business Administration
Cade Carpenter	Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock	Exercise Science
Leo Dodd	Janesville, Iowa/Janesville	Undeclared
Jack Drahos	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Mount Vernon	Undeclared
Matt Dufoe	Adel, Iowa/Adel-Desota-Minburn	Undeclared
Ben Dunlap	Orion, Ill./Orion	Business Administration
Kale Folkerts	Allison, Iowa/Hampton-Dumont	Environmental Science
Ryan Folkerts	Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock	Business Administration
Conner Grover	Dyersville, Iowa/Beckman Catholic	Exercise Science
Owen Grover	Dyersville, Iowa/Beckman Catholic	Biology
Grant Halverson	Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock	Undeclared
Owen Hatcher	Peosta, Iowa/Western Dubuque	Business Administration
Jack Heinberg	Marengo, Ill./Marengo	Undeclared
Micah Holmberg	Mountain Lake, Minn./Mountain Lake	Undeclared
Jaxson Hoppes	Waterloo, Iowa/Waterloo West	Undeclared
Cade Hughes	Charlotte, Iowa/Northeast	Undeclared
Alex Koch	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy	Business Administration
Kaleb Lamphier	Independence, Iowa/Independence	Engineering
Dakota Lau	Peosta, Iowa/Western Dubuque	Chemistry
Nate Link	Eldridge, Iowa/North Scott	Business Administration
Thor Maakestad	Osage, Iowa/Osage	Exercise Science
Nile McLaughlin	Eldridge, Iowa/North Scott	Business Administration
Tucker Mumford	Polo, Ill./Polo	Biochemistry
Ben Parker	Bellevue, Iowa/Bellevue	Engineering
Trent Polley	Brookfield, Mo./Brookfield	Undeclared
Riley Richards	Morton	Exercise Science
Ethan Schellhorn	Sumner, Iowa/Tripoli	Exercise Science
Dylan Steen	Webster City, Iowa/Webster City	Business Administration
Bricen White	Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar	Exercise Science

Men's Cross Country (15)

Seth Bailey	New London, Iowa/New London	Pre-Medicine
Shane Erb	Marion, Iowa/Marion	Psychology
Michael Goodenbour	Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls	Mathematics
Colin Greenwell	Sioux City, Iowa/Sioux City North	Exercise Science
Nick Henry	Cheney, Wash./Medical Lake	Mathematics
Aiden Housman	Wapello, Iowa/Wapello	American History Ed/World History Ed.
Jack Kinzer	North Liberty, Iowa/North Liberty	Biology/Secondary Education
Nathaniel Knutson	New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way West	Religion
Connor Lancial	Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central	Business Administration/Accounting
Eli Larson	Walker, Iowa/Center Point-Urbana	Engineering Science
Clay Pehl	Ankeny, Iowa/Madrid	Exercise Science
Andrew Poock	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny	Computer Science/Mathematics
Brendan Rader	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy	Business Administration
Carson Rygh	Lake Mills, Iowa/Lake Mills	Business Administration/Accounting
Tyler Schermerhorn	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial	Exercise Science

Women's Cross Country (15)

Rylie Bainbridge	Cherokee, Iowa/Washington	Music Education
Ashley Bloomquist	Fairfield, Iowa/Fairfield	Biology
Lilly Boge	Farley, Iowa/Western Dubuque	Chemistry/Biology
Lexi Brown	New London, Iowa/New London	Elementary Education
Addy Carlson	Saint Ansgar, Iowa/Saint Ansgar	Mathematics
Aubrie Fisher	Ackley, Iowa/AGWSR	Psychology/Sociology
Kelly Giardina	Rockford, Ill./Rockford Christian	Psychology/Sociology
Shaelyn Hostager	Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque Hempstead	Psychology/Sociology
Karle Kramer	Monticello, Iowa/Monticello	Biochemistry
Ellie Meyer	Iowa Falls, Iowa/Iowa Falls-Alden	Biology
Haley Meyer	New Albin, Iowa/Kee	Accounting
Jenna Morey	Spencer, Iowa/Spencer	Exercise Science
Ryleigh Parrack	Papillion, Neb./Papillion-La Vista South	Music Therapy
Erin Phelan	Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha West	Social Work
Allie Spredemann	Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie	Elementary Education

Men's Soccer (14)

Kaden Baxter	Carlisle, Iowa/Carlisle	Accounting
Josh Clark	Bellevue, Neb./Bellevue West	Business Administration
Paul Devine	Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central	Business Administration
Mitchell Dickson	Stuart, Iowa/West Central Valley	Accounting/Business Administration
Yushin Gossin	Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Southeast	Exercise Science
Blake Halleran	Fairfax, Iowa/Prairie (Cedar Rapids)	Physical Education
Landon Hartsell	Saint Louis, Mo./Christian Brothers College	Business Administration
Sam McDevitt	Adel, Iowa/Waukee Northwest	Actuarial Science
Trent Neff	Rochester, Minn./Rochester Lourdes	Exercise Science
Colton Praska	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy	Biology
Curtis Ratzer	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy	Business Administration
Edvin Rizvic	Waterloo, Iowa/Waterloo West	Biochemistry/Biology
Andrew Valenzuela	Omaha, Neb./Creighton Preparatory	Exercise Science
Brennon Woody	Grimes, Iowa/Dallas Center-Grimes	Engineering

Women's Soccer (8)

Madison Frush	La Porte City, Iowa/Union	Exercise Science
Mya Jansen	Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine	Biochemistry
Abigail Milburn	Decorah, Iowa/Decorah	Spanish/Biochemistry
Avery Mize	Bloomington, Ill./Normal Community	Biology
Alison Newton	Blairstown, Iowa/Benton Community	Elementary Education
Greta Rothe	Washington, Iowa/Washington	Biology
Julia Rynkiewich	St. Paul, Minn./Central	World History Education
Izzy Sash	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial	Elementary Education

Volleyball (7)

Camryn Ellyson	Martelle, Iowa/Mount Vernon	Business Administration
Allison Feigenbaum	Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar	Health & Fitness Studies
Caroline Kluesner	Dyersville, Iowa/Beckman Catholic	Biology
Emerson Kracht	Grundy Center, Iowa/Grundy Center	Exercise Science
Aubrie Pruess	Clarence, Iowa/North Cedar	Undeclared
Emma Salvo	Eldora, Iowa/South Hardin	Undeclared
Ella Vander Zee	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Linn-Mar	Undeclared

Women's Golf (6)

Madelyn Bender	Kalona, Iowa/Mid Prairie	Elementary Education
Natalie Ehlinger	Maquoketa, Iowa/Maquoketa	Spanish
Hannah Fangmann	Peosta, Iowa/Western Dubuque	Business Administration
Drucilla Kramer	Monticello, Iowa/Monticello	Business Administration
Lauren Sease	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial	Business Administration
Lydia Weippert	Grand Forks, N.D./Red River	Music Education/Music Therapy

Women's Tennis (5)

Natalie Kaiser	Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque Senior	Chemistry
Georgia Nissen	Eldridge, Iowa/North Scott	Math
Gracie O'Donnell	Altoona, Iowa/Southeast Polk	Business Administration
Chihiro Ono	Ibaraki, Japan/Ibaraki	Political Science
Bailey Sinnwell	Waterloo, Iowa/Columbus	Business Administration