CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced today the spring sport members of its 2025 All-Academic Team. Five hundred and twenty-nine student-athletes from the conference's six 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 109 student-athletes earning All-Academic recognition. 

Men's track and field had a school-record 41 honorees, baseball had a new mark of 27 selections and softball set a program-best with 12.
 

School	Baseball	Men's Golf	Softball	Men's Tennis	Men's Track & Field	Women's Track & Field	Total
Buena Vista	11	2	9	1	4	4	31
Central	4	2	8	11	20	18	63
Coe	16	2	8	3	4	2	35
Univ. of Dubuque	5	3	10	1	17	14	50
Loras	9	4	7	3	17	17	57
Luther	6	3	4	5	11	14	43
Nebraska Wesleyan	13	6	11	5	22	14	71
Simpson	20	6	15	1	15	13	70
Wartburg	27	1	12	2	41	26	109
TOTAL	111	29	84	32	151	122	529

Wartburg's honorees:

Men's Track & Field (41)

Seth Bailey	Jr	New London, Iowa/New London	Biology
Cooper Bankston	So.	Baton Rouge, Louisiana/St. Michael	Exercise Science
Noah Bauereis	5th	Lincoln, Nebraska/Lincoln Southeast	Biology
Braden Burger	So.	Shakopee, Minnesota/Shakopee	Neuroscience & Exercise Science
Carson Collet	Sr.	Verona, Illinois/Seneca	Engineering
Derek Coulter	So.	Oquawka, Illinois/Mercer County	Physics
Hutton Edney	So.	Huntsville, Texas/New Waverly	Computer Science
Shane Erb	Jr.	Marion, Iowa/Marion	Psychology
Chris Fenstermaker	So.	Pacific Grove, California/Pacific Grove	Biology & Secondary Education
Jonathan Goedken	Sr.	Iowa City, Iowa/Regina	Biology & Biochemistry
Michael Goodenbour	Sr.	Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls	Mathematics
Jacob Green	5th	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/JF Kennedy	Exercise Science & Physical Education
Colin Greenwell	Sr.	Sioux City, Iowa/Sioux City North	Exercise Science
Aidan Gruver	Jr.	Preston, Iowa/Easton Valley	Business Administration
Isaiah Hammerand	So.	Epworth, Iowa/Western Dubuque	Economics & Business Administration
Brody Herriott	Sr.	Toledo, Iowa/South Tama	Exercise Science
Paul Hoopes	Sr.	Letts, Iowa/Muscatine	Exercise Science
Alex Horstman	Jr.	Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls	Sociology
Aiden Housman	5th	Wapello Iowa/Wapello	American History Education & World History Education
Garrison Hubka	So.	Spring Valley, Minnesota/Kingsland	Business Administration
Jack Kinzer	Sr.	North Liberty, Iowa/North Liberty	Biology & Secondary Education
Nathan Kinzer	So.	North Liberty, Iowa/North Liberty	Business Administration
Zak Kubitz	Jr.	Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque Senior	Biology
Connor Lancial	5th	Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central	Business Administration & Accounting
Eli Larson	Jr.	Walker, Iowa/Center Point Urbana	Engineering
Mason Lobeck	Sr.	Madrid, Iowa/Madrid	Accounting & Business Administration
Aaron Lursen	So.	Fort Dodge, Iowa/St. Edmond Catholic	Business Administration & Accounting
Ian Neyens	Sr.	Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale	Engineering
Clay Pehl	Sr.	Ankeny, Iowa/Madrid	Exercise Science
Trent Polley	Jr.	Brookfield, Missouri/Brookfield	Environmental Science and Studies
Andrew Poock	Sr.	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny	Computer Science & Mathematics
Brendan Rader	Jr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/JF Kennedy	Business Administration
Samuel Rew	So.	Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City	Biochemistry
Benjamin Roussell	So.	Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls	Health and Fitness Studies
Cayden Schellhorn	So.	Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls	Business Administration
Tyler Schermerhorn	Jr.	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial	Exercise Science
Lance Sobaski	Jr.	Brighton, Iowa/Washington	Business Administration
Caleb Stiles	So.	Juneau, Alaska/Thunder Mountain	Biology
Jalen Stovall	So.	Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock	Environmental Science and Studies
Jimmy Weispfenning	So.	Spragueville, Iowa/Northeast	Exercise Science
Daniel Zietlow	So.	LeClaire, Iowa/Pleasant Valley	Neuroscience & Exercise Science

Baseball (27)

Caleb Andrews	5th	Center Point, Iowa/Center Point-Urbana	Business Administration
Will Armstrong	5th	Des Moines, Iowa/Des Moines Roosevelt	Journalism & Comm./Business Admin.
Alex Berends	Jr.	Story City, Iowa/Roland-Story	Engineering (B.S.)
Steven Berends	Sr.	Story City, Iowa/Roland-Story	Biochemistry
Jack Bunkers	Sr.	Polk City, Iowa/North Polk	Business Administration
Brandon Cushion	So.	Randalia, Iowa/Randalia	Business Administration
Noah Day	Jr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/C.R. Prairie	Physical Education
Cael Funk	So.	Edgewood, Iowa/Edgewood-Colesburg	Business Administration
Conner Funk	Jr.	Edgewood, Iowa/West Delaware	Business Administration
Mason Gardner	So.	Iowa City, Iowa/Liberty	Engineering Science
Lance Goeschel	Sr.	Savage, Minn./Prior Lake	Engineering Science
Tanner Jagim	5th	Waukee, Iowa/Waukee	Exercise Science/Neuroscience
Eliot Jurgensen	Sr.	Ames, Iowa/Ames	Accounting/Business Administration
Garrett Kadolph	Jr.	Dubuque, Iowa/Western Dubuque	Biochemistry
Carson Knebel	Jr.	Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley	Biology
Wyatt Miller	Sr.	Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi	Exercise Science
Nicholas Nin	Jr.	Parkland, Fla./Monarch	Business Administration
Andrew Robinson	Jr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/C.R. Prairie	Business Administration
Keegan Schmitt	Jr.	Independence, Iowa/Independence	Biology/Business Administration
Hunter Sehr	Sr.	New Ulm, Minn./New Ulm	Business Administration
Jason Splitt	Sr.	Fox River Grove, Ill./Cary-Grove	Business Administration
Nathan Splitt	Sr.	Fox River Grove, Ill./Cary-Grove	Business Administration
Caleb Spooner	Jr.	Waterloo, Iowa/Waterloo East	Actuarial Science
Carter Stubitz	5th	Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley	Exercise Science
Logan Sullivan	So.	Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies	Engineering
Wiley Sullivan	Sr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/C.R. Kennedy	Business Administration
Aiden Tobin	Jr.	Faribault, Minn./Bethlehem Academy	Engineering

Women's Track & Field (26)

Caitlin Benesh	So.	Walker, Iowa/North Linn	Health and Fitness Studies & Business Administration
Lillian Boge	Jr.	Farley, Iowa/Western Dubuque	Biology
Kiana Carnes	So.	Clive, Iowa/Northwest	Business Administration
Leah Cherry	Jr.	Waverly, Iowa/Waverly Shell-Rock	Environmental Science and Studies
Rylee Gallaher	So.	Newton, Iowa/PCM	Business Administration
Kelly Giardina	Jr.	Rockford, Illinois/Rockford Christian	Sociology & Psychology
Sunny Horner	Jr.	New Waverly, Texas/New Waverly	Exercise Science
Tara Jochumsen	Grad.	Hudson, Iowa/Hudson	Leadership
Ella Johnson	So.	Prescott, Wisconsin/Prescott	Actuarial Science
Karle Kramer	Jr.	Monticello, Iowa/Monticello	Biochemistry
Paige Lienhard	So.	Wooddbury, Minnesota/Woodbury	Biochemistry & Chemistry
Maddie Merna	Jr.	Apex, North Carolina/Middle Creek	Neuroscience & Psychology
Ellie Meyer	Sr	Iowa Falls, Iowa/Iowa Falls-Alden	Biology
Haley Meyer	Jr	New Albin, Iowa/Kee	Accounting & Business Administration
Addison Parker	Sr	Hiawatha, Iowa/ JF Kennedy	Public Health
Addison Phillips	So	Atkins, Iowa/Benton Community	Elementary Education
Hannah Ramsey	So	North Liberty, Iowa/North Liberty	Business Administration
Allie Schweitzberger	So	Kingsley, Iowa/Kingsley Pierson Community	Elementary Education
Brooke Shafer	Sr	Eddyville, Iowa/Eddyville Blakesburg	Biology
Isabella Skay	So	Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City	Exercise Science
Allie Spredemann	Jr	Sun Prairie, Wisconsin/Sun Prairie	Elementary Education
Sophia Stahle	So	Solon, Iowa/Solon	Biology
Emma True	Sr	Brainerd, Minnesota/Brainerd	Elementary Education
Cali Trygstad	So	Clive, Iowa/West Des Moines Valley	Elementary Education
JoJo Tyynismaa	Jr	Tama, Iowa/South Tama	Mathematics & Secondary Education
Jazmine Woode	So	Tipton, Iowa/Tipton Community	Medical Laboratory Science

Softball (12)

Riley Feeley	Sr.	Grimes, Iowa/Dallas-Center-Grimes	Spanish & Biology
Sydney Fellows	5th	Iowa City, Iowa/City	Math
Ally Happ	Jr.	Durant, Iowa/Durant	Biology
Reagan Hassel	So.	LeClaire, Iowa/Pleasant Valley	Business Administration
Alexis Larson	Jr.	Jesup, Iowa/Jesup	Biology
Hannah Luellen	Sr.	Woodward, Iowa/Dallas Center Grimes	Biology
Rylie Metz	So.	Williamsburg, Iowa/Williamsburg	Exercise Science
Gwen Mews	Jr.	North English, Iowa/English Valleys	Business Administration
Avery Mull	Jr.	Marshalltown, Iowa/Marshalltown	Elementary Education
Haileigh Smith	So.	North Liberty, Iowa/Liberty	Exercise Science
Addy Wells	So.	Waterloo, Iowa/Waterloo West	Exercise Science
Jenna Wiebenga	Jr.	Maquoketa, Iowa/Maquoketa	Biology

Men's Tennis (2)

Joseph Haag	Sr.	Cedar Falls, Iowa/Columbus	Business Administration
Kellen Jones	Jr.	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny	Business Administration

Men's Golf (1)

Sam Jermier

Jr.

Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls

Business Administration