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The Minnesota College Athletic Conference announced its Fall 2021 MCAC Elite Team today. The award recognizes student-athletes who combined outstanding academic and athletic performance through the Fall 2021 season. Honorees must have earned MCAC All-Academic honors as well as All-Division, All-Conference, All-Region &/or All-American honors in the sport of football, men's soccer, women's soccer, or volleyball. There were a total of 56 student-athletes who earned this prestigious award.
The members of the Fall 2021 Elite Team are as follows, listed by institution:
Central Lakes College
Joseph Hoeschen, Football, Sauk Rapids, MN
Hunter Nissen, Football, Aitken, MN
Tucker Schultz, Football, Watkins, MN
Sarah Bennett, Volleyball, Waite Park, MN
Megan Rinicker, Volleyball, Henning, MN
Haley Schleper, Volleyball, St. Joseph, MN
Century College
Alice Schneider, Volleyball, Nancy, France
Hibbing Community College
Athena Dunham, Volleyball, Palisade, MN
Kaija Gams, Volleyball, Chisholm, MN
Kimberly Pagel, Volleyball, Benson, MN
Lake Superior College
Vinicius Raggi, Men's Soccer, Brazil
Kady Pedroza, Women's Soccer, Fairmont, MN
Emma Terhaar, Women's Soccer, Proctor, MN
Emily Haglund, Women's Soccer, Cambridge, MN
Mesabi Range College
Aundreus Griffin, Football, Wilwaukee, WI
Cameron Tibbetts, Football, Cleveland, TX
Camryn Olsen, Volleyball, Cotton, MN
Winter Saino, Volleyball, Ely, MN
Minnesota State - Fergus Falls
Matthew Croteau, Football, Avenel, NJ
Nate Hayden, Football, Flower Mound, TX
Emily Condon, Volleyball, Barnesville, MN
Anya Maack, Volleyball, Breckenridge, MN
Baily Marty, Volleyball, Chokio, MN
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
Isaiah Trago, Football, West Winfield, NY
Thomas Lais, Football, Worthington, MN
Izaya Atkinson, Football, Minneapolis, MN
Ricardo Rey Rodriguez, Men's Soccer, Worthington, MN
Kennedy Buckneberg, Volleyball, Garretson, SD
North Dakota State College of Science
Adam Scott Chudecke, Football, Burnsville, MN
Nikolas Howard Hunchak, Football, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ethan A. John, Football, Dilworth Glyndon-Felton, MN
Ethan Darrin Lyons, Football, Lisbon, ND
Karter Jerome Wensmann, Football, Melrose, MN
Northland Community and Technical College
Chloe Kuznia, Volleyball, Grygla, MN
Madison Witte, Volleyball, Tyler, MN
Ridgewater College
Tayler Schmidt, Volleyball, Paynesville, MN
Riverland Community College
Lucas Evenson, Men's Soccer, Austin, MN
Rochester Community and Technical College
Eliana Bentley, Women's Soccer, Austin, MN
Haley Doyea, Women's Soccer, Anoka, MN
Libby Janka, Women's Soccer, Owatanna, MN
Mia Pierre, Women's Soccer, Rochester, MN
Kaitlyn Weiss, Women's Soccer, Rochester, MN
Molly Kleist, Volleyball, Marion, IA
Chelsea Lasker, Volleyball, Dodge Center, MN
Kiley Nihart, Volleyball, Faribault, MN
St. Cloud Technical and Community College
Karissa Lintgen, Volleyball, St. Augusta, MN
Brynn Johnson, Volleyball, Paynesville, MN
Allison Fritz, Volleyball, Young America, MN
Vermilion Community College
Elijah Childs, Football, Washington D.C.
Andrew Eriks, Football, Valparaiso, IN
Terrence Isaac Jr., Football, Dallas, TX
LaQwan Sims Jr., Football, Westville, NJ
Thea Baier, Volleyball, Madison, WI
Naomi Bollman, Volleyball, Kimball, MN
Kaelynn Kudis, Volleyball, Zim, MN
Western Technical College
Jordyn Holman, Volleyball, Mount Horeb, WI
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About the Minnesota College Athletic Conference
The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State system. The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions. The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.