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The Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) announced its Spring 2026 MCAC Elite Team today. 

The award recognizes student-athletes who combined outstanding academic and athletic performance through the Spring 2026 season. 

Honorees must have earned MCAC All-Academic honors as well as All-Division, All-Conference, All-Region, and/or All-American honors in baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, golf, softball, or wrestling. 

A total of 121 student-athletes earned this prestigious award.

The members of the Spring 2026 MCAC Elite Team are as follows, listed by institution: 

Alexandria Technical and Community College

Alex Blume, Baseball, Perham, MN

Colby Hanson, Baseball, Fargo, ND

Ethan Mueller, Baseball, Belgrade, MN

Gabriel Cabrera, Baseball, Caracas, Venezuela

Jonah DeJong, Baseball, Fargo, ND

Kobe Snyder, Baseball, Wadena, MN

Anoka Ramsey Community College

Carson Shaver, Baseball, Larned, KS

Brett Leabch, Baseball, Foley, MN

Cole Swift, Baseball, Omaha, NE

Mariam Alowonle, Women's Basketball, Minneapolis, MN

Francie Gregor, Softball, Hugo, MN

Madison Abernathy, Softball, Blaine, MN

Central Lakes College

Wylee Dauenbaugh, Men's Basketball, Grand Rapids, MN

Eli Tautges, Men's Basketball, Brainerd, MN

Lex Vesel, Women's Basketball, Melrose, MN

Lily Roehl, Softball, Milaca, MN

Megan Hattenberger, Softball, Moose Lake, MN

Lauren Soltis, Softball, Holdingford, MN

Joze Tautges, Softball, Brainerd, MN

Grace Rust, Softball, Bloomington, MN

Jenna Dykhoff, Softball, Wadena, MN

Century College

Ty Escobedo, Baseball, Centerville, MN

Gavin Goehner, Baseball, Forest Lake, MN

Ryan Jeffrey, Baseball, Rosemount, MN

Connor Larsen, Baseball, Spring Lake Park, MN

Malik Martin, Baseball, St. Louis Park, MN

Rylan Robinson, Baseball, Sauk Rapids, MN

John Teigland, Baseball, Hastings, MN

Nathan Zander, Baseball, Maple Lake, MN

Minnesota North College - Hibbing

Dakota Banks, Baseball, Rice, MN

Yuma Koda, Baseball, Tokyo, Japan

Riley Nunn, Baseball, Frederick, CO

Jaiden Walton, Baseball, West Palm Beach, FL

RJ Walker, Men's Basketball, Houston, TX

Minnesota North College - Itasca

Kollin Bonneville, Baseball, Cloquet, MN

Hunter Schultz, Baseball, Litchfield, MN

Caleb Gunderson, Baseball, Grand Rapids, MN

Nolan Harju, Baseball, Duluth, MN

Travis Richter, Baseball, Woodbury, MN

Kadyn Mork, Baseball, St. Cloud, MN

Cooper Flaig, Baseball, Roseau, MN

Taylor Whited, Women's Basketball, Yellow Jacket, CO

Bella Dunham, Softball, Palisade, MN

Addison Linder, Softball, Grand Rapids, MN

Kalli Fjeld, Softball, Floodwood, MN

Hailey Ridgeway, Softball, Frederic, WI

Karley Sokoloski, Softball, Grand Rapids, MN

Minnesota North College - Mesabi Range

Will Olson, Baseball, Estacada, OR

Harley Mott, Baseball, Eveleth, MN

Ethan Sillars, Baseball, Wausau, WI

Max Bahr, Baseball, Bemidji, MN

Reginald Adams, Men's Basketball, Chiefland, FL

Jamil Aziz, Men's Basketball, Milwaukee, WI

Memphys Tendrup, Women's Basketball, Bigfork, MN

Minnesota North College - Rainy River

Gerardo Alcantar Jr., Baseball, Rio Rico, AZ

Benjamin Bridges, Baseball, Tucson, AZ

Nicholas Colunga, Baseball, Grand Junction, CO

Christian Cortes Torres, Baseball, Tucson, AZ

Preston Dyok: Baseball, Humboldt, Sask., Canada

Kilian Ridder, Baseball, Leidschendam, Netherlands

EllaGrace Kellerby, Women's Basketball/Softball, Grand Junction, CO

Kaylyn-Fauve Mol, Women's Basketball/Softball, Oosterhout, Netherlands

Minnesota West Community and Technical College

Jayda Hellewell, Women's Basketball/Softball, Balaton, MN

Sadie Krahling, Women's Basketball, Adrian, MN

Payton Reimers, Women's Basketball/Softball, Lakefield, MN

Katrina Schutz, Women's Basketball/Softball, Eden Valley, MN

Hannah McNab, Softball, Worthington, MN

Northland Community and Technical College

Brandon Castilleja, Baseball, San Antonio, TX

Joel Fernandez, Baseball, Palm Bay, FL

Jeremiah Vallejo, Baseball, San Antonio, TX

Deng Kuek, Men's Basketball, Sioux Falls, SD

Alex Loomis, Men's Basketball, Racine, WI

Kenzie Dahl, Women's Basketball, Greenbush, MN

Josie Peterson, Women's Basketball, Thief River Falls, MN

Jade Reese, Women's Basketball, Greenbush, MN

Liza Bjerklie, Softball, Thief River Falls, MN

Samantha Stevens, Softball, Sebeka, MN

Kale Geiser, Wrestling, Thief River Falls, MN

Ridgewater College

Nolan Eischens, Baseball, New Prague, MN

Joseph Liebl, Baseball, Wabasso, MN

Blake Morris, Baseball, Cokato, MN

Davis Patzer, Baseball, Marietta, MN

Dominic Rose, Baseball, Gibbon, MN

Julia Hines, Women's Basketball, Randolph, MN

Kyra Jensen, Women's Basketball, Chanhassen, MN

Aly Wendlandt, Women's Basketball/Softball, New London, MN

Madison Norsten, Women's Basketball/Softball, Willmar, MN

Kylie Pauls, Softball, Paynesville, MN

Nevaeh Rahm, Softball, Fairmont, MN

Gabriel Michels, Wrestling, Hamburg, MN

James Morgan, Wrestling, Stacy, MN

Carson Nelson, Wrestling, New London, MN

Riverland Community College

Khalil Fernandez, Baseball, Arecibo, PR

Peyton Ransom, Baseball, Austin, MN

Riley Jax, Baseball, Adams, MN

Tyson Helms, Men's Basketball, Tucson, AZ

Joe Poyser, Men's Basketball, Wildwood, FL

Rochester Community and Technical College

Jeremiah Fletcher, Baseball, Rochester, MN

Chase Horstmann, Baseball, Bangor, WI

Connor Mathison, Baseball, Viroqua, WI

Aaron Terpstra, Baseball, Rochester, MN

Aiden Yochim, Baseball, Rochester, MN

Carson Brown, Men's Basketball, Hibbing, MN

Ella Bergan, Softball, Cresco, IA

Michaela Cauffman, Softball, Viroqua, WI

Cason Forbrook, Softball, Nicollet, MN

Kley Krause, Wrestling, Lakeville, MN

Citto Tuttle, Wrestling, Stillwater, MN

St. Cloud Technical and Community College

Josh Kingery, Baseball, Atwater, MN

Ben Rothstein, Baseball, Sauk Rapids, MN

Luke Dam, Baseball, Burnsville, MN

Carter Jackson, Men's Basketball, Buffalo, MN

Brooklyn Fischer, Women's Basketball, Brooten, MN

Allison Groskreutz, Women's Basketball, Becker, MN

Kenzie Hill, Softball, Chaska, MN

Rachel Kossan, Softball, Staples, MN

Sami Shelton, Softball, Proctor, MN

Sami Winter, Softball, Kimball, MN

Western Technical College

Colby Atkinson, Baseball, East Troy, WI

Eli Wilbricht, Baseball, Tempe, AZ

Braidon Brown, Baseball, Broomfield, CO

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.