ARDEN HILLS, Minn. – Junior outfielder Matthew Carlsen has been named to the baseball First Team Academic All-America® team, announced by the College Sports Communicators Wednesday afternoon.
Carlsen boasts a 4.00 GPA in mechanical engineering and is BU's 28th all-time selection. He joins Micahel Bohlke (2018, second team) and Kirby Carr (2007 third team) as BU baseball's Academic All-America all-time selections. He was also recently named to the Academic All-District team in May.
On the field, he is a two-time All-Region honoree after hitting .388 for the year with a a .562 slugging percentage and .466 on-base percentage. Starting in all 44 games for the Royals he tallied a single-season record 178 at bats while being fourth in program history with 49 runs scored. He had the second most hits in a season with 69. He also tallied 33 RBIs, 15 doubles, five triples and two home runs.
On the base paths he was 12-of-13 in stolen bases and defensively he held a .990 fielding percentage.
Bethel's All-Time Academic All-Americans
| Name |
Sport |
Team |
Position |
Year |
| Jason Mekelburg |
Men's Basketball |
First |
Forward/Center |
1994 |
| Angie Voight |
Women's Cross Country |
Second |
- |
1999 |
| Hans Bengston |
Football |
First |
Defensive Back |
2001 |
| Jon Foss |
Football |
Second |
Defensive Line |
2001 |
| Matt Wassink |
Football |
First |
Linebacker |
2003 |
| Emily Conover |
Softball |
First |
Infielder |
2003 |
| Kirby Carr |
Baseball |
Third |
Outfield |
2007 |
| Amy Anderson |
Volleyball |
Second |
- |
2007 |
| David Benjamin |
Football |
Second |
Defensive Back |
2008 |
| Nicole Umhoefer |
Women's Cross Country / Track & Field |
Second |
- |
2008 |
| David Benjamin |
Football |
First |
Defensive Back |
2009 |
| Taylor Ferda |
Men's Cross Country / Track & Field |
Third |
- |
2009 |
| Marie Borner |
Women's Cross Country / Track & Field |
Second |
- |
2010 |
| David Vavra |
Football |
Second |
Defensive Back |
2011 |
| Gavin Mauer |
Football |
First |
Defensive Line |
2012 |
| Josh Treimer |
Football |
First |
Defensive Back |
2014 |
| Kyle Zimmermann |
Men's Basketball |
Second |
Forward |
2015 |
| Kristin Stern |
Volleyball |
Third |
- |
2017 |
| Michael Bohlke |
Baseball |
Second |
Pitcher |
2018 |
| Karl Olsen |
Men's Track & Field |
Second |
Sprinter |
2018 |
| Abby Miller |
Women's Basketball |
Third |
Guard |
2018 |
| Annika Halverson |
Women's Cross Country / Track & Field |
Second |
Distance |
2018 |
| Mariah Uphoff |
Softball |
Third |
Outfield |
2019 |
| Taite Anderson |
Women's Basketball |
First |
Forward |
2020 |
| Allie Fauth |
Softball |
Third |
Outfield |
2022 |
| Nate Farm |
Football |
Second |
Defensive Back |
2022 |
| Allie Fauth-Kilgore |
Softball |
First |
Outfield |
2023 |
| Matthew Carlsen |
Baseball |
First |
Outfield |
2023 |