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MIAC announces 2025 spring sport Elite 22 winners

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) recognized some of its best and brightest spring-sport student-athletes on Tuesday with the announcement of the baseball, softball, tennis, and outdoor track & field Elite 22 Awards.

Gustavus juniors Gage Gohl and Kaya De Bruijn received the award for men's and women's tennis, respectively; St. Olaf junior Zach Martin and Bethel senior Hailey Gregg were the recipients in outdoor track & field; St. Catherine senior Sarah Posey received the award in softball and Saint John's junior Collin Kray received baseball's Elite 22 award.

The MIAC Elite 22 Award recognizes the true essence of the term "student-athlete" by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the conference championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. Modeled after the NCAA Elite 90 Award, the MIAC Elite 22 Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest grade-point average (GPA) in each sport who meets similarly high, sport-specific athletic requirements.

In all sports with MIAC team playoff tournaments, including tennis, baseball, and softball, the MIAC Elite 22 Award is presented to the individual with the highest GPA on the active postseason roster of a playoff-qualifying team. In championship meet sports, including outdoor track & field, the winner is the individual with the highest GPA who was named All-Conference. Each winner must be a junior or senior and in at least their second full academic year at their current institution. Ties are broken by the number of credits earned.

De Bruijn (Jr. | Maasland, Netherlands | Stedelijk Gymnasium) enjoyed a banner season on the court that began with winning the ITA Midwest regional doubles title and will conclude this weekend in the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Doubles Championships. One-half of the 2024-25 MIAC Women's Tennis Doubles Team of the Year, De Bruin went 20-5 in doubles play and 17-8 in singles action this season. Named to the College Sports Communicators' Academic All-District Team earlier this month, De Bruijn has a 4.0 grade point average at Gustavus while majoring in geology and environmental studies.

Gohl (Jr. | Sioux Falls, S.D. | Lincoln) began the 2024-25 men's tennis season by clinching the ITA Midwest regional singles championship and will defend his NCAA Division III doubles national championship later this week in the national individual tournament. Gohl was 11-7 in singles dual matches throughout the season and 14-7 atop the doubles lineup. He has a 3.97 GPA as a communication studies and sport management major at Gustavus.

Gregg (Sr. | Colorado Springs, Colo. | Air Academy) helped the Royals set a new meet record in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:49.64 at the 2025 MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships earlier this month, an event she will compete in later this week at the NCAA Division III Championships. Gregg won both the MIAC Elite 22 and NCAA Elite 90 awards earlier this year for the indoor track & field portion of the schedule. She has a 4.0 GPA at Bethel while majoring in elementary education and teaching English as a second language.

Kray (Jr. | Little Falls, Minn.) helped the Johnnies clinch their 15th consecutive MIAC Baseball Playoff berth this season. The first baseman hit 0.286 for the season, driving home three runs and crossing home plate four times. He maintains a 4.0 GPA while majoring in chemistry at Saint John's.

Martin (Jr. | Eagan, Minn. | Trinity School at River Ridge) ran on the Oles' first-place 4x800-meter squad at the 2025 MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships earlier this month. The St. Olaf quartet set a new facility record with a time of 7:41.52 to win the event by just under 1.5 seconds. Martin has a 4.0 GPA while majoring in mathematics and quantitative economics at St. Olaf.

Posey (Sr. | Sierra Vista, Ariz. | Veritas) was part of a Wildcats team that clinched its fourth MIAC Softball Playoff berth in the last five seasons in 2025. The senior catcher started 71 games over that span, batting 0.295 at the plate with 64 hits and 16 RBI on her resume. She has a 3.98 GPA as a public health major at St. Kate's.

A physical award will be provided to the winners to commemorate their MIAC Elite 22 Award. The conference also recognizes the honorees on the MIAC Elite 22 Award website, which archives each of the winners throughout the academic year.

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