News & Links 10/26/2026 1:00:00 PM MIAC Athletes of the Week - October 26, 2026 FARMINGTON, Minn. -- The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its Athlete of the Week award winners for football, volleyball, and soccer on Monday. Student-athletes from Bethel, Concordia, Gustavus, Saint Benedict, Saint John's, Saint Mary's, and St. Olaf claimed the Conference's weekly honors. The MIAC Athlete of the Week awards are nominated by the Conference's sports information directors and selected by MIAC staff. Throughout the fall season, team sports (football, soccer, and volleyball) Athletes of the Week will be recognized on Monday afternoons, with individual sports (cross country and golf) announced on Tuesday afternoons. The winners of the latest Athlete of the Week awards are listed below, along with details on their outstanding performances. The MIAC Athlete of the Week archive has complete details on each week's selections and winners. MIAC Football Offensive Player of the Week Trey Feeney Saint John's University Sr. | Quarterback Moorhead, Minn. / Moorhead Trey Feeney completed a MIAC record 51 passes for a program record 531 yards and six touchdowns in the Johnnies' 49-10 win at Carleton on 10/24. Feeney crossed the 300-yard mark for the sixth time this season and surpassed the 400-yard plateau for the third consecutive game. Feeney is now the seventh MIAC passer ever and the first Saint John's quarterback in history to throw for more than 500 yards in a single game. MIAC Football Defensive Player of the Week Tayte Lecy Concordia College Sr. | Defensive End Avon, Minn. / Albany Tayte Lecy collected three sacks on three consecutive plays in the fourth quarter of the Cobbers' victory over Augsburg on 10/24. Lecy finished the game with six total tackles, four tackles for loss, and a pass breakup, in addition to the three sacks. MIAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week Jack Sieben Gustavus Adolphus College Jr. | Kicker/Punter Hastings, Minn. / Hastings Jack Sieben connected on seven PAT tries in the Gusties' victory over Hamline on 10/24. Sieben also booted a pair of punts, including one for 41 yards, and totaled 528 yards on nine kickoffs in the game. MIAC Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week Grace Bathurst Bethel University Jr. | Middle Blocker Moorhead, Minn. / Moorhead Grace Bathurst registered a hitting percentage of .365 with 49 kills, 12 total blocks, and a pair of service aces in a week that included three conference victories for the Royals. After hitting .444 with 14 kills and three blocks in a sweep of Concordia on 10/21, Bathurst hit .500 with 16 kills and five total blocks in a sweep over Hamline on 10/23 before collecting a season-high 19 kills with four more blocks in a five-set victory over Macalester on 10/24. MIAC Volleyball Specialty Player of the Week Lavin LeJeune Saint Mary's University Fy. | Setter St. Charles, Minn. / Lewiston-Altura Lavin LeJeune set the program and MIAC records for most service aces in a four-set match with 13 in the Cardinals' victory over St. Scholastica on 10/24. LeJeune also had 14 assists in the match for an assist-ace double-double. LeJeune tallied 18 assists and four service aces in a sweep of St. Catherine on 10/23. MIAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week Kieran Mahan Gustavus Adolphus College So. | Forward Wayzata, Minn. / Wayzata Kieran Mahan scored three goals in 30 minutes of first-half game time in a 6-1 Gustie win over Lake Forest on 10/19. Mahan went on to tally a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win against Hamline on 10/24. The hat trick against the Foresters was Mahan's second of the season. He has scored at least once in three of the Gusties' last four games. MIAC Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week Jackson Baker Gustavus Adolphus College Jr. | Goalkeeper Excelsior, Minn. / Holy Family Catholic Jackson Baker picked up two clean sheets against conference foes last week and did not allow a goal in his 69:47 of action in a non-conference win over Lake Forest on 10/19. Baker had two saves against the Foresters and stopped a shot in each of the team's league victories against St. Scholastica (10/21) and Hamline (10/24) to earn his fourth and fifth shutouts of the season. MIAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week Wren VanDeWalker St. Olaf College Sr. | Midfielder Minneapolis, Minn. / Southwest Wren VanDeWalker scored twice in the second half to lead the Oles to a 2-1 win at Bethel on 10/24. VanDeWalker scored the game-tying goal in the 53rd minute and the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute to give St. Olaf the win. Earlier in the week, VanDeWalker played all 90 minutes and finished with six shots and four shots on goal in a 1-1 tie versus regionally-ranked Saint Benedict on 10/20. MIAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week Rhianna Anya College of Saint Benedict Sr. | Goalkeeper Bloomington, Minn. / Jefferson Rhianna Anya held opponents scoreless for 135 minutes of action to help the Bennies earn two ties in conference play last week. Anya collected seven saves in the first 45 minutes of action in an eventual 1-1 tie with St. Olaf on 10/20 before playing all 90 minutes of a scoreless draw with Carleton on 10/24, recording another seven saves against the Knights.