FARMINGTON, Utah (July 15, 2026) – Following a championship-filled spring season, 58 Northern Arizona student-athletes were recognized with 2026 Big Sky Spring All-Academic honors on Wednesday in an announcement by the Big Sky Conference office.
To be eligible for the Spring All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must have participated in at least half of the team's competitions, achieve a 3.2 cumulative GPA at the conclusion of the most recently completed term and completed at least one academic term at their current Big Sky institution. Track & field student-athletes must have participated in either half of the team's competitions or competed at the conference championship.
NAU's 58 all-academic honorees were part of the league's 698 awardees across men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, softball and men's and women's outdoor track & field.
The spring season was a banner one for the Lumberjacks as men's tennis swept the Big Sky regular season and tournament championships, men's outdoor track & field completed the season's triple crown of conference titles – in addition to cross country and indoor track & field championships – and golf posted its first league championship since 2022. Additionally, the women's tennis and women's outdoor track & field each placed second in their respective sports.
Men's outdoor track & field led the department with 22 honorees, followed by women's outdoor track & field with 18. Men's tennis had seven, while women's tennis (6) and golf (5) rounded out the department's spring all-academic awardees.
Thirteen of NAU's 58 honorees finished the spring semester with a 4.00 cumulative GPA. Nearly half of the 58 had a 3.70 GPA with 24 total, while 37 had a 3.50 GPA or better.
In all, NAU accumulated 192 Big Sky All-Academic awards during the 2025-26 season.
A full list of NAU's 2026 Big Sky Spring All-Academic honorees is found below.
Men's Tennis
Jakub Jedrzejczak, Fr., Business Analytics
Takumi Katsuda, Sr., Finance
Felix Neumeister, Fr., Health Science-Nutrition & Foods
Noa Tcherniack, RFr., Finance
Daniels Tens, Fr., Health Science-Nutrition & Foods
Vincent Vohl, So., Finance
Jakub Volesky, So., Business Economics
Women's Tennis
Elen Jantacova, So., Visual Communication
Patrycja Niewiadomska, Sr., Health Science-Nutrition & Foods
Andrea Noguera, Jr., Management
Natalie Rainke, Jr., Psychological Sciences
Leontina Stojanovic, So., Psychological Sciences
Mia Wolter, Fr., Dental Hygiene
Golf
Frankie Dezis, Jr., Psychological Sciences
Amy Hodgkins, Jr., Exercise Physiology
Lydia Lin, Fr., Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Nina Lukyanenko, Sr., Hotel & Restaurant Management
Lizzie Neale, Sr., University Studies
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Oluwatoni Adigun, So., Management
Jaymis Brown, Fr., Business Economics
Jack Cleary, Fr., Pre-Nursing
Parker Clifford, Fr., Biomedical Science
Cole Coppedge, Fr., Engineering Technology
Amar Elmore, Jr., Finance
Jonah Fearnley, RFr., Chemistry
Ethan Godsey, Jr., Accountancy
Cael Grotenhuis, Gr., Educational Leadership
Rheinhardt Harrison, Gr., University Studies
Tor Hotung-Davidsen, Gr., Business Analytics
Josiah Johnson, So., Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Nicolas Martinez, So., Mechanical Engineering
Bjorn Molenaar, Fr., Biomedical Science
Blaise Nelson, RSo., Construction Management
Kang Nyoak, Gr., Business Analytics
Erick Reyes, Jr., Finance
Trig Riefkohl, Fr., Management
Michael Roth, Fr., Forestry
Clay Shively, So., Communication Studies
Nikolas Strait, Sr., Secondary Education-English
Luke Yruretagoyena, Sr., Sociology
Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Bella Brauc, Fr., Management
Grace Copeland, Sr., Journalism
Addie Engel, Gr., Human Relations
Anna Fenske, Gr., Health Science-Public Health
Payton Godsey, Fr., Biomedical Science
Alexa Hamilton, Jr., Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Tess Hannigan, So., Psychological Sciences
Ariel Haygood, So., Dental Hygiene
Rylee Hobson, Fr., Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Sariyah Horne-Kemp, Sr., Sociology
Agnes McTighe, Gr., Communication
Ava Mitchell, Jr., Anthropology
Nikita Moore, Gr., Marketing
Brenna Rodriguez, Sr., Accountancy
Janelle Sanchez, Sr., Civil Engineering
Emma Stutzman, Jr., Exercise Physiology
Ali Upshaw, Gr., Public Health
Sydnie Watkins, So., Electrical Engineering
