MCAC Announces the 2025-26 Winter Sports All-Sportsmanship Team

MCAC Announces the 2025-26 Winter Sports All-Sportsmanship Team

The 2025-26 MCAC Winter Sports All-Sportsmanship Team was recognized today.

The MCAC All-Sportsmanship Team is a conference honor, with select members chosen by the head coaches of each athletic team. Each head coach named one athlete from their team based on criteria they set, with the expectation of promoting positive sportsmanship throughout the season.

Thirty athletes earned the honor for the winter sports season. There were five wrestlers, fourteen men's basketball athletes, and twelve women's basketball athletes.

An All-Sportsmanship team will be named for the fall, winter, and spring MCAC sports seasons.

The following athletes were named to the Winter All-Sportsmanship Team and are listed below by college and sport:

 

2025-26 MCAC Winter Sports All-Sportsmanship Team

Sport Athlete's Name College
Wrestling Connor Gmahl Minnesota North College-Itasca
Wrestling Billy Mensah Minnesota West Community & Technical College
Wrestling Kale Geiser Northland Community & Technical College
Wrestling James Morgan Ridgewater College
Wrestling Kley Krause Rochester Community & Technical College
     
Men's Basketball TJ Caouette Anoka Ramsey Community College
Men's Basketball Marnaries Ferguson Central Lakes College
Men's Basketball Tristin Scripture Minnesota North College - Hibbing
Men's Basketball Gohan Sawyer Minnesota North College - Itasca
Men's Basketball Barry Simmons Minnesota North College - Mesabi Range
Men's Basketball Zay'viar Handson Minnesota North College - Rainy River
Men's Basketball Desmond Olatunji Minnesota North College - Vermilion
Men's Basketball Braylon Baldwin Minnesota State Community & Technical College
Men's Basketball Calvin Flood Minnesota West Community & Technical College
Men's Basketball Lewis Jones Northland Community & Technical College
Men's Basketball Kyler Pickle Ridgewater College
Men's Basketball Lubab Kambalo Riverland Community College
Men's Basketball Aidan Flaten Rochester Community & Technical College
Men's Basketball Ismael Traore St. Cloud Technical & Community College
     
Women's Basketball Novalynn Sands Hannah Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Women's Basketball Gracie Mudgett Central Lakes College
Women's Basketball Emma Lane Minnesota North College - Itasca
Women's Basketball Suzy Aubrey Minnesota North College - Mesabi Range
Women's Basketball EllaGrace Kellerby Minnesota North College - Rainy River
Women's Basketball Nyjai Wright Minnesota North College - Vermilion
Women's Basketball Kaitlyn Olson Minnesota State Community & Technical College
Women's Basketball Izzy Klumper Minnesota West Community & Technical College
Women's Basketball Brooklynn Sarauer Northland Community & Technical College
Women's Basketball Rochelle Dean Ridgewater College
Women's Basketball Erin Boorsma Riverland Community College
Women's Basketball Brinn Kuechle St. Cloud Technical & Community College

 


 

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, as well as select colleges in North Dakota and Wisconsin.  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.