CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -  The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced the spring sport inductees to the 2023-24 A-R-C All-Academic team on Wednesday afternoon, which saw 57 Duhawk student-athletes crack the list.

Loras' honorees were among 402 total student-athletes among the conference's six spring championship sports. To be eligible for the A-R-C All-Academic Team honors, a student-athlete must be on the eligibility list for the sport of nomination, at least a sophomore in academic standing with at least one year in residence and attain a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better (on a 4.0 scale). 
 
Wartburg College led the way with 95 student-athletes earning All-Academic recognition. Simpson College placed the second highest total on the spring all-academic team with 72, followed by Central College with 60 and Nebraska Wesleyan University with 58. Loras College placed 57 student-athletes on this year's spring all-academic team to finish fifth-best. The University of Dubuque garnered 55 honorees while Luther College recorded 40 honorees. Coe College placed 34 student-athletes on the list of honorees. Buena Vista University rounds out the A-R-C schools with 31 spring student-athletes named A-R-C All-Academic. 
 
Women's track and field led all sports with 135 honorees, followed by men's track and field with 123. Baseball garnered 101 All-Academic honorees and softball with 87. There were 28 men's tennis student-athletes to earn this recognition and 25 men's golf student-athletes. 
 
The breakdown of Loras' 57 All-Academic Team members can be found below. Men's track and field led the way with 15 honorees, followed by women's track with 13.

Men's Track: Carter Allen, Michael Coy, Matthew Foote, Christopher Guise, Ryan Harvey, Jacob Hocking, Logan Hoger, Will Kieffer, Matt Kruse, Ted Kruse, Cade Messer, Elijah Pflipsen, Eric Rutherford, Carson Vaske, Alex Wilson (15)

Women's Track: Frankie Chaidez, Chloe Dunigan, Emily Fields, Audra Gallick, Sara Hoskins, Emily Jackson, Paige Jacobs, Julia Klein, Brooke Kruse, Eliana Malatt, Olivia Miller, Abby O'Connor, Bailey Vaughan (13)

Softball: Nicole Bendig, Ava Franklin, Ashlyn Hemm, Alyssa Hughes, Gillian Jones, Laurissa Klapatauskas, Whitney Leipold, Morgan Machovec, Olivia Martinelli, Rachel Peat, Keely Pilcher, Shandi Rulli (12)

Baseball: Jack Carney, Peter Coakley, Jackson Cullen, Nick DiBenedetto, Aidan Herrick, Max McCallum, Alex Sandoval, Austin Sheldon, Cody Sunny (9)

Men's Golf: Doug Custis, Kellen Howard, Zander Jones, Willam Schimbke (4)

Men's Tennis: Gage Becker, Sean Gelski, Thomas Kampmier, Kareem Kassas (4)