Montana places 85 on Academic All-Big Sky teams

2/5/2026 1:54:00 PM | Football, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Soccer, Volleyball

2025 Fall Academic All-Big Sky Conference Teams

By: Montana Sports Information

Montana's fall sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball placed 85 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big Sky Conference teams, the league office announced on Thursday.

The Grizzlies ranked third in the Big Sky behind Weber State (95) and Idaho (87).

Montana had seven men's cross country runners make the team and six women, 41 football, 20 soccer and 11 volleyball players.

Former Griz football coach Bobby Hauck's program had a league-high number of selections in that sport. The soccer program's 20 selections ranked second in that sport.

"Congratulations to the 760-plus individuals who make up our 2025 Fall All-Academic teams," Big Sky Commissioner Tom Wistrcill said.

"Student-athletes are met with so many distractions in the current state of college athletics. Seeing this group buckle down and earn this recognition is truly special and is also a testament to our campus communities that the right priorities are still in place."

Montana's 2025 Fall Academic All-Big Sky Conference selections:

Men's cross country: Morgan Amano (So., Business Management); Lane Cole (R-Jr., Wildlife Biology); Colin Shaules (Sr., Anthropology); Carson Steckelberg (Jr., Wildlife Biology); Elliot Stimpson (Fr., Integrative Physiology & Athletic Training); Henry Sund (Fr., Chemistry); Albert Turner (Fr., Finance)

Women's cross country: Malia Bradford (R-So., Integrative Physiology & Athletic Training); Libby Hartz (So., Business Management); Kayla Ingraham (Gr., Masters in Counselor Education, School Counseling); Heidi Olson (So., Communication Studies); Shay Pederson (Sr., Mathematics Education); Lucy Thompson (So., Political Science)

Football: Weston Adams (R-Jr., Communication Studies); Brady Beaner (Fr., Business Management);
Blake Bohannon (R-Sr., Business Management); Dillon Botner (Gr., Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Carter Bowen (Jr., Business Management); Kade Boyd (R-So., Business Management); Liam Brown (R-Sr., Graduate Certificate Cyber Security); Kade Cutler (R-Jr., Football, Masters of Public Administration); Brooks Davis (R-Fr., Business Management); Drew Deck (R-Sr., Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Kellen Detrick (R-Sr., Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Jordan Dever (R-So., History); Ian Finch (R-Jr., Masters of Business Administration); Lucas Freitas (R-So., Business Management); Josh Gale (R-Sr., Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Eli Gillman (R-Jr., Business Marketing); Monte Gillman (R-Fr., Psychology); Micah Harper (R-Sr., Masters of Business Administration); Tanner Huff (R-Sr., Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Everett Johnson (R-Sr., Masters of Business Administration); Isaac Keim (R-Fr., Biology); Cade Klimczak (Gr., Masters of Business Administration); Kenzel Lawler (R-Sr., Masters in Counselor Education); Geno Leonard (R-Sr., Masters of Business Administration); Jake Mason (R-So., Business Management); Patrick Matan (Gr., Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Ty Morrison (Sr., Criminology); Jake Olson (R-Sr., Masters of Business Administration); Hayden Opitz (R-So., Business Marketing); Clay Oven (R-So., Criminology); Cannon Panfiloff (R-Sr., Integrative Physiology); Hunter Peck (R-Sr., Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Grayson Pibal (R-Sr., Masters of Business Administration); TJ Rausch (R-Sr., Masters of Accounting); Hayden Schwartz (R-Jr., Business Marketing); Danny Sirmon (R-Fr., Business Finance); Cy Stevenson (R-So., Business Management); Solomon Tuliaupupu (Gr., Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Grady Walker (R-Fr., Business Management); Terahiti Wolfe (So., Business Administration); Michael Wortham (R-Sr., Graduate Certificate Entertainment Management)

Soccer: Taija Anderson (Jr., Psychology); Eliza Bentler (Sr., Marketing); Reagan Brisendine (So., Marketing); Riley Carolan (Jr., Psychology); Maddie Ditta (Sr., Integrative Physiology); Mia Draper (Fr., Communication Studies); Ashlyn Dvorak (R-Jr., Psychology); Ally Henrikson (R-Sr., Masters of Business Administration); Caylee Kerr (R-Fr., Business Management); Taylie Nowels (So., Business Management); Mia Parkhurst (R-Sr., Masters of Public Administration); Lydia Robertson (So., Public Health); Lucie Rokos (R-So., Integrative Physiology); Ashlyn Sandow (So., Integrative Physiology); Chloe Seelhoff (Sr., Management Information Systems); Maycen Slater (Fr., Integrative Physiology); Abby Smith (R-So., Marketing); Makena Smith (Jr., Business Management); Liv Thorne-Thomsen (Fr., Human Biology & Biomedical Sciences); Emma Widmor (So., Integrative Physiology)

Volleyball: Alexis Batezel (Sr., Psychology); Mylee Blake (Fr., Psychology); Gracie Cagle (Jr., Management Information Systems); Olivia LaBeau (Sr., Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling); Sydney Pierce (So., Marketing); Maddie Pyles (Sr., Management Information Systems); Madeline Sanderson (Fr., Business Management); Carley Spachman (Gr., Masters in Business Administration); Sophia Vella (Fr., Management information Systems); Emma Williams (So., Finance); Annika Wright (Fr., Communicative Sciences and Disorders)