ST. PAUL, Minn. -  The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has announced its All-Academic teams for the 2009-10 winter athletic season, and 13 Southwest Minnesota State athletes are among this season's honorees.

To be eligible for this honor, the student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or better. Furthermore, the athlete must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at her or his institution and must have completed at least one full academic year at that institution.

For SMSU, seven student-athletes from women's basketball, four from men's basketball and two from wrestling were named to this year's team.

Women's Basketball
Aimee Burmester, Sr., DeWitt, Iowa
Tori Fink, Jr., North Fond du Lac, Wis.
Abby Kenealy, So., Farmington, Minn.
Laura Kramer, Jr., Fulda, Minn.
Heather Smith, Jr., Mahtomedi, Minn.
Megan Stadler, Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D.
Taylor Voss, So., Avon, Minn.

Men's Basketball
Kevin Andrews, Sr., Marion, Iowa
Trent Carlson, So., Belle Plain, Minn.
Taylor Huseby, Jr., Pelican Rapids, Minn.
Andrew Peschong, Sr., Marshalltown, Iowa

Wrestling
#C.D. Johnson#, Jr., LeRoy, Mich.
Tanner Skillings, So., Minneota, Minn.