2024 UMAC Men’s Cross Country Awards

11/4/2024 12:00:01 PM

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced the recipients of their 2024 men’s cross country awards on Monday. The top 16 runners at the UMAC Championship were named to the All-Conference Team with the top eight finishers recognized as First Team and the next eight recognized as Second Team. The remaining awards are nominated and voted on by the conference head coaches.
 
Aidan Doherty of the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets was named the 2024 UMAC Individual Champion with a first-place finish at the UMAC Championship. The senior led the conference field with a time of 26:09.5. In his championship-winning run, Doherty broke his previous career personal best time of 26:13.8 by 4.3 seconds.
 
Maverick Hoogland of UW-Superior was named the UMAC Rookie of the Year. The freshman finished 10th at the UMAC Championship with a time of 27:45.6 in his first championship race. Hoogland’s best 8k time this fall was 27:32.7 at the Augustana Interregional Invitational.
 
UW-Superior head coach Glen Drexler was named the UMAC Coach of the Year. In his 15th season leading the Yellowjackets, Coach Drexler led UW-Superior to win the UMAC Championship for the fourth year in a row and the seventh time in both the past eight years and in the program’s history. Drexler’s Yellowjackets won the conference championship with a team score of 22, finishing 51 points ahead of the runner-up.
 
The Martin Luther College Knights won the team sportsmanship award, an accolade that is selected by the UMAC coaches and awarded to the team that best represents sportsmanship throughout the entire season, including the championship event.
 
Each team also had one representative earn All-Sportsmanship honors.
 
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION
Aidan Doherty | UW-Superior Yellowjackets
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Maverick Hoogland | UW-Superior Yellowjackets
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Glen Drexler | UW-Superior Yellowjackets
 
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Martin Luther Knights
 
ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
Name Institution Yr. Hometown / High School
Aidan Doherty UW-Superior Sr. Wild Rose, Wis. / Wild Rose
Zach Reese UW-Superior Sr. Zimmerman, Minn. / Spectrum
Austin Carlson Crown Sr. Montrose, Minn. / Delano
Dylan Uitto UW-Superior So. Ashland, Wis. / Ashland
Ben Plackner UW-Superior So. Bovey, Minn. / Greenway
Andrew Deedon Crown So. Boise, Idaho / Centennial
Micah Schibbelhut Martin Luther Sr. Onalaska, Wis. /  Luther
Jacob Weddle Northwestern Sr. Rhinelander, Wis. / Rhinelander

ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
Name Institution Yr. Hometown / High School
Eliott Heiderich Martin Luther Fr. Lehi, Utah / Luther Prep
Maverick Hoogland UW-Superior Fr. Catawba, Wis. / Phillips
Jayde Canfield UW-Superior Fr. Prescott, Wis. / Prescott
Bennett Selfridge Northwestern Sr. Rapid City, S.D. / Rapid City Christian
Kieran Johnson UW-Superior Sr. South Range, Wis. / Northwestern
Garrett Converse North Central Jr. Lexington, Nev. / Lexington
Dominick Meisner UW-Superior So. Bloomer, Wis. / Bloomer
Daniel Ertman Martin Luther Fr. Fort Atkinson, Wis. / Lakeside Lutheran

ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP
Name Institution Yr. Hometown / High School
Josiah Hoppe Bethany Lutheran Sr. Lewiston, Minn. / Luther
Caden Swoboda Crown Jr. Mountain Lake, Minn. / Mountain Lake
Micah Schibbelhut Martin Luther Sr. Onalaska, Wis. / Luther
Colton Hagen North Central Fr. Carroll, Iowa / Carroll
Teddy Uehling Northland Sr. LaCrosse, Wis. / Aquinas
Liam Poitra Minnesota Morris Sr. Virginia, Minn. / Virginia
Bennett Selfridge Northwestern Sr. Rapid City, S.D. / Rapid City Christian
Dominick Meisner UW-Superior So. Bloomer, Wis. / Bloomer
 

The UMAC is an NCAA Division III member comprised of eight full-time member schools from Minnesota and Wisconsin: Bethany Lutheran College, Crown College, Martin Luther College, North Central University, Northland College, University of Minnesota Morris, University of Northwestern, and University of Wisconsin-Superior.