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Lucas Hjortkjaer, Men's Track and Field
Lucas Hjortkjaer, a senior from Hvalsoe, Denmark, did well at his home track as he competed in the 1,500-Meter race in the 2026 GPAC Track & Field championships, held in Fremont. He led the field in the 1,500-meter run, claiming the conference title with a time of 3:54.28, helping the Warriors earn 6th place at the conference meet.
Mackenzie Groninga, Softball
Mackenzie Groninga, a sophomore from Blair, Nebraska, played a pivotal role in the Warriors' Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament run that ended with a GPAC tournament championship victory. Groninga started three games, going seven innings in all three starts while also coming into two games in relief. She pitched 28.1 innings with a 4-1 record, giving up just four runs during her time in the circle and striking out 32.
Maci Avila, Women's Wrestling
Maci Avila, a senior from Henderson Nevada, earned All-American honors with a fourth-place finish in the 138-pound bracket at the NAIA Nationals. After receiving a first-round bye, the No. 6 seed opened with a 10-0 technical fall before falling to Samantha Barragan of Texas Wesleyan in the quarterfinals. Avila responded with three straight consolation wins to secure All-American status, including an 11-4 decision over Hastings’ Reagan Gallaway and a 13-6 victory against Ottawa’s Aileen Lester. She fell to Barragan in the third-place match by technical fall, finishing the season 25-9.
Maci Avila, Women's Wresting
Maci Avila, a senior from Henderson Nevada, captured the conference championship in the 138 weight class and qualified for nationals at the GPAC championships over the weekend. Avila defeated Ari Hen (Waldorf) by fall at 1:56, then topped Lisa Hoeflich (Hastings) by technical fall, 10-0, at 1:51 in the semifinals. In the championship bout, Avila upset fourth-ranked Reagen Gallaway (Hastings) by decision, 8-4.
Taylor Bell, Women's Hockey
Taylor Bell, a senior from Brandon Manitoba, helped the Warriors with five goal contributions in Midland's 10-2 win over Colorado State on Friday as the Warriors returned to the Sidner Ice Arena for the first time in two months. Bell scored two goals at the end of the first period before earning two assists in the second and one in the third for three total assists in the game.
Taylor Bell, Women's Hockey
Taylor Bell, a senior from Brandon Manitoba, played a pivotal role in Midland’s 4-0 run at the ACHA Championships, helping the program secure its first national championship. Bell scored two goals in the tournament, including an overtime winner in the final game of pool play to lift Midland to a 1-0 victory against Adrian and clinch a spot in the semifinals. After the Warriors’ 4-3 overtime win against Maryville in the semifinals, Bell delivered again in the national championship game against Liberty. With the score tied 3-3, 118 minutes into the game, in the third overtime period, and Midland on the power play, Bell’s initial shot was stopped, but she collected the rebound and fired it over the goalkeeper’s left shoulder and into the net for the game-winner to secure the Championship for the Warriors.
Taylor Bell, Women's Hockey
Taylor Bell, a senior from Brandon Manitoba, played a pivotal part in the Warriors' three-game sweep of Lindenwood over the weekend. In the Warriors' 10-0 win on Friday, Bell scored two goals and earned an assist before earning an assist on Saturday and two more goals on Sunday in games that finished with scores of 7-0 and 6-0, respectively. Over the three games, Bell racked up four goals and two assists, bringing her total up to four goals and five assists on the season.
Ja'Myri Bernard, Men's Track & Field
Ja’Myri Bernard, a sophomore from Lafayette, Louisiana, turned in a strong performance at the Prairie Wolf Outdoor Invite on Friday. He placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.32 seconds. Bernard also competed in two relay events, running on the 4x100-meter relay alongside Jameson Painter, Jason Jeffers and Aiden Mountain, as well as the 4x400-meter relay with Raheem Richards, Noah Sherman and Chris Medlock. Both relay teams finished second. The 4x100 posted a time of 42.51 seconds, while the 4x400 finished in 3:19.70, a mark that ranks fourth all-time in program history.
Tyra Berry, Women's Basketball
Tyra Berry, a freshman from Milbank South Dakota, performed well in the Warriors' game against College of Saint Mary on Tuesday. Berry came off the bench to play 28 minutes and lead the team in scoring with 15 points, shooting 5-12 from the field and 4-8 from behind the three-point line.
Brayden Bliss, Shotgun
Brayden Bliss, a senior from Tuttle Oklahoma, finished as the meet runner-up when the Warriors traveled to Grand Island, Nebraska, to compete in the 2025 Prairie Circuit Conference (PCC) Shoot over the weekend. Bliss connected on 467 of 500 targets while his team hit 2,378 of a possible 2,500 targets to finish second at the shoot.
Victoria Campbell, Women's Hockey
Victoria Campbell, a freshman from Embro Ontario, played a pivotal part in the Warriors' sweep of Minnesota over the weekend. In the first game, in which Midland won 14-1, Campbell played a part in five of the 14 goals, earning two goals and assisting three. In the second game on Sunday, she was the standout performer, scoring five goals and assisting two in the Warriors' 13-0 win, bringing her overall total to seven goals and five assists for the weekend.
Addison Castellanos, Women's Soccer
Addison Castellanos, a senior from Murrieta California, lead the Warriors to their first conference win on Saturday as they beat Waldorf 3-0 in Forest City, Iowa. Castellanos got the scoring started in the 10th minute with a penalty kick goal before doubling the lead just after the start of the second half. That puts her total on the year at five as she leads the team in goals this year.
Tyson Denkert, Football
Tyson Denkert, a senior from Kenesaw Nebraska, ran for 248 yards and eclipsed the Midland University all-time career rushing record as the Warriors defeated the Dakota Wesleyan University Tigers, 45-7, Saturday afternoon at Joe Quintal Field. Now at 3,370 career rushing yards, Denkert surpassed the mark held by Shawn Riley, who ran for 3,245 yards, a record set 28 years ago in 1997.
Aria Feit, Women's Swim & Dive
Aria Feit, a senior from Lincoln Nebraska, led Midland in a highly contested dual with Morningside on Saturday. The Mustangs eventually won by just a point, but Feit was the top competitor for the Warriors, earning two first-place finishes in the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle events. She finished the 1,000 in 11:41.03, one minute and 19 seconds in front of second place, and the 500 in 5:46.53, 21 seconds in front of second. She also swam the anchor leg in Midland's first-place finish at the 400-yard medley relay event to kick off the dual, swimming the final 100 yards in 59.17 seconds.
Hugo Garcia-Rosado Duran, Men's Soccer
Hugo Garcia-Rosado Duran, a senior from Barcelona Spain, scored the winning goal to give Midland the victory over 11th-ranked Bellevue on Wednesday. With the game tied 1-1 in the 79th minute, Hugo Garcia stepped up to take a free kick from 30 yards out before curling the ball into the top right corner to give Midland the 2-1 victory, cementing themselves in the NAIA top 25 coaches poll.
Hugo Garcia-Rosado Duran, Men's Soccer
Hugo Garcia-Rosado Duran, a senior from Barcelona Spain, had one goal and two assist in the Warriors 3-0 win over York on Wednesday. The reigning GPAC offensive player of the year has five goals in the first five games of the season as he looks to improve on his junior year where he scored 12 goals and had four assists.