ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced its 2021 Outdoor Track & Field Women's All-Conference and major award winners on Tuesday afternoon, recognizing the achievements of 29 student-athletes.

UW-Superior's LeAnn Torgerson, the top-scorer at the UMAC meet, was named Track Athlete of the Meet, as voted on by the UMAC Track & Field coaches. Minnesota Morris' Jessica Bliese earned  Field Athlete of the Meet honors while her coach Joshua Kuusisto was tabbed Coach of the Year.

Megan McCue of Bethany Lutheran was selected Rookie of the Year to round out the major award winners on the women's side. 

Minnesota Morris also 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. Each team also had one representative named to the individual sportsmanship award list. 

UMAC All-Conference List

Lili Tapper (Lindstrom, Minn./Irondale HS)	College of St. Scholastica
Lexi Erickson (International Falls, Minn./Falls HS (St. Catherine))	College of St. Scholastica
Dayelise Davidson (Coleraine, Minn./Greenway HS)	College of St. Scholastica
Melissa Geisenhof (Little Falls, Minn./Little Falls HS)	College of St. Scholastica
Anna Becker (Buffalo, Minn./Maple Lake HS)	College of St. Scholastica
Annika Voss (Duluth, Minn./Proctor HS)	College of St. Scholastica
Megan Bechthold (Duluth, Minn./Lakeview Christian Academy)	College of St. Scholastica
Juanel Roux	Crown College
Abby Hagen	Crown College
Janae Jensen	Martin Luther College
Madelyn Plitzuweit	Martin Luther College
Bailey Brewster	North Central University
Elizabeth Lofstad	North Central University
Kaitlyn Ladwig	University of Minnesota Morris
McKenna Langerud	University of Minnesota Morris
Alexa Yeager	University of Minnesota Morris
Jasmine Terry	University of Minnesota Morris
Jenna Benson	University of Minnesota Morris
Hailey Gill	University of Minnesota Morris
Jessica Bliese	University of Minnesota Morris
Jenica Moes	University of Minnesota Morris
Maddie Fenske	University of Minnesota Morris
Kacy Selje	University of Northwestern
Megan Nowak	University of Northwestern
Carly Thompson	University of Northwestern
Gracia Widman	University of Northwestern
Nanako Hara	University of Wisconsin-Superior
Kasha Hughlett	University of Wisconsin-Superior
LeAnn Torgerson	University of Wisconsin-Superior

Top Point Scorer of the Meet Award – LeAnn Torgerson, UW-Superior, 36 pts
Track Athlete of the Meet Award – LeAnn Torgerson, UW-Superior
Field Athlete of the Meet Award – Jessica Bliese, Minnesota Morris
Rookie of the Year Award – Megan McCue, Bethany Lutheran 
Coach of the Year Award – Josh Kuusisto, Minnesota Morris
 
Team Sportsmanship Award – Minnesota Morris
 
Individual Sportsmanship Award Selections 
University of Northwestern – Megan Nowak
UW-Superior – Amber Heidenreich
University of Minnesota Morris – Mckenna Langerud
College of St. Scholastica – Liana Blomgren (Mountain Lake, Minn./Mountain Lake HS)
Bethany Lutheran College – Karsen Risse
Crown College – Emily Hilton
Martin Luther College – Johanna Fischer
North Central University – Bailey Brewster