NSCA ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETES OF THE YEAR AWARDED – Spencer Karstens 5x NSCA All-American
The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Announces 28 Athletes Receive the 2025 All-American Athlete Award
Coach Rozy Performance – Powered by AVERA Sports Yankton is excited to recognized 28 athletes, from Mount Marty University, Beresford High School, Gayville-Volin High School and Yankton High School for their outstanding accomplishments as a student athlete.
Colorado Springs, CO – The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is proud to announce the following 28 student athletes as 2025 All-American Athlete Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year Award recipients.
Mount Marty University
Isaac Crownover – 2x All American – Football; Defense
Kyle Hirsch – Football; Offense
Jayden Horrach – 2x All American – Football; Special Teams
Tash Lunday– Men’s Basketball
Beresford High School
Keely Merrigan – Volleyball
Cooper Nelson – Football
Reese Olson – Girls Wrestling
Kohan Schurch – Boys Track & Field
Gayville-Volin High School
Carter Barron – Football
Ayla Dimmer – Softball
Paisley Dimmer – Volleyball
Taylor Hoxeng – 3x All-American; Multi-Sport – Girls
Preston Karstens – 3x All-American; Basketball
Spencer Karstens – 5x All-American; Multi-Sport – Boys
Will Pirak – 3x All-American – Cross Country
Nate Selchert – 2x All-American; Boys Track & Field
Yankton High School
Abram Chance – Boys Cross-Country
Josslyn Elwood – Girls Soccer
Easton Feser – Weight Lifting
Rilyn Jackson – Girls Cross-Country
Bryce Kral – Football
Carson Ness – Boys Basketball
Jack Pedersen – Boys Soccer
Tucker Renken – Hockey
Matthew Sheldon – Multi-Sports – Boys
Connor Slaba – 2x All-American – Boys Track & Field
Bode Thurman – Boys Wrestling
Eden Wolfgram – Multi-Sports – Girls
This award recognizes each girl and boy for their athletic accomplishments and their dedication to strength and conditioning. Nominated by Mark “Coach Rozy” Roozen and his staff from Coach Rozy Performance – Powered by AVERA Sports Yankton, each athlete was chosen based on their determination to improve in athletics while maintaining academic prominence as a great model for all student-athletes at their schools.
“We are proud to have Coach Rozy and his staff join the NSCA in its mission to safely improve athletic performance,” says Eric McMahon, NSCA’s Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, “Supporting our student-athletes like all those in Coach Rozy’s Performance program, guarantees a stronger future for the NSCA.”
Mark “Coach Rozy” Roozen said, “This is a really great honor for all the young boys and girls selected and also for the coaches, teams and schools. It shows the dedication that a program has to improving performance – at all levels. This is the most NSCA All-Americans we have ever had selected, which means a lot to all of us here at Coach Rozy Performance and with AVERA Sports Yankton.” He also stated, “ We had some firsts this year as well. Kyle Hirsch was our first athlete that was a High School NSCA All American and now got the award as a college athlete. Also, Spencer Karstens was our first 5x chosen All-American – passing up Matthew Mors, (Yankton’s basketball standout) who had won the award four times when he was an athlete at Yankton High School.”
Congratulations to each student athlete that received the award this year. An updated list of the All-American Athletes of the Year award, visit NSCA.com/All-American.
