November 10, 2025

BILLINGS, Mont. – The 2025 Frontier Conference Women’s and Men’s Cross Country Champions of Character recipients, presented by WinWon Technologies, were announced during the awards ceremony after the conclusion of the conference championship meets held at Amend Park on Nov. 7.

The head coach from each Frontier Conference member selects the recipient that fits to the NAIA’s Champions of Character initiative program’s five cores that include integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership.

The mission of the NAIA’s Champions of Character program is to provide training to instill the values that build character so that students, coaches, and parents know, do, and value the right thing on and off the field.

The Champions of Character program helps participants find balance by keeping the five core values – integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership – at the heart of the athletics experience.  In the NAIA, we strive to be The Right Way To Play!

Below are the recipients for the Champions of Character from each gender:

Bellevue (Neb.)
Women:  Maggie Boley - junior from Blue Springs, Mo.
Men:  Jaedon Maxfield - senior from Lincoln, Neb.

Bismarck State (N.D.)
Women:   Ava Stafford - junior from Cody, Wyo.
Men:  Michael Pfliger - sophomore from Mandan, N.D.

Carroll (Mont.)
Women:  Madalen Shipman - senior from Dillon, Mont.
Men:  Luke Decker - junior from Spokane, Wash.

Dakota State (S.D.)
Women:  Brooke Beaucaire - senior from Beaumont, Calif.
Men:  Blake Schmiedt - senior from Dakota Dunes, S.D.

Dickinson State (N.D.)
Women:  Natalie Lile - senior from Ballantine, Mont.
Men:  Caleb Sarsland - junior from Bowman, N.D.

Montana State University - Northern
Women:  Emerson Kinsella - freshman from Havre, Mont.
Men:  Donovan AimsBack - freshman from Browning, Mont.

Montana Tech
Women:  Kamryn Comba - senior from Idaho Falls, Idaho
Men:  Noah Miller - freshman from Billings, Mont.

Montana Western
Women:  Olivia Heiner - junior from Ronan, Mont.
Men:  Tristan Von Bargen - freshman from Tenino, Wash.

Providence (Mont.)
Women:  Savannah Ivins - sophomore from Shelley, Idaho
Men:  Kyler Harris - freshman from Florence, Mont.

Rocky Mountain
Women:  Maya Pearcy - junior from Columbus, Wis.
Men:  Connor Chase - senior from Billings, Mont.

Valley City State (N.D.)
Women:  Billie Maye Pohlkamp - freshman from Little Falls, Minn.
Men:  Mason Brehmer - freshman from Bellingham, Minn.
 
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