JACKRABBITS EARN WBCA ACADEMIC HONORS

ATLANTA, Ga. – The South Dakota State women's basketball team was honored Tuesday as the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its 2020-21 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll. The Jackrabbits ranked 10^th in NCAA Division I with a team grade point average of 3.699.

SDSU has earned the WBCA Academic Top 25 honor 14 times in the Division I era under the helm of head coach Aaron Johnston.

YEARS IN WBCA ACADEMIC TOP 25
2004-05: 2^nd – 3.567 Team GPA
2005-06: 1^st – 3.730 Team GPA
2006-07: 1^st – 3.693 Team GPA
2007-08: 1^st – 3.669 Team GPA
2008-09: 3^rd – 3.571 Team GPA
2009-10: 2^nd – 3.622 Team GPA
2010-11: 1^st – 3.666 Team GPA
2011-12: 2^nd – 3.610 Team GPA
2012-13: 13^th – 3.492 Team GPA
2013-14: 19^th – 3.421 Team GPA
2014-15: 21^st – 3.427 Team GPA
2017-18: 8^th – 3.641 Team GPA
2019-20: T-11^th – 3.696 Team GPA
2020-21: 10^th – 3.699 Team GPA

The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA and two-year GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2020-21 season is the 26th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.

NCAA DIVISION I HONOREES

Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1	University of Maine	Amy Vachon	3.900
2	Youngstown State University	John Barnes	3.874
3	Robert Morris University	Charlie Buscaglia	3.824
4	Marist College	Brian Giorgis	3.770
5	University of North Dakota	Mallory Bernhard	3.766
6	Eastern Illinois University	Matt Bollant	3.752
7	Northern Illinois University	Lisa Carlsen	3.739
8	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	Cindy Stein	3.716
9	Lipscomb University	Laura Sumski	3.702
10	South Dakota State University	Aaron Johnston	3.699
11	University of Nebraska Omaha	Carrie Banks	3.689
T12	Samford University	Carley Kuhns	3.672
T12	Portland State University	Chelsey Gregg	3.672
14	Lehigh University	Sue Troyan	3.670
15	University of Northern Iowa	Tanya Warren	3.663
16	Kent State University	Todd Starkey	3.655
17	Arizona State University	Charli Turner Thorne	3.645
18	Western Illinois University	JD Gravina	3.644
19	Davidson College	Gayle Fulks	3.634
20	Washington State University	Kamie Ethridge	3.629
21	Iona College	Billi Chambers	3.622
22	Houston Baptist University	Donna Finnie	3.621
23	University of Minnesota	Lindsay Whalen	3.593
T24	Rice University	Tina Langley	3.583
T24	Seattle University	Suzy Barcomb	3.583

Special Mention: Yale University, Allison Guth, 3.790; Harvard University, Kathy Delaney-Smith, 3.669.

About the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the association.

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