SDSU AGAIN LEADS COMMISSIONER’S LIST HONORS

7/26/2023 11:52:00 AM | Baseball, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men's Swimming and Diving, Men's Track and Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Track and Field, Women's Volleyball

Summit League Release

By: Andrew Pedersen

SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota State University student-athletes combined to earn a league-best 132 selections to the 2022-23 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence, which was announced Wednesday. A total of 120 Jackrabbits were honored, with 12 being recognized as members of both the cross country and track and field squads.

Those selected to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence must carry at least a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average, used a year of eligibility during the 2022-23 athletics season and completed either three full semesters or five quarters at the nominating institution. Among the 10 Summit League members during the previous academic year, 994 student-athletes across 17 sports were honored.

In addition, the Jackrabbit women's golf and softball teams received Team Academic Achievement Awards for leading their respective sports with the highest percentage of list-eligible student-athletes on the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

Denver claimed the Institutional Academic Achievement Award with four of the Pioneers' programs earning Team Academic Achievement Awards.

Following is a list of SDSU honorees, by sport, for the 2022-23 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence:

Baseball (6): Reece Arbogast, Drew Beazley, Adam Benes, Alex Clemons, Brady Hawkins, Lucas Ira

Men's Basketball (4): Matt Dentlinger, Charlie Easley, Aaron Fiegen, Matt Mims

Women's Basketball (8): Paiton Burckhard, Paige Meyer, Tori Nelson, Regan Nesheim, Myah Selland, Kallie Theisen, Haleigh Timmer, Madysen Vlastuin

Men's Cross Country (5): Thomas Breuckman, Daniel Burkhalter, Mason McDonald, Nathan Notgrass, Ben Olson

Women's Cross Country (10): Claire Beckman, Caitlin Bright, Kayla Christopherson, Harley Fischer, Leah Hansen, Bridget Henne, Hannah Nelson, Hannah Neusch, Malorie Schmoll, Grace Waage

Men's Golf (2): Noah Boraas, Lucas Schaefbauer

Women's Golf (4): Tatum Depuydt, Alex Kandolin, Shakira-Ann Kuys, Piper Stubbs

Women's Soccer (12): Kayla Anderson, Abria Brooker, Hailee Fischer, Delaney Grant, Hannah King, Avery LeBlanc, Hayley Lindaman, Kaycee Manding, Avery Murdzek, Laney Murdzek, Jocelyn Tanner, Mo Tolley

Softball (13): Chiara Bassi, Alli Boyle, Jocelyn Carrillo, Rozelyn Carrillo, Lindsey Culver, Brooke Dumont, Grace Glanzer, Mia Jarecki, Tori Kniesche, Cheyanne Masterson, Emma Osmundson, Tori Tollefson, Allison Yoder

Men's Swimming and Diving (7): Chad Anderson, Caleb Harthoorn, Luke Nichols, Naested Smit, Damon Venner, Gavin Wheeler, Max White

Women's Swimming and Diving (14): Emma Bachelder, Natalie Cannell, Sianne. Downes, Katie Drezen, Mie Due, Gabriella Gnewuch, Sophie Haise, Kelsey Kocon, Morgan Nelson, Kathleen Pattee, Aleni Stoakes, Elisabeth Timmer, Kaylee Tringali, Grace Witherspoon

Men's Track and Field (14): Thomas Breuckman, Daniel Burkhalter, Tyler Goehring, Thailan Hallman, Evan Henderson, Matthew Katz, Pierre Lear, Mason McDonald, Nathan Notgrass, Ben Olson, Reid Pierzinski, Wyatt Seagren, Hunter Wallster, Jared Wipf

Women's Track and Field (29): Claire Beckman, Ashtyn Bertram, Laura Bogue, Jaiden Boomsma, Caitlin Bright, Camryn Bringman, Shae Campbell, Kayla Christopherson, Brielle Dixon, Harley Fischer, Elizabeth Gllingham, Tori Glazer, Paige Haakenson, Leah Hansen, Bridget Henne, Meghan Hettinga, Greta Johnson, Cerington Jones, Madison Kizer, Faith Leiseth, Nora Peterson, Savannah Risseeuw, Emily Rystrom, Emma Smith, True Thorne, Lauren Van Dyke, Grace Waage, Annie Wendt, Hannah Whitbread

Volleyball (4): Akeela Jefferson, Jadyn Makovicka, Raegen Reilly, Elyse Winter

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