Team Academic Accomplishments Team Academic Awards Both the South Dakota men and women’s cross country teams were named All-Academic teams by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The men’s program was ranked 5th with a cumulative GPA of 3.54, while the women were ranked 6th with a 3.71 cumulative GPA. The men and women’s track and field teams were named All-Academic teams by United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Each program ranked in the top-10 nationally for team GPA. The women hold a 3.53 cumulative GPA, the seventh best mark in the country. Meanwhile, the men rank 10th with a cumulative GPA of 3.31. The men and women have been named All-Academic teams for four and five consecutive years, respectively. The South Dakota women’s swimming and diving received College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-American honors for the fall of 2012. The women held a 3.13 team GPA for the fall semester. The College Swimming Coaches Association of America presents the Team Scholar All-American award to college and university swimming and diving teams who have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Women’s basketball was named to the WBCA Honor Roll for the fifth straight year. The team finished with a GPA of 3.368 for the year, 24th among all NCAA Division I women’s basketball teams. Men’s golf received the NCAA Public Recognition Award for the third straight year in 2012-13. The award is given to teams with an NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) in the top 10 percent of all teams in their respective sports. Based on a 1,000 point scale, men’s golf had a
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perfect rating with a mark of 1,000. Overall, 12 of USD’s 17 programs scored more than 975. Women’s tennis received the Summit League Team Academic Achievement Award, which is given in each of the league’s 19 sponsored sports to the team with the highest percentage of list-eligible student athletes. The tennis team had all six of their eligible players make the Commissioner’s List. They were also the only tennis program in the Summit League to be named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic team for achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or above. The Coyotes turned in a team GPA of 3.42. It is the eighth time in the last nine years that the Coyotes’ have been named an All-Academic Team. Women’s volleyball became one of 130 Division I teams to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2012-13 season. The award honors teams that displayed excellence the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade point average. The Coyotes held a GPA of 3.38 this year. Women’s softball recorded a 3.48 GPA for the 201213 school year, which was the 10th-best in the nation according to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. They had the second-highest team GPA in the Summit League, behind University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Coyote Academics by the Numbers 1 Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship winner in Alexa Duling. 1 Summit League Scholar Athlete of the Year in Jeff Mettler.