Summit League Announces Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team
Summit League Announces Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team
Academic All-League Team Release
ELMHURST,
Ill. − With the spring semester of the 2011-12 academic year
in the books, The Summit League has announced its Academic
All-League Team for the winter and spring seasons. A total of 1,081
student-athletes from baseball, men’s and women’s
basketball, men’s and women’s golf, softball,
men’s and women’s swimming & diving, men’s
and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track
& field have been honored for their academic excellence. Of the
1,081 selections, 482 were recognized as Distinguished Scholars and
263 earned “straight-A’s”.
Oakland
led the way with a league-best 154 selections to the Academic
All-Summit League squad, edging out South Dakota State which had
152 recipients. South Dakota came in third with 139 honorees, ahead
of North Dakota State’s 111 student-athletes. Western
Illinois landed 106 members to the honor roll followed closely by
Southern Utah with 101 selections. UMKC (89 honorees), IUPUI (85
honorees), IPFW (74 honorees) and Oral Roberts (51 honorees)
rounded out the list. Eastern Illinois placed 19 student-athletes
as an associate swimming & diving member.
Women’s
track & field led the way in the sport breakdown with 204
representatives, followed by men’s track & field with
164. Softball had 108 honorees with women’s swimming &
diving closely behind with 103 selections.
In
order to be selected to the Academic All-Summit League Team, a
student-athlete must have a 3.0 or better grade-point average (GPA)
in the semester in which they compete and must use a year of
eligibility. In order to be named a Distinguished Scholar, a
student-athlete must have at least a 3.60 GPA.
The
complete list of the 2011-12 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic
All-League Team appears on the attached PDF.
About
The Summit League
Celebrating its 30th anniversary season at the Division I Ievel in
2011-12, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a
combined enrollment of over 155,000 at 11 universities, five of
which are located in the top 76 U.S. media markets (Detroit,
Indianapolis, Kansas City, Tulsa and Omaha). Member institutions
include: IPFW (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne),
IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), UMKC
(University of Missouri-Kansas City), the University of Nebraska
Omaha (which begins league competition in 2012-13), North Dakota
State University, Oakland University, Oral Roberts University, the
University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University, Southern
Utah University and Western Illinois University. Eastern Illinois
University is an associate member in swimming and diving and
men’s soccer.
ELMHURST,
Ill. − With the spring semester of the 2011-12 academic year
in the books, The Summit League has announced its Academic
All-League Team for the winter and spring seasons. A total of 1,081
student-athletes from baseball, men’s and women’s
basketball, men’s and women’s golf, softball,
men’s and women’s swimming & diving, men’s
and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track
& field have been honored for their academic excellence. Of the
1,081 selections, 482 were recognized as Distinguished Scholars and
263 earned “straight-A’s”.
Oakland
led the way with a league-best 154 selections to the Academic
All-Summit League squad, edging out South Dakota State which had
152 recipients. South Dakota came in third with 139 honorees, ahead
of North Dakota State’s 111 student-athletes. Western
Illinois landed 106 members to the honor roll followed closely by
Southern Utah with 101 selections. UMKC (89 honorees), IUPUI (85
honorees), IPFW (74 honorees) and Oral Roberts (51 honorees)
rounded out the list. Eastern Illinois placed 19 student-athletes
as an associate swimming & diving member.
Women’s
track & field led the way in the sport breakdown with 204
representatives, followed by men’s track & field with
164. Softball had 108 honorees with women’s swimming &
diving closely behind with 103 selections.
In
order to be selected to the Academic All-Summit League Team, a
student-athlete must have a 3.0 or better grade-point average (GPA)
in the semester in which they compete and must use a year of
eligibility. In order to be named a Distinguished Scholar, a
student-athlete must have at least a 3.60 GPA.
The
complete list of the 2011-12 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic
All-League Team appears on the following pages.
