SDSU’s King Earns #SummitXC Women’s Athlete of the Week
SDSU’s King Earns #SummitXC Women’s Athlete of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State's Rachel King was named Summit League Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for her performance Sept. 7-14.
RACHEL KING, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Fr. // St. Michael, Minn.
- Garnered her first career Athlete of the Week award after her second collegiate meet
- Placed ninth overall with a 6k time of 22:44.3 in the Oz Memorial
- Competed against a field that included that nation's top-ranked team (Iowa State) and No. 27 team (Minnesota)
- Recorded meet's third-best time by a freshman and helped South Dakota State finish third in team scoring
Previous recipient: Sept. 8 – Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota
Also nominated: Madison Lefler, Western Illinois
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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions along with over 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the newly re-designed www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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