SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Summit League released a list of more than 900 student-athletes named to the 2024-25 Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence Thursday as that number grew by nearly 100 from a season ago. The list includes student-athletes from the League’s nine member institutions and seven associate members competing in 17 different sports.
 
Qualifications

• In order for a student-athlete to be selected to the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence, the student-athlete must carry a 3.50 or better cumulative GPA, have used a year of eligibility and completed three full semesters or five quarters at the nominating institution.
• Student-athletes having a 3.9 or higher cumulative career grade-point average are designated with an asterisk to indicate “with distinction.”

 
By The Numbers

• A total of 955 student-athletes across 17 sports were honored on the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence. A total of 379 selections earned the “with distinction” accolade.
• South Dakota turned in the highest number of selections “with distinction” at 58, while North Dakota State was second in the category with 50 and St. Thomas was third with 47.
• St. Thomas held the most total selections with 178, while South Dakota followed in second with 153 and South Dakota State capped the top three with 124.
• The Tommies also had the most total number of student-athletes on the list of honorees with 158 while South Dakota followed in second with 134 and North Dakota State was third with 109.
• For the third time overall, the North Dakota State Bison received the Summit League Institutional Academic Achievement Award (2019-20; 2020-2021). NDSU had 66.5 percent of their list-eligible student-athletes earn the academic excellence accolade.
• The League awards Team Academic Achievement honors for each sport based on the percentage of list-eligible student-athletes on the Commissioner's List. North Dakota paced those efforts with five of their squads earning a team title, while North Dakota State had four and Oral Roberts had three teams earn the accolade.

List of Team Academic Achievement Awards:
Baseball: North Dakota State
Men's Basketball: Denver & North Dakota State
Women's Basketball: South Dakota
Men's Cross Country: North Dakota & South Dakota
Women's Cross Country: North Dakota
Men's Golf: Weber State
Women's Golf: North Dakota, North Dakota State & Oral Roberts
Men's Soccer: Omaha & Oral Roberts
Women's Soccer: North Dakota State
Softball: St. Thomas
Men's Swimming & Diving: Denver
Women's Swimming & Diving: Eastern Illinois
Men's Tennis: Illinois State
Women's Tennis: Denver & Omaha
Men's Track & Field: North Dakota
Women's Track & Field: North Dakota
Volleyball: Oral Roberts
 
NOTE: "Selections" account for duplicated student-athletes on the list in the sports of cross country and track and field.

List of Institutional Academic Achievement Award Winners (Award began in 2009-10):
2009-10 .........................................South Dakota State
2010-11 ........................................ Centenary
2011-12 .........................................South Dakota
2012-13 .........................................Omaha / South Dakota State
2013-14 .........................................Omaha
2014-15 .........................................Omaha
2015-16 .........................................Omaha
2016-17 .........................................Denver
2017-18 .........................................South Dakota
2018-19 .........................................South Dakota
2019-20 .........................................North Dakota State
2020-21 .........................................North Dakota State
2021-22 .........................................Denver
2022-23 .........................................Denver
2023-24 .........................................Denver
2024-25 .........................................North Dakota State
 
Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence (by total number of selections):
St. Thomas – 178
South Dakota – 153
South Dakota State – 124
North Dakota State – 117
North Dakota – 115
Oral Roberts – 100
Omaha – 98
Denver – 92
Southern Indiana – 22 (swimming & diving associate member)
Kansas City – 15
Northern Colorado - 14 (baseball & men’s golf associate member)
Eastern Illinois – 13 (swimming & diving associate member)
Illinois State – 5 (men’s tennis associate member)
Weber State – 2 (men’s golf associate member)
Drake – 1 (men’s tennis associate member)

Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence (by total number of student-athletes):
St. Thomas – 158
South Dakota – 134
North Dakota State – 109
South Dakota State – 108
North Dakota – 98
Omaha – 94
Denver – 92
Oral Roberts – 90
Southern Indiana – 22
Kansas City – 15
Northern Colorado – 14
Eastern Illinois – 13
Illinois State – 5
Weber State – 2
Drake – 1

A complete list of the 2024-25 Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence recipients can be found in the link above as a PDF.
 
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