DSU Sets Record for NAIA Scholar-Athletes and Scholar-Teams
Student-Athletes at Dakota State are continuing to be recognized after the NAIA announced yesterday on their National Awards Day the list of Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes and NAIA Scholar Teams honors during the 2020-21 academic year.
DSU established its record of 59 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, previously holding a record of 50 national scholar-athletes in the 2020-21 academic year. DSU also registered 11 NAIA Scholar Teams, setting a school record for most scholar teams in DSU Athletics program history.Â
The Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete program recognizes academic excellence in the classroom for those NAIA student-athletes who are juniors or seniors with an academic standing of a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA.Â
For the NAIA Scholar Team award, a team must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale as defined by the institution.Â
Below is the complete list of the NAIA Scholar-Athletes:
Football (8)
Cody Brown
Payton Harrell
Marcis Hausman
Alexander Maxey
Caleb Nielsen
Cole Sylliaasen
Conner Tordsen
Marcus Vanden Bosch
Volleyball (7)
Tacey Fischbach
Madalyn Groft
Peyton Groft
Savannah Mares
Nicole Sarringar
VonnaGail Schlechter
Jalen Taylor
Women’s Cross Country (1)
Jacia Christiansen
Men’s Cross Country (6)
Jacob Dundas
Steven Greigg
Dylan Hilger
Joshua Krull
Taylor Myers
Evan Slominski
Women’s Basketball (6)
Elsie Aslesen
Shaylee DeBeer
Jessica Giles
Ashlyn Macdonald
Lexi Robson
Miakken Vincent
Men’s Basketball (1)
Andrew Tverberg
Women’s Track & Field (4)
Jacia Christiansen
Shaylee DeBeer
Jennifer Giles
Jessica Giles
Men’s Track & Field (13)
Jacob Dundas
Steven Greigg
Payton Harrell
Dylan Hilger
Nathan Ingalls
Jacob Joachim
Joshua Krull
Taylor Myers
Trey Reindl
Caleb Roberts
Evan Slominski
Conner Tordsen
Jackson Zastera
Softball (3)
Madison Aldendifer
Lia Chan
Alexus Foster
Baseball (6)
Josh Addington
Ryan Knipfer
Keegan Miller
Jackson O’Neal
Logan Terfehr
Josh Van Beek
Men’s Golf (2)
Cole Sylliaasen
Marcus Vanden Bosch
Women’s Golf (2)
Miakken Vincent
Elsie Aslesen
Below is the complete list of the NAIA Scholar Teams at Dakota State:
11 athletic teams (set DSU Athletics program record)
Men’s Cross Country
Men’s Golf
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
Softball
Women’s Basketball
Women’s Cross Country
Women’s Golf
Women’s Indoor Track & Field