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. 

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. 

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. 

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