Summit League unveils 2025-26 Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Summit League launched a listing of greater than 1,000 student-athletes named to the 2025-26 Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence Thursday as that quantity grew by greater than 50 from a season in the past. The checklist consists of student-athletes from the League’s 17 completely different sports activities.
 
Qualifications

• In order for a student-athlete to be chosen to the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence, the student-athlete should carry a 3.50 or higher cumulative GPA, have used a 12 months of eligibility and accomplished three full semesters or 5 quarters on the nominating establishment.
• Student-athletes having a 3.9 or greater cumulative profession grade-point common are designated with an asterisk to point “with distinction.”

 By The Numbers

• A complete of 1,016 student-athletes throughout 17 sports activities have been honored on the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence. A complete of 402 picks earned the “with distinction” accolade.
• North Dakota State turned within the highest variety of picks “with distinction” at 51, whereas South Dakota was second within the class with 47 and Oral Roberts was third with 46.
• St. Thomas held probably the most whole picks with 171, whereas South Dakota adopted in second with 128 and South Dakota State capped the highest three with 118.
• The Tommies additionally had probably the most whole variety of student-athletes on the checklist of honorees with 154 whereas North Dakota State adopted in second with 116 and South Dakota was third with 112.
• For the fifth time total, the Denver Pioneers obtained the Summit League Institutional Academic Achievement Award (2016-17; 2021-2022; 2022-23; 2023-24). Denver had 71.7 p.c of their list-eligible student-athletes earn the tutorial excellence accolade.
• The League awards Team Academic Achievement honors for every sport primarily based on the share of list-eligible student-athletes on the Commissioner’s List. North Dakota paced these efforts with 4 of their squads incomes a group title, whereas North Dakota State, South Dakota, and Denver every had three groups earn the accolade.

List of Team Academic Achievement Awards:
Baseball: Northern Colorado
Men’s Basketball: South Dakota
Women’s Basketball: Denver, North Dakota, North Dakota State
Men’s Cross Country: South Dakota
Women’s Cross Country: North Dakota
Men’s Golf: Oral Roberts

Women’s Golf: North Dakota State & Oral Roberts
Men’s Soccer: Massachusetts
Women’s Soccer: Denver
Softball: St. Thomas

Men’s Swimming & Diving: Eastern Illinois

Women’s Swimming & Diving: Eastern Illinois
Men’s Tennis: Denver and North Dakota
Women’s Tennis: St. Thomas

Men’s Track & Field: North Dakota State

Women’s Track & Field: North Dakota
Volleyball: South Dakota
 
NOTE: “Selections” account for duplicated student-athletes on the checklist within the sports activities of cross nation and observe and area.

List of Institutional Academic Achievement Award Winners (Award started 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

2025-26 …………………………………..Denver

 

Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence (by whole variety of picks):

St. Thomas – 171

South Dakota – 128

South Dakota State – 118

North Dakota State – 116

North Dakota – 111

Kansas City – 104

Omaha – 102

Oral Roberts – 97

Denver – 81

Southern Indiana – 25 (swimming & diving affiliate member)

Eastern Illinois – 17 (swimming & diving affiliate member)

Massachusetts – 12 (males’s soccer affiliate member)

Northern Colorado – 9 (baseball affiliate member)

Delaware – 9 (males’s soccer affiliate member)

Illinois State – 6 (males’s tennis affiliate member)

Drake – 1 (males’s tennis affiliate member)

Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence (by whole variety of student-athletes):

St. Thomas – 155

North Dakota State – 116

South Dakota – 112

South Dakota State – 102

Kansas City – 98

North Dakota – 93

Omaha – 94

Oral Roberts – 86

Denver – 81

Southern Indiana – 25

Eastern Illinois – 17

Massachusetts –12

Northern Colorado – 9

Delaware – 9

Illinois State – 6

Drake – 1

An entire checklist of the 2025-26 Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence recipients could be discovered within the hyperlink above as a PDF.

 

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