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More goes into having a memorable athletic season than conference
championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. We’ve singled out 25
facts about last season that even the most hardcore Bison fan may have missed
during the season. To kick off the new year, we take a step back to see what
NDSU athletics accomplished last year.
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academic success
Tim Colwell was named the
Capital One Academic All-American
Athlete of the Year for Division I
baseball and first team Capital One
Academic All-American
The Bison football team
reached its highest collective
GPA average in its 10 year
Division I history. Overall, the
football team had a 2.9 GPA.
Eleve n out of the
12 players on the
women’s basketball
roster were named to
the Summit League
Winter/Spring
Academic Honor Roll.
Every athlete on the women’s
soccer team was named to
the Commissioner’s List of
Academic Excellence. In doing
so, the soccer team was awarded
a Team Academic Achievement
Award given to the top team in
every Summit League sport.
The Bison gathered 19 All-Academic
Summit League athletes across the 14 sports
affiliated with the Summit League.
The men’s cross country team had the highest collective
GPA of any men’s team with a 3.4. The women’s golf team
had the highest collective GPA of any women’s team at 3.5.
Football quarterback Carson
Wentz won the NCAA Elite
89 award for his remarkable
4.0 GPA.
conference
Men’s basketball players Jordan Aaberg, Mike Felt
and Chris Kading were named to the NABC Honors
Court announced by the National Association of
Basketball Coaches.
glory
The women’s outdoor track and field
team placed Ashley Tingelstad, Paige
Stratioti, Morgan Milbrath, Antoinette
Goodman and Deborah John on the
NCAA All-American Second Team.
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The Bison gathered 91 AllSummit League athletes
across the 14 sports affiliated
with the Summit League.
The Bison named eight
wrestlers to the Western
Wrestling Conference AllConference Team.
The Bison placed 52 student-athletes on
the Summit League Fall Academic Honor
Roll. Nineteen athletes were named
Distinguished Scholars.
The Bison placed 135 student-athletes
on the Summit League Winter/Spring
Academic Honor Roll. Sixty-four
athletes were named Distinguished
Scholars for having GPA’s over 3.6.
The football team placed a record 65
student-athletes on the Missouri Valley
Football Conference honor roll. Ryan
Drevlow, Andrew Grothmann, Justin Juckem
and Danny Luecke were honored with the
President’s Council Academic Award for
having a cumulative GPA over 3.5.
Six Bison wrestlers were
named to the Western Wrestling
Conference All-Academic Team,
including NCAA All-American
wrestler Steven Monk.
Baseball player Tim Colwell, men’s
basketball player Taylor Braun, women’s
outdoor track and field athlete Antoinette
Goodman, women’s cross country runner
Brecca Wahlund and men’s indoor track
and field athlete Andy Lillejord were all
honored as Summit League Player of the
Year in their respective sports.