SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – For the second straight year, the North Dakota State University athletic department has captured the Summit League Institutional Academic Achievement Award, the league office announced Friday.
 
NDSU had 118 student-athletes earn spots on the 2020-21 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence. The Institutional Academic Achievement Award goes to the league school with the highest percentage of list-eligible student-athletes earning the distinction. The Bison had 66.4 percent of their list-eligible student-athletes named to the Commissioner's List.
 
In addition, NDSU topped the league with five of its teams claiming the top Team Academic Achievement Awards in each sport – baseball, men's basketball, men's cross country, men's golf, and men's track & field.
 
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 one academic year at the nominating institution.
 
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
 
 
2020-21 Team Academic Achievement Awards

Baseball: North Dakota State
Men's Basketball: North Dakota State
Women's Basketball: Western Illinois
Men's Cross Country: North Dakota State
Women's Cross Country: North Dakota and Western Illinois
Men's Golf: North Dakota State
Women's Golf: Oral Roberts
Women's Soccer: Omaha
Softball: South Dakota State
Men's Track & Field: North Dakota State
Women's Track & Field: North Dakota
Volleyball: South Dakota