Mid-Con Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence

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6 Jackrabbits were named to the Mid-Con 2005-06 Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

http://www.mid-con.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=4027



ELMHURST, ILL. — With the 2005-06 academic year in the books, the Mid-Continent Conference has announced its 2005-06 Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence. A total of 611 Mid-Con student-athletes from all 19 conference-sponsored sports were honored for their academic prowess.  .  .  .

In order for a student-athlete to be selected to the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence, he/she must meet the following criteria: carry a 3.00 or better cumulative grade point average; achieve sophomore academic standing at the institution; and lettered in the sport in which he/she is nominated. Transfers, graduate students and junior college graduates must have completed one academic year at the nominating institution. True freshmen and first-year transfers are not eligible for the award.


MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

Name, School Yr. Major Hometown

Justin Manning, South Dakota State So. Pharmacy Vermillion, S.D.
Brandon Maydew, South Dakota State So. Pharmacy Sioux Falls, S.D.



WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

Name, School Yr. Major Hometown

Chelsea Colborn, South Dakota State So. Nursing Rochester, Minn.
Kimberly Iverson, South Dakota State So. Athletic Training Anchorage, Alaska
Mariah Pavlicek, South Dakota State Jr. Nutrition Bettendorf, Iowa
Heather Youngberg, South Dakota State So. Microbiology Cedar Rapids, Iowa



Go State!  

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Re: Mid-Con Commissioner’s List of Academic Excell

Congratulations to all of these individuals.  As I look down this list I see that all of them are in difficult majors.  To excel as a student and as an athlete is something that each of them and each of us should be very proud of.