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September 15, 2023

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its honorees in addition to just over 2,200 NAIA Scholar Teams as a part of its annual NAIA National Awards Day Friday.  The day recognizes the association's highest individual honors and achievements of NAIA student-athletes, administrators, and coaches.  Additionally, the association announced the nine-member class of the 2022-23 NAIA Hall of Fame.

Dakota State established a new school record of 12 athletics programs being named to NAIA Scholar Teams.  The previous record was 11 teams in 2021-22 academic year.

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.  The team grade point average includes all eligible varsity student-athletes.

Below is the complete list of Dakota State programs being named to 2022-23 NAIA Scholar Teams with their team grade point average (GPA):
 

2022-23 NAIA Scholar Teams
Teams	Team GPA
Women's Golf	3.67
Women's Basketball	3.66
Women's Volleyball	3.43
Men's Cross Country	3.42
Softball	3.37
Men's Golf	3.32
Men's Indoor Track & Field	3.14
Men's Outdoor Track & Field	3.14
Women's Cross Country	3.12
Women's Indoor Track & Field	3.07
Women's Outdoor Track & Field	3.07
Baseball	3.03