September 15, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is excited to announce the 2025 National Awards Day winners, honoring student-athletes, athletics personnel, and sports teams from across the association. The winners are celebrated for their dedication, exemplary character, and extraordinary accomplishments both on and off the field.
All Dakota State's (S.D.) NAIA sponsored sports were named to Scholar Team Award, which tied a school record with 12 athletics programs (2022-23 academic year). It is the first time in DSU Athletics program history that all NAIA sponsored teams were named to NAIA Scholar Team award.
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 student-athletes certified on the eligibility sheet.
Below is the complete list of DSU programs being named to 2024-25 NAIA Scholar Teams with their team grade point average (GPA):
| 2024-25 NAIA Scholar Teams |
| Teams |
Team GPA |
| Women's Basketball |
3.66 |
| Women's Outdoor Track & Field |
3.66 |
| Men's Cross Country |
3.63 |
| Women's Volleyball |
3.62 |
| Women's Cross Country |
3.59 |
| Women's Indoor Track & Field |
3.58 |
| Softball |
3.49 |
| Men's Basketball |
3.40 |
| Men's Outdoor Track & Field |
3.40 |
| Men's Indoor Track & Field |
3.36 |
| Baseball |
3.19 |
| Football |
3.10 |
