Denver Earns Institutional Academic Achievement Award for Fourth Time in Five Years
8/5/2026 1:47:00 PM | Athletics
The Pioneers earned the Summit League award for the fifth time overall
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Summit League released a list of more than 1,000 student-athletes named to the 2025-26 Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence Thursday as that number grew by more than 50 from a season ago. The list includes student-athletes from the League's 17 different sports. For the fifth time overall, the Denver Pioneers received the Summit League Institutional Academic Achievement Award (2016-17; 2021-2022; 2022-23; 2023-24). Denver had 71.7 percent of their list-eligible student-athletes earn the academic excellence accolade. Denver women's basketball, women's soccer and men's tennis earned Team Academic Achievement Awards.
Qualifications
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
2021-22 .........................................Denver
2022-23 .........................................Denver
2023-24 .........................................Denver
2024-25 .........................................North Dakota State
2025-26 .........................................Denver
Qualifications
- 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 three full semesters or five quarters at the nominating institution.
- Student-athletes having a 3.9 or higher cumulative career grade-point average are designated with an asterisk to indicate "with distinction."
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
2021-22 .........................................Denver
2022-23 .........................................Denver
2023-24 .........................................Denver
2024-25 .........................................North Dakota State
2025-26 .........................................Denver
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