For the fourth straight year, South Dakota School of Mines is the recipient of the Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC) Scholars Award.
The award is presented annually to the school with the highest percentage of student-athletes honored as DAC Scholar-Athletes. Forty-eight percent of Hardrocker athletes earned recognition for their academic achievements.
"I am proud of our student-athletes and their ability to juggle school work and athletics at the same time,” said Hardrocker Athletics Director Hugh Welsh. “It great to see them excel in the conference.”
In order to be recognized as a DAC Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or better and have earned twelve or more credit hours for a semester in which he/she participates in a conference sponsored sport.