COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- South Dakota Mines Wil Dickson was named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic First Team announced Thursday from the league office in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Dickson, a senior guard from Napier New Zealand, led the Hardrockers in scoring all season, averaging 12.8 ppg and started every game this year. He is a Mining Engineering and Management major with a 3.824 GPA. He also finished in the Top 25 in scoring in the RMAC.

First Team All-Academic members, were voted on by the conference's sports information directors. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must carry a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (GPA) and must have been an active student at the institution for at least two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters.

 "This is a great honor for Wil," said Hardrocker men's basketball head coach Eric Glenn. "Wil has worked very hard as a scholar-athlete, putting in the time on the court and in the classroom and I am proud to see his efforts paying off."