RAPID CITY, S.D. --- The student-athletes continue to do great things in the classroom at South Dakota Mines as they wrapped up the fall semester with 197 scholar athletes (defined as students with a 3.0 GPA in the most recent completed semester or cumulative).
 
In total, 163 student-athletes recorded semester GPAs of 3.0 or above. Those students are listed below by sport.
 
Men's Golf:
Brett Elkin
Jake Francis
Bryce Howard
Lane Jensen
Braydon Jones
Alex Lesselyoung
Ben Macy
Carson McDaniel
Joseph Vincent
Women's Golf:
Abby Magee
Mya Maxwell
Lora Ortega
Alexandra Rauert
Julia Sabetti
Jessalyn Shipp
Men's Basketball:
Ryan Bruegger
Keagen Smith
Brannagh Walsh
Brevin Walter
Football:
Otutoa Afu
Joseph Alber
Leighton Blythe
Eli Bowman
Justin Broekemeier
Austin Burdette
Chandler Callejo
Gavin Chaddock
Max Derry
Cole Doty
Henry Dryden
Alexander Gallagher
Jay Horning
Wren Jacobs
Jake Leone
Josh Leone
Colin Linford
Joe Luebbers
Jake Martinelli
David McDougall
Jarett Meyer
Tony Monroe Jr.
Ira Murphey
JJ Nelson
Hunter Newsom
Cole Peterson
Kaleb Roth
Theodore Scheafer
Jacob Schwab
Christian Singleton
Connor Smith
Grant Smith
Toby Smith
Connor Stephenson
Jarod Svensson
Connor Taylor
Kaleb Tischler
Anthony Ullrich
Caden Vinduska
Max Wattier
Luke Wickersham
Collin Zur
Spencer Zur
Men's Soccer:
Elias Burgfeld
Garrett Cole
Cody Collier
Brady Cork
Alexander Crowson
Aydon Ellis
Gavin Haggerty
Ransom Hall
Hayden Jaramillo
Logan Juergens
Brennan Lamoreaux
Walter Markle
George Martinez
Kai Niland
Tyler Ring
Drew Urben
Jeff Wacker
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field:
Tyler Captain
Ian Cone
Tim Dunham
Brett Flerchinger
Henry Fritzler
Owen Hansmann
Zach Hentschel
Reid Kaiser
Travis Kleinsasser
Carson Mashlan
Thomas Massa
Warren Minerich
Ryan Moen
Tim Myers
Isaac Orozco
Kevin Osmanski
Ethan Pitlick
Justin Quammen
Josh Rowe
Aidan Thompson
Isaiah Thurman
Owen Wagner
Cheerleading:
Anna Battest
Camilla Busklein
Sara Efta
Emre Goktas
Mercedes Mesman
Katelyn Novacek
Karissa Schipke
Esports:
Keiran Berry
Robert Book
Nick Duban
Jack Foutz
Alexander Hentschel
Hunter Jaskey
Michael Klingelhoefer
Tate LaFayette
Kevin Legg
Women's Basketball:
Piper Bauer
Makenna Bodette
Anna Combalia
Kaydin Davis
Madelyn Heiser
Bailey Johnson
Melissa Johnstone
Juneau Jones
Lily Peterson
Ryan Weiss
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field:
Laramie Colvin
Ryley Darnell
Alyssa Franke
Allyson Heiden
Olivia Jurrens
Nadia Kaczmarz
Lillian Knudtson
Abby Krampus
Katie Magni
Melissa May
Macy McClure
Tierney Robinson
Vera Rust
Abigaile Saline
Kamryn Scully
Samantha Smith
Jaycie Stubbs
Margaret Thompson
Abbie Van Ruler
Adeline Wilson
Volleyball:
Katie Angel
Lily Bartling
Shyann Bastian
Dejah Behrend
Chelsea Brewster
Jaden Dougal
AJ Harrell
Jacey Koethe
Kassie Luce
Kristin Luce
Kiley Metzger
Emma Murphy
Addie Stanley
Josi Stevens
Anna Thomas
Dana Thomson
Victoria Zagorski
 
In addition to the names above, there are 34 more scholar athletes who have cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or better after completing the fall semester.
 
Men's Golf:
Roger Nakagawa
Women's Golf:
Rianna Garland
Annika Schooler
Men's Basketball:
Kolton Frugoli
Barrett Keith
Football:
Adam Durland
Joel Gifford
Logan Godwin
Cole Jesch
Jayden Johannsen
Cole Kesner
Casey Knutsen
Kaidin Mondle
Cole Seiwald
Jackson Soulek
Jonathan Stockwell
Alec Van Horn
Men's Soccer:
Britton Carver
Gage Espanet
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field:
Erick Colman
Caden Kokes
Brent Snyder
Cheerleading:
Ava Jenkins
Keelie Mills
Esports
Blake Leffler
Women's Basketball:
Jansi Merz
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field:
Amanda Cooley
Katherine Mathieu
Jenna Sayler
Adeline Wilson
Women's Volleyball:
Sydney Crites
Emma Grimm
Julia Lee
Claire Smith
 
The 14 varsity athletic teams at South Dakota Mines averaged a GPA of 3.109 with the following teams posting average GPAs over 3.0.
 
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Women's Basketball
Men's Track and Field
Women's Track and Field
Men's Cross Country
Women's Cross Country
Volleyball
 
 
About South Dakota Mines
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NCAA Division II offering 14 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 members, as well as four associate members, located in the states of California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.