Academic Awards

ADDITIONAL CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS

Women’s Basketball

Ciara Duffy

Volleyball

Anne Rasmussen Coyote high jump star Zack Anderson repeated as a CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2020, making the third team for the second consecutive year.

Anderson is a three-time All-American with a personal best of 7-4 ¼ in the high jump. The height is an outdoor school record. Anderson improved his USD indoor record this winter with a leap of 7-3 ¾. He picked up the 2020 Summit League Indoor Field Championships MVP with a pair of titles in the high jump and long jump. In his career, he boasts seven Summit League titles.

Anderson carries a 3.52 cumulative grade-point average as a physical education major. He has earned a spot on six Academic All-Summit League teams (indoor and outdoor) and garnered USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.

South Dakota swimming and diving team member Josh Sorbe was named to the CoSIDA Academic AllAmerica Men’s At-Large third-team.

Sorbe, a senior, was a three-time Academic AllSummit League selection and a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree during his four-year Coyote career.

Sorbe, a 4.00 student in economics and political science, contributed 11 points as a senior at the Summit League Championships, finishing 10th in the 1,650 free, 14th in the 400 IM and 16th in the 500 free. He helped the Coyotes post a team runner-up finish for the third-straight season and the team’s 706.5 points were a school record for a Summit

League Championships.

CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

Women’s Soccer Track & Field

Kellee Willer Zack Anderson

Swimming & Diving

Josh Sorbe

ONCE A COYOTE, ALWAYS A COYOTE

The University of South Dakota awarded degrees to nearly 2,000 candidates in 2020. Of those candidates, 53 were student-athletes. Their names are listed below.

Allison (Arens) Koehler, basketball Brandon Armstrong, basketball Carmen Bermudez, track & field Cortney Bickley, track & field Megan Bonar, basketball Ethan Bray, track & field Taylor Brown, track & field Makenzie Burmeister, soccer Amanda Carpio, soccer Phoenix Choal, track & field Ellie Coyle, cross country Helen Falda, track & field Mehana Fonseca, volleyball Haley Fritza, track & field Scott Fudenberg, golf Darin Greenfield, football Tasheka Gordon, track & field Jacob Headlee, football Taylor Heitman, track & field Connor Herrmann, football Seth Jones, swim & dive Cody Kelley, basketball Taylor Kelly, soccer Laurel Ketelhut, track & field Eleni Knapp, track & field Ben Kopp, swim & dive Nick Kramer, football Taryn LaBree, soccer Jack Lawrence, swim & dive Mason Lorber, football Elizabeth Loschen, volleyball Charlie Mechling, swim & dive Isaac Morris, swim & dive Nanette Nylund, tennis Dennis Parsley, track & field Hunter Paugh, golf Luis Peguero, football Austin Peters, football Anne Rasmussen, volleyball Jake Richardson, football Sabrina Sabadeanu, swim & dive Mason Scheidegger, football Emilee Shostrom, track & field Josh Sorbe, swim & dive Samara Spencer, track & field Kianna Stewart, track & field Jordan Thielbar, swim & dive Conner Thiele, football Matt Tolan, golf Blake Vande Hoef, track & field Caleb Vander Esch, football Ellie Wilson, track & field Pamela Zuluaga, volleyball