NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Black Hills State University men's and women's track and field teams were named 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams. In addition, Hannah Hendrick, Tori Moore, Levi Fried, Jacob Iverson, and Jonah Theisen earned All-Academic Individual distinctions, the USTFCCCA announced recently.

In order to be qualify as a team, the group must have at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA as a team. The Yellow Jacket men finished the year with a 3.075 GPA, and the women had a 3.505 as a team. In total, 209 programs were honored, with 130 women's teams and 79 men's programs achieving the award.

Individually, a student-athlete must have a 3.25 cumulative GPA while also recording a provisional or automatic qualifying mark during either the indoor or outdoor seasons.

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Black Hills State is located in the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota, sponsoring 13 NCAA sports with membership in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the NCAA emerging sport of women's triathlon and NIRA rodeo. For all information regarding Yellow Jacket Athletics, please visit BHSUAthletics.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @BHSUAthletics.

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