COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Black Hills State women's triathlon has received the 2020 Team Scholar All-American award from the Collegiate Triathlon Coaches Association and USA Triathlon.

The Team Scholar All-American award recognizes teams who excel in the classroom by achieving a cumulative semester GPA of 3.2 or higher in each of the three NCAA divisions. The Fall 2020 award was calculated by taking the average GPA for all student athletes on a team's roster, regardless of competitions completed during that semester.

The NCAA named triathlon an Emerging Sport for Women in 2014, a designation that gives the sport a 10-year window to demonstrate sustainability at the NCAA level. Thirty-six colleges and universities across the country currently sponsor the sport at the varsity level.

For more information contact Tim Yount, Chief Sport Development Officer at USA Triathlon, Tim.Yount@usatriathlon.org.