SPEARFISH, S.D.- Wednesday afternoon, the College Triathlon Coaches Association announced their Scholar All-American Teams and Scholar All-American Individuals recognizing student athletes' success in the classroom. Black Hills State was named a Scholar All-American Team, and seven individuals were chosen as Division II Scholar All-American Honorable Mentions, including Sydney Campbell, Natalie Moose-Elkin, Sydney Gasper, Jadyn Johnson, Payton Sheehan, Cassidy Teeslink, and Kiera Wilkinson. Black Hills State finished with a team GPA of 3.91, which was the highest of any female team on campus and second overall in the athletics department.

Campbell was a national qualifier, who had two top-50 finishes, and had a season best time of 1:11:29 at the national championship, where she finished 40^th out of all D2 competitors. She finished with a GPA of 3.71 in her major of business administration and professional writing.

Moose-Elkin had three top 50 finishes this year, and one top-20, she finished the season with a top-100 at nationals (29^th in D2), and a personal best of 1:08:09. She finished with a GPA of 3.748 as an exercise science major.
Gasper had one top 50 finish this season. She finished 119^th at the national championships, which was good enough for 41^st in D2. She had a season best of 1:12:33. Her GPA was 3.764 as an exercise science major.

Johnson finished 13^th at the Prairie State Cup, while finishing top-10 in D2 at the West National Qualifier before finishing her season with a 104^th place finish (32^nd in D2) at the national championships with a time of1:08:58. She had a GPA of 3.975 as a psychology major.

Sheehan finished with a 33^rd place finish at the Southern Hills Triathlon and a 21^st place finish at the Prairie State Cup, before qualifying for nationals and finishing with a season best 1:09:44 and a 107^th place finish good enough for 35^th in D2. She finished with a perfect 4.0 GPA as a physical education major.

Teeslink finished 111^th at nationals and 38^th in D2 after having a season where she finished with a top-20 at the Prairie State Cup and a 34^th place finish at the Southern Hills Triathlon. She completed the semester with a GPA of 3.874 as a corporate communication major.

Wilkinson, the top triathlete for the women's team finished sixth at the Prairie State Cup and recorded a 27^th place finish at the Southern Hills Triathlon, both top of the Yellow Jackets team. She closed the season by finishing just outside the top-21 of D2 at nationals where she was 25^th (92^nd nationally) with a season-best time of 1:07:45. She finished with a 4.0 GPA as a chemistry major.

The CTCA awards the Scholar All-American Team award to any team that finishes with a combined GPA of 3.2 or higher and a Scholar All-American Individual Award is given to those who finished with a 3.5 or higher, qualified for nationals, and finished 21^st or better in their division. If you are named an honorable mention, then you finished with a 3.5 or higher, qualified for Nationals, but did not finish 21^st or better in your division.