Burnsville, Minn. – The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference released the 2021 Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award recipients this morning. A total of 14 Northern State Wolves were honored with the award.
 
The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to senior NSIC student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher, are exhausting their eligibility and are on track to graduate (student-athletes can only earn the award once).  Each student-athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wristwatch.
 
"I am filled with pride on how our student-athletes in the NSIC continue to excel in the classroom, in the community and on the playing field. We continue to increase the number of student-athletes that have earned the Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award, which is a testament to the dedication of the student-athletes, coaches and administrators in our league.  These are characteristics in which Dr. Myles Brand emphasized. I am extremely proud of all these student-athletes for their devotion to their universities, the NSIC and to their personal academic and athletic goals. I have no doubt these student-athletes will continue to achieve success in life well beyond the classroom and the competition venues," said Lind.
 
Dr. Myles N. Brand, visionary leader, educator and reformer, served as the President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 2003-2009.  He passed away in September 2009 at the age of 67 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.  Brand presided over passage of the most comprehensive academic reform package for intercollegiate athletics in recent history – a package that refocused the attention of student-athletes, coaches and administrators on the education of student-athletes.  Brand also changed the national dialog on college sports to emphasize the educational value of athletics participation and the integration of intercollegiate athletics with the academic mission of higher education.  His impact on Division II ran deep by implementing an identity campaign and a strategic-positioning platform tied to specific divisional attributes. He challenged Division II to continue its game environment and community engagement focus, and improve academic success rates.
 
Northern State Recipients

Lexi Boesl	Volleyball	Warner, S.D.	Education
Ben Carolin	Baseball	Grand Forks, N.D.	Business
Roko Dominovic	Basketball	Split, Croatia	Psychology
Jake Flakus	Wrestling	Aberdeen, S.D.	Biology
Elizabeth Klamm	Track & Field	Valley Springs, S.D.	Biology
Chance Olson	Football	Langford, S.D.	Business
Emily Reiten	Soccer	Jamestown, N.D.	Business
Olivia Rud	Volleyball	Madison, S.D.	Biology
Sarah Schafer	Track/CC	Flasher, N.D.	English Literature
Emma Terveer	Softball	Brandon, S.D.	Education
Avery Terwilliger	Basketball	Humboldt, Iowa	Business
Tori Thorpe	Soccer	Pierre, S.D.	Education
Robert Vomacka	Football	Gregory, S.D.	Biology
Kylie Werner	Track & Field	Sioux Falls, S.D.	Education