2013 Media Guide - University of North Dakota Athletics

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2013 NORTH DAKOTA BASEBALL
UND’s Academic Awards
Night in February honored
276 student-athletes who
achieved either a 3.0 GPA
during the fall semester or
a cumulative 3.0 through
the Fall 2011 semester.
Nearly 67 percent of UND’s
student-athletes achieved
this high honor, including
40 who owned a perfect
4.0 GPA.
NOTABLE ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2011-12
• UND’s student-athletes owned a
collective 3.173 GPA in 2011-12, the
highest in department history.
• A school-record 115 studentathletes
earned academic allconference
honors from the GWC,
WCHA, WAC, MPSF and America
Sky.
• More than 65 percent of UND’s
student-athletes boasted a 3.0 GPA
during the Spring 2012 semester
alone.
The George and Arlene Schubert Athletics Academic
Center provides a comfortable and centrallylocated
site to aid in the promotion of academics
for all student-athletes.
Amanda Hajdu
Director of Academic Services
UND athletics prides itself on the academic excellence of its student-athletes,
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whose athletic achievements are matched by academic distinction on a
yearly basis.
The George and Arlene Schubert Athletics Academic Center, which opened
in April 2008, serves as a study center for student-athletes and is conveniently
located in the Hyslop Sports Center.
Academic services director Amanda Hajdu oversees the study center, which
features 12 state-of-the-art, desktop computers and provides an excellent
location for student-athletes to utilize between classes for valuable daytime
study. The academic center is also available on demand to student-athletes
for evening study table.
UND’s student-athletes also have access to a variety of laptop computers for
use on road trips, further emphasizing a department-wide commitment to
academics.
• Lindsay Anderson (track) and
Jocelyne Lamoureux (hockey)
earned Academic All-America
honors.
• Senior goalie Brad Eidsness
received an NCAA postgraduate
scholarship and was the WCHA
Most Outstanding Male Student-
Athlete of the Year.
• UND’s women’s golf program
received public recognition from
the NCAA for the second straight
year for its outstanding multiyear
Academic Progress Rate (APR).
UND’s APR ranked in the top 10
percent of all Division I women’s
golf programs, which accounts
for the 2007-08 through 2010-11
academic years.
• Men’s and women’s track/cross
country and men’s and women’s
swimming/diving each earned All-
America team honors from their
respective national organizations.
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ACADEMIC SUCCESS