VERMILLION, S.D.—Four members of the South Dakota women's triathlon team have been awarded Scholar All-America honors and two more received honorable mention recognition from the College Triathlon Coaches Association (CTCA) and USA Triathlon. South Dakota was also recognized as a Scholar All-America team for the 2021 season.
 
Junior Maddie Lavin, junior Leah Drengenberg, sophomore Ella Kubas and freshman Micah Poellet were all recognized as Division I Scholar All-Americans. Junior Sammy Whitting and freshman Andrea Cernuda received honorable mention accolades.
 
This marks the third-straight honor for Kubas, while Lavin and Whitting garner recognition for the second consecutive season. Drengenberg garners Scholar All-America accolades for the third time in four years.
 
South Dakota took third place at the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships. Individually, Lavin placed fifth, Poellet 10th, Kubas 14th and Drengenberg 17th at the national meet.
 
To qualify for CTCA Scholar All-America status, a student-athlete must finish in the top-20 of the national meet and have maintained a 3.5 grade-point average for the fall semester.
 
CTCA Division I Scholar All-Americans
Alexandrine Coursol, Arizona State
Audrey Ernst, Arizona State
Hannah Henry, Arizona State
Kyla Roy, Arizona State
Kira Stanley, Arizona State
Isabella Belogay, East Tennessee State
Olivia Ebenstein, Denver
Avarie Faulkner, Denver
Freya McKinley, Denver
Katherine Badham, San Francisco
Gillian Cridge, San Francisco
Leah Drengenberg, South Dakota
Ella Kubas, South Dakota
Maddie Lavin, South Dakota
Micah Poellet, South Dakota
Yasmin Rieger, Wagner
 
Honorable Mention
Liberty Ricca, Arizona State
Chara Hinds, Delaware State
Pamela Hernandez Quevedo, Delaware State
Lindsey Batkiewicz, East Tennessee State
Abigail Church, East Tennessee State
Cameron Seeley, East Tennessee State
Amanda Ballard, Denver
Isabella Chirafisi, Denver
Emily Pincus, Denver
Hayley Diemar, San Francisco
Andrea Cernuda, South Dakota
Sammy Whitting, South Dakota
Madeline Gagnon, Wagner
Allyson Meegan, Wagner
Clara Normand, Wagner
Til Ocvirk, Wagner
Maia Vitoratos, Wagner