VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota fourth-year senior Jessie Sullivan was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VI track and field team announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He will be added to the national ballot for Academic All-America to be announced June 22.
 
Sullivan, the 2021 Summit League Scholar Athlete of the Year, garners the recognition from CoSIDA for the first time of his career. He also recently received the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, a $10,000 scholarship to be used for postgraduate study.
 
A native of Albion, Nebraska, Sullivan is a two-time Summit League Champion in the discus and a six-time all-league honoree. He qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in both the discus and the hammer throw for the second-straight season. He's a four-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree and has made four Summit League All-Academic teams to date. He ranks in the top-five of USD history for the hammer throw, weight throw, discus, indoor shot put and outdoor shot put.
 
Sullivan graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in chemistry while carrying a perfect undergraduate GPA of 4.00. He plans to attend the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, next year.
 
This marks the sixth-straight season that a Coyote track and field athlete has received CoSIDA Academic All-District honors.
 
Academic All-District VI Men's Track and Field
 
Name                          School                         Yr.       GPA                 Major
Alec Basten                   Minnesota                     Gr.        3.87/4.00          Kinesiology (G)
Isaac Basten                 Drake                           Jr.        3.42                  Data Analytics
Logan Blomquist            SE Missouri State           Gr.        3.80/3.80          Public Administration (G)
Olin Hacker                   Wisconsin                     Gr.        3.97/4.00          Biology (U) / Kinesiology (G)
Duncan Hamilton           Montana State               Jr.        3.61                  Mechanical Engineering
Owen Hoeft                  Minnesota                     Gr.        3.75/4.00          Kinesiology (G)
Alec Nehring                 Montana State               Gr.        4.00/4.00          Educational Leadership
Trevor Otterdahl            North Dakota State        Gr.        3.96/4.00          Mathematics (U) / MBA (G)
Thomas Pollard             Iowa State                    Gr.        4.00/4.00          Info. Systems & Bus. Analytics
Kaleb Siekmeier             Minnesota                     Gr.        3.61/4.00          Aerospace Engineering (G)
Jessie Sullivan               South Dakota                Sr.        4.00                  Chemistry