ATLANTA—South Dakota women's basketball has been named to the 2021-22 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top-25 Honor Roll. The Coyotes receive the recognition for the sixth time in the last seven years and 15th time overall.
 
The Coyotes complied a team grade-point average of 3.588 for 20th on the NCAA Division I list. South Dakota joins South Dakota State, Western Illinois, and North Dakota in representing the Summit League on the list.
 
South Dakota is coming off a historic run to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with a 29-6 overall record. The Coyotes captured Summit League regular season and tournament titles. South Dakota finished the season at No. 24 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 1 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll.
 
The WBCA annually recognizes the top-25 GPAs for programs at the NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA and junior college/community college levels. This marks the 27th year the WBCA has compiled the honor roll.
 
"The WBCA family of coaches is committed to the student-athlete experience and celebrates these teams that have demonstrated excellence in the classroom," said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. "This year's WBCA Academic Top 25 is a powerful list of teams and their head coaches who have winning cultures that prepare their student-athletes for success in life."
 
A list of the NCAA Division I WBCA Academic top-25 Honor Roll is included below.
 
NCAA Division I
 

Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1	South Dakota State University	Aaron Johnston	3.837
2	Robert Morris University	Charlie Buscaglia	3.762
3	University of Maine	Amy Vachon	3.730
4	Lipscomb University	Lauren Sumski	3.725
T5	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	Kevin Borseth	3.723
T5	Western Illinois University	JD Gravina	3.723
7	Boise State University	Gordy Presnell	3.721
8	Belmont University	Bart Brooks	3.712
9	Northern Illinois University	Lisa Carlsen	3.681
10	University of Northern Colorado	Kristen Mattio	3.663
11	Eastern Illinois University	Matt Bollant	3.661
12	Lehigh University	Susan Troyan	3.654
13	University of Wyoming	Gerald Mattinson	3.628
14	Arizona State University	Charli Turner Thorne	3.625
15	University of Portland	Michael Meek	3.624
16	Youngstown State University	John Barnes	3.622
17	Iona College	Billi Chambers	3.621
18	Virginia Tech	Kenny Brooks	3.611
19	Western Michigan University	Shane Clipfell	3.605
20	University of South Dakota	Dawn Plitzuweit	3.588
21	Tennessee Tech University	Kim Rosamond	3.571
22	University at Albany	Colleen Mullen	3.570
23	University of North Dakota	Mallory Bernhard	3.560
24	Bowling Green State University	Robyn Fralick	3.554
25	California State University, Northridge	Carlene Mitchell	3.548

 
Special Mention: University of Northern Iowa, Tanya Warren, 3.546; Montana State University, Tricia Binford, 3.545; University of Vermont, Alisa Kresge, 3.541; Drexel University, Amy Mallon, 3.538; University of Utah, Lynne Roberts, 3.530; University of San Francisco, Molly Goodenbour, 3.526; Purdue University Fort Wayne, Maria Marchesano, 3.525; Washington State University, Kamie Ethridge, 3.523; Yale University, Allison Guth, 3.520; University of Toledo, Tricia Cullop, 3.519; DePaul University, Doug Bruno, 3.510; Cornell University, Dayna Smith, 3.502; Canisius College, Sahar Nusseibeh, 3.493; Michigan State University, Suzy Merchant, 3.481; Davidson College, Gayle Coats Fulks, 3.479; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Randy Norton, 3.478; Fordham University, Stephanie Gaitley, 3.466; Manhattan College, Heather Vulin, 3.466; Kent State University , Todd Starkey, 3.456; Middle Tennessee State University, Rick Insell, 3.454; Georgetown University, James Howard, 3.453; Portland State University, Chelsey Gregg, 3.451; Creighton University, Jim Flanery, 3.444; University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Lindy La Rocque, 3.428; Houston Baptist University , Donna Finnie, 3.420; Stanford University, Tara VanDerveer, 3.417; Rice University, Lindsay Edmonds, 3.415; Quinnipiac University, Tricia Fabbri, 3.405; New Jersey Institute of Technology, Mike Lane, 3.404; University of Akron, Melissa Jackson, 3.404; Georgia State University, Gene Hill, 3.403; University of Tennessee, Kellie Harper, 3.397; University of Richmond, Aaron Roussell, 3.395; Florida Gulf Coast University, Karl Smesko, 3.393; Rider University, Lynn Milligan, 3.392; Eastern Washington University, Joddie Gleason, 3.387; University of San Diego, Cindy Fisher, 3.369; Saint Joseph's University, Cindy Griffin, 3.361; Kansas State University, Jeff Mittie, 3.357; Gonzaga University, Lisa Fortier, 3.355; Fairfield University, Joe Frager, 3.350; Florida State University, Sue Semrau, 3.336; Indiana University, Teri Moren, 3.329; University of Kansas, Brandon Schneider, 3.326; Liberty University, Carey Green, 3.314; Indiana State University, Chad Killinger, 3.314; Binghamton University, Bethann Ord, 3.311; University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Fred Batchelor, 3.298; Saint Mary's College, Paul Thomas, 3.291; University of South Carolina, Dawn Staley, 3.289; University of Notre Dame, Niele Ivey, 3.280; Dartmouth College, Adrienne Shibles, 3.249; University of Central Florida, Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, 3.239; Texas State University, Zenarae Antoine, 3.237; Seton Hall University, Anthony Bozzella, 3.232; La Salle University, Mountain MacGillivray, 3.222; Florida Atlantic University, Jennifer Sullivan, 3.220; University of Michigan, Kim Barnes Arico, 3.220; University of Colorado, JR Payne, 3.217; University of Nebraska, Amy Williams, 3.204; Western Carolina University, Kiley Hill, 3.202; Coastal Carolina University, Jaida Williams, 3.198; University of New Mexico, Mike Bradbury, 3.193; Stony Brook University, Ashley Langford, 3.185; Longwood University, Erika Lang-Montgomery, 3.181; University of Florida, Kelly Rae Finley, 3.170; University of Minnesota, Lindsay Whalen, 3.151; University of California, Berkeley, Charmin Smith, 3.146; University of the Pacific, Bradley Davis, 3.143; Sacred Heart University, Jessica Mannetti, 3.142; Appalachian State University, Angel Elderkin, 3.131; University of Kentucky, Kyra Elzy, 3.096; Lamar University, Aqua Franklin, 3.092; Texas Tech University, Krista Gerlich, 3.088; San Diego State University, Stacie Terry, 3.087; University of Louisiana Monroe, Brooks Williams, 3.086; Vanderbilt University, Shea Ralph, 3.085; North Carolina State University, Wes Moore, 3.084; Western Kentucky University, Greg Collins, 3.083; University of North Carolina Asheville, Honey Brown, 3.079; University of California, Irvine, Tamara Inoue, 3.064; Missouri State University, Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, 3.027.