The Summit League

South Dakota junior outside hitter Kendall Kritenbrink was named Summit League Volleyball Player of the Year and was one of three Coyotes to gain All-Summit League honors during the league's annual volleyball banquet.

South Dakota State guard Steph Paluch is the Summit League Player of the Week. The senior from Pierre averaged 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in three games last week, as the Jacks went 2-1. During that stretch, she shot 67 percent from the field, 70 percent from three-point range and 71 percent from the free-throw line...

South Dakota State got a double-double from Jordan Dykstra and a total of four Jackrabbits scored in double figures, but three Loyola Marymount players scored at least 20 points and two more added nine, as the Lions sent the Jacks to 0-2 on the season with a 98-89 win at the USD Classic.

North Dakota State University has given a five-year contract extension to men's basketball head coach Saul Phillips that could pay him more than $1 million, total.

South Dakota State is the pick of The Summit League coaches to defend its men's cross country title in 2013. The University of South Dakota was second in both the men's and women's preseason polls.

South Dakota State and the University of South Dakota are among the teams named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Division I Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for the 2012-13 season.

The South Dakota State University baseball team has filled a key role on its pitching staff with the recent signing of junior college standout Chris Anderson to a National Letter of Intent.

South Dakota State University has been honored as the recipient of The Summit League Academic Achievement Award after more than 70 percent of eligible Jackrabbit student-athletes were named to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

NCAA pole vault champion Bethany Buell of the University of South Dakota and Trent Lusignan of South Dakota State have received post season honors from The Summit League.

South Dakota State secured the top seed in the upcoming Summit League Baseball Championship for the second time in school history. The Jackrabbits open the tournament Thursday against fourth-seed Western Illinois.