Ten SCSU Student-Athletes Earn NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic With Distinction Award

BURNSVILLE, Minn. – St. Cloud State Athletics had 10 student-athletes earn Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award honors, NSIC Commissioner Erin Lind announced on Thursday. A total of 261 student-athletes from the NSIC's 15 institutions will receive the award in its 15th year. The Huskies had three representatives from Women's Swim & Dive and Women's Basketball and one each from Softball, Tennis, Track & Field and Wrestling.

The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to senior NSIC student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher, are exhausting their eligibility and are on track to graduate (student-athletes can only earn the award once). Each student-athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wristwatch.

"I am filled with pride on how our student-athletes in the NSIC continue to excel in the classroom, in the community and on the playing field. These are characteristics in which Dr. Myles Brand emphasized," said Lind, "I am extremely proud of all these student-athletes for their devotion to their universities, the NSIC and to their personal academic and athletic goals. I have no doubt these student-athletes will continue to achieve success in life well beyond the classroom and the competition venues."

Dr. Myles N. Brand, visionary leader, educator and reformer, served as the President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 2003-2009. He passed away in September 2009 at the age of 67 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Brand presided over passage of the most comprehensive academic reform package for intercollegiate athletics in recent history – a package that refocused the attention of student-athletes, coaches and administrators on the education of student-athletes.

Brand also changed the national dialog on college sports to emphasize the educational value of athletics participation and the integration of intercollegiate athletics with the academic mission of higher education. His impact on Division II ran deep by implementing an identity campaign and a strategic-positioning platform tied to specific divisional attributes. He challenged Division II to continue its game environment and community engagement focus and improve academic success rates.

2023-24 St. Cloud State Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award honorees

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