NDSU soccer senior defender Sheri Fitzsimmons was named to The Summit League Academic All-League team. The Champlin, Minn., native is a pharmaceutical sciences major with a 3.79 grade-point average.

To be eligible for the Academic All-League team, a student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 on a 4.0 scale, completed at least one full academic year at the current institution and participated in 50 percent of their team's competitions.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.