Skip to main content
Players from the 2022 FCS Championship team yelling and holding the NCAA trophy in the air.

Athletics

The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded.

 

With 19 sports competing at the NCAA Division I level, the Jackrabbits have claimed 68 regular and postseason league championships in 10 different sports since 2009-10.

 


Go Jacks           Back the Jacks

Leagues and Conferences

  • Sixteen SDSU teams compete in The Summit League.
  • Football competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference of the Football Championship Subdivision.
  • Wrestling competes as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
  • Equestrian competes under the umbrella of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association.

Success On and Off the Field

The department’s broad-based success has claimed The Summit League Commissioner’s Cup all-sports trophy eight times (2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23), along with winning both The Summit League’s Dr. William Steinbrecher Men’s All-Sports Award and Dr. Helen Smiley Women’s All-Sports Award during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. SDSU also claimed the Steinbrecher award on six other occasions, as well as the Smiley award three other times.

During the 2022-23 athletics season, the Jackrabbits won their first team national championship at the Division I level with four victories in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

In the classroom, Jackrabbits student-athletes continually post a GPA of 3.2 or higher in more than 70 different majors, which led SDSU to winning The Summit League’s Institutional Academic Achievement Award for the 2009-10 and 2012-13 academic years and the Missouri Valley Football Conference Academic Award nine straight seasons.

Athletics Events

See All Our Events
Dec 6

SDSU Holiday Open

Dec 6

SDSU Holiday Open

Dec 7

SDSU Holiday Open

Athletics News

See All Our News
Olivia Tagart

Student leaders: Olivia Tagart

A senior nursing major, Olivia Tagart serves as the president for the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, an organization representing student-athletes from the 19 NCAA Division 1 athletic programs at SDSU. Tagart, a Denver native, is a member of SDSU women’s swimming and diving team and is in her fourth year of involvement with the Student-Athlete Advisory Council.

The Yellow & Blue Podcast | Student Section Synergy | S1E7

In this episode of “The Yellow and Blue Podcast,” student host Rylin Yerdon sits down with three of SDSU's most spirited students: Jarrett Wildman, Grant Madsen and Joseph Weber. These three Jackrabbits are known for leading the charge in the SDState student section, sporting their signature yellow and blue striped bibs and igniting school spirit at every football game.

SDSU recognized with Gladys Pyle Award for voter registration

South Dakota State University received the Gladys Pyle Award for efforts in young voter registration from South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson on Sept. 30. The award reflects voter registration efforts by many on campus including the School of American and Global Studies, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Accessibility and the Diversity in Athletics Council.