Athletics

RAPID CITY ---- The South Dakota School of Mines men's golf program is not only excelling on the academic  front  ---  earning the top team Grade Point Average (GPA) in the Hardrocker athletics department (3.49) --- it also is developing and solidifying its roster with the addition of two new recruits for the 2010-11 season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The South Dakota School of Mines and Hardrocker student-athletes keep setting the "academic bar" a little higher each season as nine of the 10 athletic programs were named as a 2009-10 NAIA Scholar Athlete Team which was announced Tuesday by the NAIA.

RAPID CITY --- The South Dakota School of Mines men's basketball program finished its final camp of the summer Wednesday at the King Center on the campus of South Dakota School of Mines.

RAPID CITY --- Dunham Field at O'Harra Stadium  was the site of the SD School of Mines first ever Football Combine Wednesday morning in Rapid City as high school football hopefuls were put through the paces by the Hardrocker football coaching staff and current players.

ATLANTA , Ga.--- The South Dakota School of Mines women's basketball team has achieved another outstanding milestone for its program by being named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) 2009-10 Top 25 Team Honor Roll. The Lady Hardrockers registered at No. 15 in the NAIA division out of a field of 300 institutions.

LEXINGTON, Ky.- Even though the South Dakota School of Mines women's volleyball team is a couple weeks away from starting the 2010 season, the Lady Hardrockers are still getting recognition from last season's success --- this time earning the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2009-10 school year.

New Life Academy football standout and recent graduate Adam Krause started hooking up computers and downloading software in the second grade.

Standing at 6-3, 285 pounds, a young man of his stature is not hard to find. But for the past several years he's been everywhere at New Life Academy, lending a hand in daily activities as an electronics connoisseur.