2012 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nominees – North Dakota State
Each day, The Summit League will feature one institution’s male and female student-athlete nominees for The Summit League Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, the highest award bestowed by the league. The award honors the outstanding academic achievement, athletic achievement, attitude and leadership of one male and one female student-athlete. The award is voted on by the league’s faculty athletic representatives and will be announced on Thursday, June 28.
North Dakota State’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nominees
Zach Wentz, Baseball
Sr. // 3.96 GPA // Major: Health and Physical
Education
Academic Achievements
Two-time Capital One Academic All-American … Three-time
Capital One Academic All-District selection … Named to the
Dean’s List all eight semesters of academic career …
Three-time Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League
selection … Two-time Distinguished Scholar and
Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence honoree.
Athletic Achievements
Two-time All-League second team honoree … Three-time Summit
League Player of the Week and two-time Summit League Pitcher of the
Week … Three-time team captain as voted by teammates.
Other Campus Curricular or Extracurricular
Activities
Participated in sandbagging the Fargo area during the
flood of 2009 … Organized games for SAAC sponsored
children’s Halloween party … Participant in
student-athlete sponsored Relay for Life … Mentor for youth
in area fitness program … Participant in NDSU sponsored
“Eat Smart and Play Hard” program to foster youth
wellness.
Wentz’s complete NDSU bio.
Amy Anderson, Women’s Golf
Jr. // 3.97 GPA // Major: Accounting
Academic Achievements
Elite 88 Award winner in 2011 … Three-time Capital One
Academic All-American and All-District … Beta Gamma Sigma
inductee (Spring 2011) … Named to the Dean’s List six
semesters … Presidential Honors Scholarship recipient
… NDSU Bison Most Valuable Scholar Award.
Athletic Achievements
NGCA All-American, second team in 2010-11 and honorable mention in
2009-10 … 2012 LPGA Dinah Shore Award Winner …
Three-time Summit League Golfer of the Year … Won
two-straight Summit League Championships (2011-12) and runner-up in
2009 … Finished 12th at 2011 NCAA Championship
… Three-time NCAA regional qualifier … Selected to
2012 U.S. team for the Curtis Cup and World University Golf
Championships … LPGA Girls Golf camp guest speaker in 2011
and 2012.
Other Campus Curricular or Extracurricular
Activities
SAAC representative in 2011-12 … Participated in
the stocking stuffer program for three years and Halloween kids
part for two years … Volunteered at fundraising
carnival and read books to elementary kids … Helped
sandbag during the flood of 2011.
Anderson’s complete NDSU bio.
Previously Highlighted Nominees:
IPFW - Drew Imel & Lauren McCracken
IUPUI - Perez Agaba & Elizabeth
Bourgeois
UMKC - Cosmas Ayabei & Kaelene Curry
