Athletics
Go Yotes!
The Coyotes are a big-time team and they need big-time competition. As members of the Great West Conference and newest member of the Summit League (beginning league play in 2011-12), the Coyotes play intense schedules featuring some of their long-time rivals and some of their newest D-I challengers.
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Tradition
- USD sponsored its first intercollegiate athletic team in 1889 — the same year the state of South Dakota entered the Union.
- Since 2001-02, USD ranks in the top percentage of all 1,200 NCAA institutions in the number of student-athletes earning NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships with 18.
- The Coyotes have captured two NCAA national team championships, more than 20 individual national titles and nearly 80 team and individual conference crowns.
- The Coyotes also excel in the classroom with USD student-athletes posting a 3.2 cumulative grade point average.
- The Coyotes stay warm, dry and virtually unbeatable in South Dakota's premier athletic facility — The DakotaDome.