BROOKINGS – Four-time all-conference selections Jake Wieneke and Tori Poole were honored with the Outstanding Jackrabbit Senior Athlete Award during the South Dakota State University Athletic Department’s Senior Banquet Thursday night at Club 71 inside Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.
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BROOKINGS – Four-time all-conference selections Jake Wieneke and Tori Poole were honored with the Outstanding Jackrabbit Senior Athlete Award during the South Dakota State University Athletic Department’s Senior Banquet Thursday night at Club 71 inside Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.
Wieneke rewrote the record book en route to becoming the first Jackrabbit football player to earn first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors four times. Also a four-time All-America selection at
wide receiver, Wieneke established SDSU and MVFC records with 288 receptions, 5,157 receiving yards and 59 touchdowns. He also set a Football Championship Subdivision mark with a reception in 53 consecutive games.
A native of Maple Grove, Minn., Wieneke also excelled in the classroom, earning CoSIDA Academic All-America honors two times. In addition, he was honored as the STATS FCS Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete of the Year, was named a finalist for the Campbell Trophy and earned a spot on the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for his community service efforts.
Poole helped lead the Jackrabbit women’s soccer team to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2014-16) and earned first-team All-Summit League recognition four times as a mid fielder. In 80 career games, the South St. Paul, Minn., native tallied 12 goals and seven assists for 31 points. She shared the team lead with six goals as a junior.
In addition, Poole was a two-time Summit League Academic All- League honoree.
Fourteen other SDSU student-athletes were named recipients of the Jackrabbit Impact Award to their respective sports.
The honorees were:
• Men’s Basketball – Reed Tellnghuisen.
• Women’s Basketball – Ellie Thompson.
• Equestrian – Mariah Wright.
• Football – Dallas Goedert, Brady Mengarelli and Jacob Ohnesorge.
• Women’s Soccer – Nicole Hatcher.
• Women’s Swimming and Diving – Kristin Erf.
• Men’s Track and Field – Colton Bender and Kyle Burdick.
• Women’s Track and Field – Vanessa Lane.
• Wrestling – David Kocer, Nate Rotert and Luke Zilverberg.
Receiving the Jackrabbit Scholar-Athlete Award were three SDSU student-athletes who compiled perfect 4.0 grade-point averages throughout their collegiate careers: Caleb Lang (football), Halie Mechels (women’s track and field) and Jennie Scislow (soccer). The trio were among 42 senior student-athletes to post a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
The women’s cross country squad was presented with the Team Scholar Award after compiling a 3.683 cumulative team grade-point average through the fall semester.
In addition, eight senior student-athletes were presented with the NSCA All-American Award for Strength and Conditioning.
Those honorees included:
• Savannah Dolezal (women’s track and field)
• Caleb Lang (football)
• Mason Leiseth (football, men’s track and field)
• Alex Macki (wrestling)
• Jacob Ohnesorge (football)
• Christopher Rumrill (men’s swimming)
• Danielle Steffo (softball)
• Reed Tellinghuisen (men’s basketball)
Photo from www.gojacks.com.
