Editing South Dakota State University (section)

==Athletics==
{{Main|South Dakota State Jackrabbits}}
SDSU participates in athletics as a member of [[NCAA Division I]]. SDSU's athletic conference affiliations include the [[Summit League]] for most sports, the [[Missouri Valley Football Conference]] ([[Football Championship Subdivision|Division I FCS]]), the [[Big 12 Conference]] (wrestling) and [[National Collegiate Equestrian Association|Varsity Equestrian]]. The Jackrabbits have 19 varsity sports and numerous intramural and club teams. South Dakota State's athletic mascot for both the men's and women's teams is the [[Jackrabbit]], both the men's and women's sports teams are officially referred to as the Jackrabbits.

===Men's basketball===
[[File:FrostArena.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Frost Arena]], the home of South Dakota State basketball]] 
{{Main|South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball}}
The Jackrabbits were [[NCAA Division II]] national champions in [[1963 NCAA College Division basketball tournament|1963]]; they have sinced joined the ranks of Division I.

===Women's basketball===
{{Main|South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball}}
Head coach Aaron Johnston took over the program in 2000. After becoming the first school transitioning to Division I to earn a postseason bid, playing in the WNIT in both 2007 and 2008, SDSU turned its focus to dominating the Summit League. The Jacks have won nine of the 13 conference tournaments they have played in. The program has played in ten NCAA Division I Tournaments, winning four games, highlighted by a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in 2019. The program also won first-round games in 2009 and 2015.

===Men's football===
{{Main|South Dakota State Jackrabbits football}}
As of January 7, 2024, the Jackrabbits have appeared in the [[NCAA Division I FCS]] playoffs 14 times with an overall record of 22–11. They were in the Championship game May 20, 2021, losing 23–21 to Sam Houston State. The Jackrabbits were semifinalists in 2017, 2018, and 2021. SDSU has an active streak of 12 consecutive postseason appearances at the FCS level, including the appearance in 2024. Through 2022, this was accomplished by John Stiegelmeier, the school's winningest head coach, after the program managed only one Division II playoff appearance (1979).  Beginning in 2023, Jimmy Rogers became the head coach. Zach Zenner became the first Division I football player to record three consecutive seasons of 2,000 rushing yards (2012–14). The program's national standing persuaded ESPN's College Gameday television show to come to the Brookings campus for a live broadcast of its show on October 26, 2019.  The Jackrabbits won their first FCS National Championship following the 2022 season and won their second following the 2023 season on January 7, 2024.  

====Dana Dykhouse buildings and facilities====
{{Main|Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium}}
[[File:Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium 2016.jpg|thumb|center|800px|[[Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium]]]] A 19,340-capacity stadium opened in the fall of 2016. It is considered among the premier FCS Division I stadiums.

The Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center, located on the north end of the Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, is the home of Jackrabbit football. It opened prior to the 2010 football season and houses an academic center equipped with study areas, computers, tutors and other educational aids for all South Dakota State teams.
The Sanford Jackrabbit Athlete Complex, a state-of-the-art indoor practice and competition facility, opened October 11, 2014. It is immediately north of and attached to the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center. The SJAC has bleacher seating for up to 1,000 spectators and can be used for track practice and track meets, football practice, softball and baseball practice, golf practice and other events within the SDSU athletic department. It includes 149,284-square foot facility and features an eight-lane, 300-meter track, one of only five collegiate indoor tracks of that size in the nation.