While the third-year Minot State University (MSU) women’s wrestling team enjoyed another successful season on the mats that saw the Beavers qualify for the national tournament for a third straight year, the Beavers also excelled as student-athletes.

Competing hard on the mats, and working hard in the classroom, four MSU women’s wrestlers earned special honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) on Thursday as Pua Beebe, Haleigh Lematta, Emily Light, and Skye Shelmerdine each received the 2025 NCAA Women’s Scholar All-American Award.

To be eligible for the honor, a wrestler must have competed in at least 15 varsity matches and maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5, be a national qualifier with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25, or place in the top eight at nationals and maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

The Beavers’ Beebe, a freshman Nursing major from Honolulu, Hawaii, Light, a sophomore Biology major from Fargo, North Dakota, and Shelmerdine, a sophomore Entrepreneurship major from Kalispell, Montana, each earned the honor as they competed in at least 15 matches this season while maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.5, or higher.

As for Lematta, a junior Composite Science Education major from Fessenden, North Dakota, she qualified for the NCWWC National Tournament for the second straight year where she finished 1-2 in the 145-pound weight class, while maintaining at least a 3.25 GPA, or higher, to earn the Scholar All-American Award.

Beebe, Lematta, Light, and Shelmerdine become the first four MSU women’s wrestlers named NCAA Women’s Scholar All-American Award winners in the program’s three-year history.