(Kansas City, MO) - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its honorees of nearly 11,000 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes and close to 2,000 NAIA Scholar Teams as a part of its annual NAIA National Awards Day on Thursday. The day recognizes the association's highest individual honors and achievements of NAIA student-athletes, administrators, and coaches.
Student-athletes were named Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes for having a 3.5 or higher cumulative grade point average and attending the college for at least two full years. Meanwhile, teams earned the NAIA Scholar Team award for having at least a collective 3.0 grade point average of all members that competed during the 2021-22 academic year.
Concordia had 16 Scholar Teams and 87 Scholar-Athletes honored by the NAIA on Thursday for their accomplishments in the classroom.
Scholar Teams:
Baseball - 3.09
Competitive Cheer - 3.20
Competitive Dance - 3.31
Men's Basketball - 3.14
Men's Cross Country - 3.27
Men's Tennis - 3.30
Men's Bowling - 3.01
Men's Golf - 3.16
Softball - 3.41
Women's Basketball - 3.18
Women's Cross Country - 3.28
Women's Soccer - 3.44
Women's Tennis - 3.20
Women's Golf - 3.32
Women's Outdoor Track & Field - 3.08
Women's Volleyball - 3.36
Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes:
|
Calvin Syrjala |
Baseball |
5th Year |
|
Jarrett Batanian |
Baseball |
Junior |
|
Ryan Patterson |
Baseball |
Junior |
|
Caden Flanery |
Baseball |
Junior |
|
Caleb Chamberlain |
Baseball |
Senior |
|
Jacob Henry |
Baseball |
Senior |
|
Danyelle Beckesh |
Competitive Cheer |
Junior |
|
Hannah Rumsey |
Competitive Cheer |
Senior |
|
Elissa Peterson |
Competitive Cheer |
Senior |
|
Kayla Markle |
Competitive Cheer |
Senior |
|
Alyssa Kraemer |
Competitive Cheer |
Junior |
|
Taylor Kolosar |
Competitive Dance |
Senior |
|
Katie MacInnis |
Competitive Dance |
Senior |
|
William Dowling |
Football |
Junior |
|
Shayne Erni |
Football |
Junior |
|
Heath Flower |
Football |
Junior |
|
Colby Kohmescher |
Football |
Junior |
|
Casey Rauch |
Football |
Junior |
|
Jake Mlynarek |
Football |
Junior |
|
Nicholas Painter |
Football |
Junior |
|
Andrew Wiemer |
Football |
Senior |
|
Conner Scribner |
Football |
Senior |
|
Corbin Stefanski |
Football |
Senior |
|
Matthew Koehler |
Men's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Evan Neff |
Men's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Zachary Clark |
Men's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Kip French |
Men's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Zackary Johnson |
Men's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Henry Knapp |
Men's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Jason Riske |
Men's Basketball |
Senior |
|
Colton Ritsema |
Men's Basketball |
Senior |
|
David Smalls |
Men's Bowling |
Junior |
|
Brenden Gossman |
Men's Bowling |
Junior |
|
Korey Reichard |
Men's Bowling |
Junior |
|
Andrew Burk |
Men's Golf |
Junior |
|
Luke Hovarter |
Men's Lacrosse |
Junior |
|
Jacob Greenway |
Men's Lacrosse |
Senior |
|
Ryan Iles |
Men's Lacrosse |
Senior |
|
Caleb Comstock |
Men's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Luke Neuhaus |
Men's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Luca Ruffino |
Men's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Jacob Gerace |
Men's Tennis |
Senior |
|
Tristan Waechter |
Men's Tennis |
Senior |
|
Noah Starkey |
Men's Track and Field |
Junior |
|
Andrew Wiemer |
Men's Track and Field |
Senior |
|
Noah Starkey |
Men's Cross Country |
Junior |
|
Cassidy Kane |
Softball |
Junior |
|
Shannon McAlinden |
Softball |
Junior |
|
Jada Stephenson |
Softball |
Junior |
|
Catherine Elias |
Softball |
Junior |
|
Abbie Begley |
Softball |
Senior |
|
Koryn Playford |
Softball |
Senior |
|
Taylor Leatherman |
Women's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Mackenzie Maciejewski |
Women's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Samantha Dorn |
Women's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Averi Bebble |
Women's Basketball |
Senior |
|
Karissa Chibbaro |
Women's Bowling |
Junior |
|
Shannon Geiger |
Women's Bowling |
Junior |
|
Megan Soop |
Women's Lacrosse |
Junior |
|
Madalyn Fields |
Women's Lacrosse |
Senior |
|
Jennifer Miller |
Women's Lacrosse |
Senior |
|
Danielle Bracken |
Women's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Samantha Pomponio |
Women's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Halle Kallsen |
Women's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Samantha Putnam |
Women's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Megan Starkey |
Women's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Kiera Savage |
Women's Soccer |
Senior |
|
Amay Ciszewski |
Women's Soccer |
Senior |
|
Mackenzie Rahn |
Women's Soccer |
Senior |
|
Ellesyn Fritcha |
Women's Tennis |
Junior |
|
Anna Leeper |
Women's Tennis |
Senior |
|
Natalie Waske |
Women's Tennis |
Senior |
|
Katherine Vivacque |
Women's Tennis |
Junior |
|
Megan Espinoza |
Women's Track and Field |
Junior |
|
Emily Belinsky |
Women's Track and Field |
Senior |
|
Payton Lovins |
Women's Track and Field |
Senior |
|
Lydia Schroeder |
Women's Track and Field |
Senior |
|
Elizabeth Trent |
Women's Track and Field |
Senior |
|
Madison Phillips |
Women's Volleyball |
Junior |
|
McKenzie Peters |
Women's Volleyball |
Junior |
|
Kayla Peters |
Women's Volleyball |
Junior |
|
Abigail Austin |
Women's Volleyball |
Junior |
|
Madalyn Lisman |
Women's Volleyball |
Junior |
|
Emily Belinsky |
Women's Volleyball |
Senior |
|
Megan Espinoza |
Women's Cross Country |
Junior |
|
Lydia Schroeder |
Women's Cross Country |
Senior |
|
Elizabeth Trent |
Women's Cross Country |
Senior |
