(Kansas City, MO) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) over 11,000 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes and over 2,000 NAIA Scholar Teams as a part of its annual NAIA National Awards Day on Wednesday. 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 averages 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 2020-21 academic year.
Concordia had 10 Scholar Teams and 56 Scholar-Athletes honored by the NAIA on Wednesday for their accomplishments in the classroom.
Concordia's Scholar Teams included:
Competitive Dance - 3.64
Men's Tennis - 3.14
Softball - 3.20
Volleyball - 3.45
Women's Basketball - 3.30
Women's Bowling - 3.18
Women's Cross Country - 3.27
Women's Indoor Track & Field - 3.16
Women's Soccer - 3.44
Women's Tennis - 3.00
Concordia's Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes included:
|
Grant Steinborn |
Baseball |
5th Year Senior |
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Billy Blair |
Baseball |
Grad Student |
|
Brendan Lyons |
Baseball |
Senior |
|
R.J. Bortle |
Baseball |
Senior |
|
Caleb Chamberlain |
Baseball |
Senior |
|
Jacob Smith |
Baseball |
Senior |
|
Calvin Syrjala |
Baseball |
Senior |
|
Joseph Tany |
Baseball |
Senior |
|
Jarrett Batanian |
Baseball |
Junior |
|
Jacob Henry |
Baseball |
Junior |
|
Chris Lowe |
Baseball |
Grad Student |
|
Hannah Huhn |
Competitive Cheer |
Senior |
|
Hannah Rumsey |
Competitive Cheer |
Senior |
|
Julie Griggs |
Competitive Cheer |
Junior |
|
Kelly Crorey |
Competitive Dance |
Senior |
|
Emma Weber |
Competitive Dance |
Junior |
|
Andrew Foerster |
Football |
Senior |
|
Hunter Maynard |
Football |
Senior |
|
Peter Morrison |
Football |
Senior |
|
Corbin Stefanski |
Football |
Senior |
|
Colton Ritsema |
Men's Basketball |
Junior |
|
Glenn Rose |
Men's Bowling |
Senior |
|
Miles Riddell |
Men's Lacrosse |
Senior |
|
Jacob Greenway |
Men's Lacrosse |
Junior |
|
Ryan Illes |
Men's Lacrosse |
Junior |
|
Boris Illic |
Men's Soccer |
Senior |
|
Derek McComas |
Men's Soccer |
Senior |
|
James Olson |
Men's Tennis |
Senior |
|
Eric Bugg |
Men's Track & Field |
Senior |
|
Megan Hinkle |
Softball |
Senior |
|
Koryn Playford |
Softball |
Junior |
|
Lauren Reichel |
Softball |
Junior |
|
Natalie Shawl |
Softball |
Junior |
|
Abbie Begley |
Softball |
Senior |
|
Kalee Johnson |
Women's Bowling |
Senior |
|
Makayla Lancioni |
Women's Bowling |
Senior |
|
Abigail Bentz |
Women's Cross Country |
Senior |
|
Gabriella Porter |
Women's Cross Country |
Senior |
|
Lydia Schroeder |
Women's Cross Country |
Junior |
|
Elizabeth Trent |
Women's Cross Country |
Junior |
|
Madalyn Fields |
Women's Lacrosse |
Junior |
|
Jennifer Miller |
Women's Lacrosse |
Junior |
|
Sophia Bell |
Women's Soccer |
Senior |
|
Amay Ciszewski |
Women's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Allison Lentz |
Women's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Kiera Savage |
Women's Soccer |
Junior |
|
Charity Felton |
Women's Tennis |
Senior |
|
Lauren Drinane |
Women's Track & Field |
Senior |
|
Payton Lovins |
Women's Track & Field |
Senior |
|
Gabriella Porter |
Women's Track & Field |
Senior |
|
Elizabeth Trent |
Women's Track & Field |
Junior |
|
Nicole Evans |
Women's Volleyball |
Senior |
|
Hailey McCourt |
Women's Volleyball |
Senior |
|
Tara Schatzle |
Women's Volleyball |
Senior |
|
Emily Belinsky |
Women's Volleyball |
Junior |
|
Natalie Waske |
Women's Volleyball |
Junior |
