KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced today the recipients of the 2024 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes award for fall sports, recognizing 25 Bruins for their outstanding academic achievements. This esteemed honor is awarded to student-athletes in various fall sports, including men's cross country, men's soccer, women's cross country, women's soccer, and women's volleyball, who have excelled academically.
To qualify as a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete, students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, appear on the eligibility certificate for their sport, and have attended their institution for at least one full year. This year's list features an impressive number of student-athletes who have met these rigorous standards.
Concordia (Neb.) and Dordt (Iowa) led the way with over 100 fall Daktronics Scholar-Athletes, reporting 131 and 114, respectively. Additionally, women's soccer, women's volleyball, and men's soccer each had over 1,000 Daktronics Scholar-Athletes named this year, with totals of 1,328, 1,105, and 1,043, respectively.
The following is a list of Bruins who were named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes:
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Alicia Rivera Camargo |
Bellevue University |
Sophomore |
Women's Cross Country |
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Alyssa Brandes |
Bellevue University |
Sophomore |
Women's Cross Country |
|
Richard Marcoux |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Men's Cross Country |
|
Eve Fountain |
Bellevue University |
Junior |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Sidney Sledge |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Haley Fleischman |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Audrey Sandfort |
Bellevue University |
Junior |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Kenzie Polk |
Bellevue University |
Junior |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Jayna Hope |
Bellevue University |
Junior |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Kealy Kiviniemi |
Bellevue University |
Junior |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Rowyn Scheer |
Bellevue University |
Sophomore |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Ali Butler |
Bellevue University |
Sophomore |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Morgan Wale |
Bellevue University |
Sophomore |
Women's Volleyball |
|
Beverley Wemhoff |
Bellevue University |
Sophomore |
Women's Soccer |
|
Maria Serrano Suarez |
Bellevue University |
Sophomore |
Women's Soccer |
|
Sami Reding |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Women's Soccer |
|
Layla Vazquez |
Bellevue University |
Sophomore |
Women's Soccer |
|
Ketlyn Rota |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Women's Soccer |
|
Claudia Gallegos Garcia |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Women's Soccer |
|
Lauren Chetty |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Women's Soccer |
|
Morgan McIInay |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Women's Soccer |
|
Carlos Ortega Arguelles |
Bellevue University |
Graduate |
Men's Soccer |
|
Andres Valencia |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Men's Soccer |
|
Maxwell Lambert |
Bellevue University |
Senior |
Men's Soccer |
|
Jonathan Henkhaus |
Bellevue University |
Sophomore |
Men's Soccer |
