KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced today the recipients of the 2025 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes award for spring sports, recognizing 23 Bruins for their outstanding academic achievements. This esteemed honor is awarded to student-athletes in various spring sports, including baseball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and field, and softball, 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.
Dordt (Iowa) had the highest number of scholar-athletes at 111. St. Ambrose, Cumberlands (Ky.), Indiana Wesleyan, Marian (Ind.), Cornerstone (Mich.), and Concordia (Neb.) followed with a total number of scholar-athletes in the 90s with 97, 96, 95, 93, and 90 honorees, respectively.
The following is a list of Bruins who were named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes:
Baseball – 9
Jared Eifler – Senior
Steven Elsner – Senior
Logan Grant – Senior
Jake Lacey – Senior
Anthony Lind – Junior
Parker McMan – Senior
Kenji Miller – Junior
Austin Shever – Senior
CJ Townsend – Senior
Softball – 7
Emma Crisman – Junior
Katie Cunningham – Senior
Abby Dworak – Sophomore
Leslie Egan – Junior
Laila Fiscus – Sophomore
Breanne McMurtry – Sophomore
Alexa Sidel – Senior
(M) Golf – 2
Randy Christiansen – Sophomore
Dylan Rodgers – Sophomore
(W) Golf – 2
Aaricia Noel-Traissac – Junior
Maria Pinedo – Senior
(M) Track & Field – 2
Griffin Kipchumba Kisoryo – Sophomore
Richard Marcoux – Graduate
(W) Track & Field – 1
Alicia Rivera Camargo – Junior
