Student-Athletes Honored for Their Excellence and Focus in the Classroom
(Leavenworth, Kan.)鈥擳he National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its Spring scholar-athlete honors. Sixteen Spires earned the honor this year.
The Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete program recognizes junior and senior NAIA student-athletes with a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher. The students must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended two full years as a non-transfer or one full year as a transfer. These awards are given annually in the various sports.
Women's Track & Field
- Sophia Defeo, Senior, Kansas City, Mo.
- Kaitlynn Ellis, Junior, Sapulpa, Okla.
- Kaitlynn Tuey, Senior, Great Bend, Kan.
Men's Track & Field
- Christian Graham, Senior, Great Bend, Kan.
- Tony Weber, Senior, Leavenworth, Kan.
- Nick Thomas, Junior, Dallas, Texas
Women's Lacrosse
- Karissa Proctor, Junior, Calgary, Alberta
Men's Lacrosse
- Matt Waeckerle, Junior, Baldwin, Mo.
- Billy Dineen, Junior, Omaha, Neb.
- Drew Coleman, Junior, Pleasant Hill, Iowa
Softball
- Cassidy Harbert, Senior, Wichita, Kan.
- Alana Renshaw, Senior Olathe, Kan.
Baseball
- Brody Meloy, Junior, Staley, Mo.
- Mark Stimach, Junior, Kansas City, Kan.
- Andrew Berry, Senior, Mulvane, Kan.
- Easton Barnes, Junior, Lawrence, Kan.
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