NAIA Announces Spring Scholar-Athletes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the 2023 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes for its fall championship sports. Midland University had 58 student-athletes earn the honor this spring. To be nominated, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport, and have attended one full year at their current institution.

BASEBALL

• Mitchell Baker
• Damian Cortez
• Tyler Dunham
• Tyler Foster
• Lucas Hamzeh
• Dylan Hastings
• Kaden Huffman
• Cody Kent
• Ben Kirkland
• Jacob Liquori
• Scott Tatum
• Zach Vanek
• Dax Wandler

MEN'S GOLF

• Trevin Cunningham
• Brady Davis
• Tylen Jakub
• Ben Ngelingkong
• Gunnar Ray
• Cole Wilson

MEN'S LACROSSE

• Dominic Jochim
• Joshua Pereira

WOMEN'S LACROSSE

• Kayla Bailey
• Ashley Boyd
• Hallie Gehring
• Christina Myers
• Shay Peterson
• Alexis Rios

SOFTBALL

• Tori Baker
• Abby Barnum
• Paeton Coler
• Ariyana Crafton
• Aja Henderson
• Halle Meyer
• Mia Orduna
• Kylie Phillips
• Emily Prai
• Aliyah Rincon
• Amanda Schmaderer
• Dharma Thom
• Chloe Wasielewski

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD

• Robert Atwater
• Felix Grave
• Lucas Hjortkjaer
• Ross McMahon
• Pampa Raffin
• Evan Shepard
• Garrick Wilson

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD

• Madison Jones
• Madalyn Kelsey
• Amber Rodgers
• Emma Strom

MEN'S TENNIS

• Cayden Brander-Stanton
• Andrew Hammer
• Joren Stevens

WOMEN'S TENNIS

• Elaina Fanton
• Grace Felder
• Ari Lumanog
• Krystal Olson