[FRND] 97 Falcon student-athletes receive NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition; 16 squads earn ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – 97 Friends University Falcons have earned 2021-22 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors, the national office released today (Sept. 15) as part of its NAIA National Awards Day. Additionally, 16 Falcon programs have received the NAIA Scholar Team award.
To qualify for the NAIA Scholar-Athlete award, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum cumulative 3.5-grade point average and be at least a junior in academic standing.
For the NAIA Scholar Team award, the team must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average that includes all eligible varsity student-athletes.
The Friends University NAIA Scholar-Athletes recipients are listed below by sport, with NAIA Scholar Team recognition noted in parenthesis.
Baseball
Dakota Harding
Tristen Saunders
Andres Lara
Sam Engberg
Kyle Landwehr
Competitive Cheer (NAIA Scholar Team)
Ashlynn Fairall (JR/Cheney, Kan.)
Makenzie Reyes (JR/Haysville, Kan)
Darby Odle (SR/Beloit, Kan. )
Justyn Smith
Football
Laken Clowdus (JR/Bartlesville, Okla.)
Jack Mullen (JR/Overland Park, Kan.)
D'Ron Jacobs (SR/Wichita, Kan.)
Waylon Chance (SR/Valley Center, Kan.)
Andrew Gerace
Dawson Marcum
Tucker Trevett (SR/Wichita, Kan.)
Kevin McKenzie
Men's Basketball (NAIA Scholar Team)
Trey Reid (SO/Wichita, Kan. )
Men's Cross Country (NAIA Scholar Team)
Logan Anglemyer (SR/Wichita, Kan. )
Aaron Espinoza (SR/Tucson, Ariz. )
Logan Horning (SR/Ormond Beach, Fla. )
Eli Jacobson (JR/Towanda, Kan. )
Keaton Mannebach
Men's Golf (NAIA Scholar Team)
Ethan Stewart (JR/Wichta, Kan. )
Carter Bowen (SR/Medford, Okla. )
Men's Soccer (NAIA Scholar Team)
Sebastian Carbajal
Cooper Joseph (JR/Wichita, Kan. )
Miles Miller
Juan Orona
Judel Saintil (SR/Port au Prince, Haiti)
Men's Tennis (NAIA Scholar Team)
Franco Iozzo
Nathan Watson
Men's Track & Field (NAIA Scholar Team, Indoor and Outdoor)
Kade Gerlach
Keaton Mannebach
Isaac Campbell
Brayden Wells
Men's Wrestling
Ryan Murphy
Softball (NAIA Scholar Team)
Aleigha Gale (JR/Winfield, Kan. )
Mahalie Owens (JR/Limon, Colo. )
Isabelle Schwien (JR/Denver, Colo. )
Michelle Kroell
Meghan Low
Jennifer Dunagan
Savannah Jackson
Women's Basketball (NAIA Scholar Team)
Kassie Kinniburgh
Kayna Simoneau
Bridget Busbee
Gracie Sammons
McKenzie Shippy
Women's Cross Country
Emma Willour
Jolene Jensen
Aubry Donley
Caroline Giles (SR/Minneapolis, Kan.) (SR/Minneapolis, Kan. )
Aileen Gurrola
Women's Golf (NAIA Scholar Team)
Maddy Hart
Women's Soccer (NAIA Scholar Team)
Shi'Amber Boyer
Eliya Deckinger (JR/Andover, Kan.)
Maria Smyth (JR/Fairplay, S.C.)
Mackenzie Greer (SR/Wichita, Kan.)
Kinley Coward (SR/Aubrey, Texas)
Rylee Veach
Bayli Waters (SR/Highlands Ranch, Colo. )
Lea Coccetella
Emma Girtz
Women's Tennis (NAIA Scholar Team)
Victoria Oshakuade
Hanna Wood
Sydney McGrown
Ariel Williams
Women's Track & Field (NAIA Scholar Team, Indoor and Outdoor)
Alaina Madden
Jaden Montoya (SR/Mont Belvieu, Texas)
Emma Willour
Aubry Donley
Aileen Gurrola
Grace Rowland (SR/Sterling, Kan. )
Makenzie Burns
Jolene Jensen
Jaylen Knight (SR/Omaha, Neb.)
Elaina Henderson
Volleyball (NAIA Scholar Team)
Sadie Harris (JR/Oklahoma City, Okla. )
Nicole Robinson (JR/Clearwater, Kan. )
Maddy Strecker (SO/Hutchinson, Kan. )
Raquel Gonzales
Remyngton Green
Allyson Prebble
Sydney Ruth (SR/Coalinga, Calif. )
Rheagan Hoover
Mikaela Pachner (SR/Cimarron, Kan. )
Rachel Taylor (SR/Hays, Kan. )
Sarah Lazar (SR/Rose Hill, Kan. )
Gabrielle Ramirez
For the complete Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete and NAIA Scholar Team list, click HERE.