Trolls recognized during NAIA Awards Day
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes and NAIA Scholar Teams as a part of its annual NAIA National Awards Day on Wednesday, Sept. 15. Trinity Christian College Athletics had 75 student-athletes receive the honor of Scholar-Athlete and 15 teams earn the distinction of Scholar-Team.
Trinity’s Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes
Baseball: Zach Huisman, Dan Vos, Mike McIntyre, Josh Bakke, Michael Moralez , Jordan Rhodes, Nicolas Guitierrez
Men’s Soccer: Ben Boers, Wesley Trueblood, Emmanuel Iradukunda, Mike McIntyre, Karl Kosary, Chase Rozeveld, Marcos Shimizu, Matthew Tamminga, Alec Belcastro, Ben Morris
Men’s Track and Field: Ross Barz, Jim Bruinius, Caleb DeWeerd, Ryan Mathes, Kyle Graff, Tony Reppman, Chase Rozeveld Men’s
Volleyball: Jake Ostema
Men’s Cross Country: Jim Bruinius, Caleb DeWeerd, Ryan Mathes, Tony Reppmann
Men’s Golf: Nate Kamp, Dan Vos, Mark Schaaf, Mike Maher, Spencer Rice
Men’s Basketball: Noah Andringa, Oleksandr Dolishniy, Vince Overway
Women’s Cross Country: Grace Thelo, Valerie Wellman, Chloe Kikstra
Women’s Golf: Summer Cramer, Ashley Keen
Women’s Soccer: Allyson Kranstz, Drew McCarthy, Kaleigh VanElst, Autumn Bergemann, Selah Hopkins, Miranda Kortenhoeven, Brianna Uhl, Mia Salas, Anna Van Denend, Claire Darby
Softball: Audrey Ricker, Summer Cramer, Emily Montalvo, Alyssa Martin
Women’s Track and Field: Alexis VanRyn, Alyssa Horstman, Ava Kelly, Grace Thelo, Valerie Wellman, Chloe Kirkstra
Women’s Basketball: Summer Cramer, Alexis Marin, Alyssa Mulligan
Women’s Volleyball: Britta Heggeland, Anna Maatman, Danielle Zaner, Julia Belcher, Nicole Belcher, Sarah Hernandez, Madysen Zula, McKenzie Gibson, Brooke Veldman
Trinity’s Scholar Teams, including GPA:
Men’s Golf – 3.63
Women’s Volleyball – 3.57
Women’s Golf – 3.56
Men’s Cross Country – 3.50
Softball – 3.45
Women’s Cross Country – 3.42
Men’s Soccer – 3.41
Baseball – 3.34
Women’s Soccer – 3.31
Men’s Indoor Track and Field – 3.26
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field – 3.26
Women’s Indoor Track and Field – 3.25
Women’s Outdoor Track and Field – 3.25
Men’s Volleyball – 3.14
Women’s Basketball – 3.01
In order to be eligible for the Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete program a student-athletes must be a juniors or seniors in academic standing with a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA. A Scholar Team must have a minimum 3.0 GPA – calculated using the institutions normal GPA rules, include every varsity athlete certified during this academic year, and include fall and spring grades from the current year.
