NAIA Scholar-Athletes complete for 2023-24 with Spring 2024 recipients honored

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - With the full 2023-24 athletic calendar complete for the NAIA, Clarke University had 41 different student-athletes receive Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors for their work in the classroom.

Pride student-athletes from eight different teams that include men's volleyball, men's lacrosse, baseball, golf, track and field, and softball have been recognized as spring scholar-athletes.

"In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach or sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended one full year at said institution."

Here are the student-athletes, by sport, that received honors for spring 2024:

Baseball

Bryn Vantiger

Carson Possehl

Christian Prull

Cole Swartz

Jose Perez

Kieron Crowder

Luke Fredrick

Matthew Rossi

Thomas Brannon

Tommy Peterson

Tyler Simmons

Men's Golf

Alijah Dopson

Drake Hammel

Jared Martinson

Jesse Frye

Mitchel Coffey

Women's Golf

Camdyn Penick

Halle Boldt

Maddie Patten

Men's Lacrosse 

Laney Thumser

Men's Track and Field

Brody Deitering

Bryce Kondos

Drew Pate

Emmett Schwartzhoff

Kole Haverly

Lucas van Loon

Women's Track and Field

Allena Rowland

Drew Fox

Emma Grant

Isabelle Matthews

Malia Beich

Marlie Beauchem

Rory Bickler

Softball

Ashley Roberts

Daija Bates

Elizabeth Leverton

Lily King

Men's Volleyball

Kainoa Gerard

Tye Ojala

Zachary Barr

With all of the NAIA Scholar-Athletes announced for the 2023-24 athletic year, Clarke had 104 total student-athletes recognized by the NAIA as scholar-athletes, which is up by 14 from the previous year.