KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The NAIA has announced its 2020-21 Scholar Team recipients along with the Daktronics Scholar-Athlete selections for the 2021 National Awards Day. Eastern Oregon University had 14 teams make the list along with 58 students garnering Scholar-Athlete honors.
Leading the way in Scholar Team honors was Mountaineers Volleyball who had a cumulative GPA of 3.64 for the 2020-21 academic year. Posting the second highest GPA was women's basketball at 3.56. The third highest GPA overall went to softball with a 3.41. Leading the way for the men's teams was cross country with a 3.33 cumulative GPA
Also earning Scholar Team honors were women's soccer (3.33), men's indoor and outdoor track & field (3.31), men's basketball (3.30), football (3.26), women's indoor and outdoor track & field (3.21), men's wrestling (3.19), women's cross country (3.17), and men's soccer (3.10)
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field had the most Daktronics Scholar-Athlete selections with 11. Tallying the second most was football at 10. Women's Cross Country/Track & Field had the third most selections with eight making the list. The full list of student-athletes that received Daktronics Scholar-Athlete honors is below.
Daktronics Scholar-Athletes
Quincy Backes, Football
Brycen Kelly, Football
Xzavier Edson, Football
Moses McAninch, Football and Track & Field
Cedric Riel, Football and Track & Field
Andrew James, Football
Colby Preston, Football
Cade Reed, Football
Cole Schultz, Football
Jackson Silveira, Football
Justin Jeske, Men's Basketball
Max McCullough, Men's Basketball
Zane Wright, Men's Basketball
Hunter Schiess, Men's Cross Country and Track & Field
Hunter Nichols, Men's Cross Country and Track & Field
Lucas Hidalgo, Men's Track & Field
Jonah Coats, Men's Track & Field
Darrian Walker, Men's Track & Field
Noah Chaney, Men's Track & Field
Jacob Gates, Men's Track & Field
Cody Milmine, Men's Track & Field
Sajun White, Men's Track & Field
Antonio Gracia, Men's Soccer
Lewis Wright, Men's Soccer
Max Rose, Men's Soccer
Dillon Van Rensburg, Men's Soccer
Joaquin Bermejillo, Men's Soccer
Noel Orozco, Men's Wrestling
Keegan Mulhill, Men's Wrestling
Madison Parker, Softball
Brianna Zweygardt, Softball
Taylor Dow, Softball
Kaylin Winans, Softball
Alaina Wright, Softball
Maddy Juul, Women's Basketball
Brandy Smith, Women's Basketball
Taylor Stricklin, Women's Basketball
Michelle Herbes, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
Dierdre McKay, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
Maliah Russell, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
Calista Van Delden, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
Ella Coughlan, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
Danielle Church, Women's Track & Field
Cooper Thomas, Women's Track & Field
Abby Winstead, Women's Track & Field
Morgan Farrington, Women's Soccer
Korilynn Goller, Women's Soccer
Yahaira Chavarria-Mondragon, Women's Soccer
Kaitlyn McLeod, Women's Soccer
Katie Arnold, Women's Soccer
Aspen Christiansen, Volleyball
Kiley McMurtrey, Volleyball
Madison Pilon, Volleyball
Cambree Scott, Volleyball
Jet Taylor, Volleyball
Macy Higa, Women's Wrestling
Dempsi Talkington, Women's Wrestling
Anjelynn Baron, Women's Wrestling
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