Heart of America Athletic Conference Announces Heart Scholar-Athletes for the 2020-21 Academic Year
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In what came out to be arguably one of the most difficult years of learning the country has ever face, 83 of Clarke University's student-athletes earned Heart of America Conference Scholar-Athlete honors.
To qualify to be a Scholar-Athlete, students, must have a cumulative GPA of 3.40 or higher (on a 4.0 scale), must have accumulated a minimum of 60 credit hours, completed at least 5 semesters, and attending the nominating institution for at least two semesters prior to being nominated, must have documented participation in a varsity competition in the sport for which they are being nominated for.
Of the Pride programs that had the most qualifying student-athletes, the women's soccer team and football teams both had 11 qualifiers with softball and women's volleyball having 10 individuals each.
The full list of CU student-athletes on the Heart Scholar-Athlete list is below.
Name |
Sport |
Major |
Taylore Delong |
Women's Soccer |
Psychology, Physical Therapy |
Emily Sass |
Women's Soccer |
Social Work |
Macy Boughn |
Women's Soccer |
Social Work, Psychology |
Abigail Kukuck |
Women's Soccer |
Elementary Education |
Brynlee Ward |
Women's Soccer |
Physical Therapy |
Bailey McNamee |
Women's Soccer |
Psychology |
Samantha Brookens |
Women's Soccer |
Biology |
Avery Abbas |
Women's Soccer |
Psychology, Physical Therapy |
Hannah Sacora |
Women's Soccer |
Athletic Training, Physical Therapy |
Jadyn Knox |
Women's Soccer |
Psychology |
Lindsay Wardlow |
Women's Soccer |
Business Admin, Sports management |
Rachel Crawford |
Women's Soccer |
Chemistry |
Margaret Christianson |
Women's Track & Field |
Graphic Design |
Sydney Baule |
Women's Cross Country/ Track & Field |
Nursing |
Hanna Wolff |
Women's Track & Field |
Athletic Training, Physical Therapy |
Shelby Kline |
Women's Track & Field |
Physical Therapy |
Paige Murphy |
Women's Track & Field |
Physical Therapy |
Claire Ronnebaum |
Women's Cross Country/ Track & Field |
Nursing |
Megan Pressgrove |
Women's Volleyball |
Psychology, Physical Therapy |
Gianna Garza |
Women's Volleyball |
Communication |
Taylor Smith |
Women's Volleyball |
Biology, Pre Veterinary |
Lauren Vos |
Women's Volleyball |
Biology, Physical Therapy |
Madison Ro |
Women's Volleyball |
Psychology |
Tatum Brim |
Women's Volleyball |
Business Admin, Psychology |
Jaida Kroning |
Women's Volleyball |
Social Work |
Alana Cooksley |
Women's Volleyball |
Accounting, Business Admin |
Amber Cooksley |
Women's Volleyball |
Psychology, Physical Therapy |
Rebecca Schroeder |
Women's Volleyball |
Math, Secondary Education |
Mercy DeRyke |
Softball |
Elementary Education |
Izriah Hodson |
Softball |
Biology |
Jenna Schwartzhoff |
Softball |
History, Secondary Education |
Amber Boeckenstedt |
Softball |
Math, Secondary Education |
Lydia Gratz |
Softball |
Business Admin |
Alli Tigges |
Softball |
Nursing |
AnnaMarie Armstrong |
Softball |
Psychology |
Sydney Tigges |
Softball |
Physical Therapy |
Morgan Lenderink |
Softball |
Psychology, Biology |
Emma Gratz |
Softball |
Business Admin |
Caley Vogt |
Women's Bowling |
Elementary Education |
Ragan Carey |
Women's Bowling |
Elementary Education |
Brooke Puckett |
Women's Bowling |
Biology, Physical Therapy |
Brooke Allen |
Women's Bowling |
Elementary Education |
MacKenzie Blagojevic |
Women's Bowling |
Psychology, Music |
Savannah Swanson |
Women's Basketball |
Business Admin |
Athena Ubl |
Women's Basketball |
Athletic Training |
Emma Kelchen |
Women's Basketball |
Nursing |
Emma Liddicoat |
Women's Basketball |
Biology |
Morgan Pitz |
Women's Basketball |
Elementary Education |
Kailee VanZeeland |
Women's Basketball |
Biology |
Michael Jenkins |
Men's Volleyball |
Business Admin |
David Jones |
Men's Track & Field |
Business Admin |
Sullivan Adams |
Men's Track & Field |
Business Admin, Sports management |
Alexander Lee |
Men's Soccer |
Business Admin |
Jan Paule |
Men's Soccer |
Business Admin, Sports management |
Cole Runde |
Men's Golf |
Sports Management |
Nicholas Stroschein |
Men's Golf |
Sports Management |
Cody Funk |
Men's Golf |
Business Admin, Sports management |
Braydon Fisher |
Football |
Athletic Training & Pre-PT |
Clayton Hudson |
Football |
Athletic Training & Pre-PT |
Javaris Jackson |
Football |
Communication |
Tyler Offield |
Football |
Undecided |
Israel Hernandez |
Football |
Computer Information Systems |
Brandon Mueller |
Football |
Business Admin & Sport Management |
Chase Hartweg |
Football |
Elementary Education |
Michael Nacnac |
Football |
Business Administration |
Parker Jeppson |
Football |
Business Administration |
Brandon Heckendorf |
Football |
Sport Management |
Johel Gonzalez |
Football |
Business Admin & Sport Management |
Brendan Holl |
Men's Bowling |
Computer Information Systems |
Dakota King |
Men's Bowling |
Chemistry |
Brandon Thorpe |
Men's Bowling |
Secondary education, Mathematics |
Austin Rose |
Men's Basketball |
Nursing |
Jordan Lake |
Men's Basketball |
Business Admin |
Keith Johnson |
Men's Basketball |
Biology |
Gavin Krahmer |
Baseball |
Business Admin, Sports management |
Jakob Kirman |
Baseball |
Business Admin, Sports management |
Tucker Mai |
Baseball |
Business Admin, Sports management |
Bryce Simon |
Baseball |
Business Admin |
Paul Marshall |
Baseball |
Business Admin |
George Chapa |
Baseball |
Business Admin, Sports management |
Noah McCreary |
Baseball |
Sports Management |
Donovyn Curiel |
Baseball |
Business Management |
Taiga Sato |
Baseball |
Mathematics |