Clarke Student-Athletes and Teams earn NAIA Academic Honors for 2020-21
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – At the annual NAIA National Awards Day, the 2020-21 NAIA Scholar-Athletes were announced as Clarke University boasted 13 teams and 74 student-athletes to receive the honor.
For a team to qualify, the cumulative GPA for all rostered student-athletes had to be at 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale. The 13 teams that received the recognition were out of the 21 total programs (61.9%) at Clarke that were eligible for the designation. Below is the full list of teams that earned the distinction.
Team
Women's Golf
Women's Bowling
Women's Indoor Track & Field
Women's Volleyball
Women's Basketball
Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Women's Soccer
Women's Cross Country
Softball
Women's Lacrosse
Men's Bowling
Men's Volleyball
Men's Golf
The 74 student-athletes represented 18 of the 19 eligible programs (94.7%) at Clarke as individuals had to be of junior or senior standing and achieve a 3.50 cumulative GPA by the end of 2020-21. Below is the full list of Pride student-athletes who received NAIA Scholar Athlete recognition.
Name -Team
Paul Marshall-Baseball
Brandon Munoz-Baseball
Taiga Sato-Baseball
Tyler Willis-Baseball
Noah McCreary-Baseball
Donovyn Curiel-Baseball
George Chapa-Baseball
Israel Hernandez-Football
Parker Jeppson-Football
Brandon Heckendorf-Football
Johel Gonzalez-Football
Michael Nacnac-Football
Darius Hernandez-Football
Shawn Buhr-Football
Adrian Tamayo-Football
Chase Hartweg-Football
Brandon Mueller*-Football and Track & Field
Javaris Jackson-Football
Keith Johnson-Men's Basketball
Dakota King-Men's Bowling
Brenden Holl-Men's Bowling
Cody Funk-Men's Golf
Nick Stroschein-Men's Golf
Colton Younie-Men's Lacrosse
Alex Lee*-Men's Soccer & Lacrosse
Jan Paule-Men's Soccer
Sullivan Adams-Men's Track & Field
Nick Peterson-Men's Track & Field
David Jones-Men's Track & Field
Mike Jenkins-Men's Volleyball
Sydney Tigges-Softball
Amber Boeckenstedt-Softball
Morgan Lenderink-Softball
Jenna Schwartzhoff-Softball
AnnaMarie Armstrong-Softball
Emma Liddicoat-Women's Basketball
Morgan Pitz-Women's Basketball
Emma Kelchen-Women's Basketball
Athena Ubl-Women's Basketball
Kailee VanZeeland-Women's Basketball
Caley Vogt-Women's Bowling
Jackie Moss-Women's Bowling
Brooke Allen-Women's Bowling
MacKenzie Blagojevic-Women's Bowling
Ragan Carey-Women's Bowling
Brooke Puckett-Women's Bowling
Claire Ronnebaum*-Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
Mackenzie Saylor-Women's Golf
Rebecca Underwood-Women's Lacrosse
Roane Hand-Women's Lacrosse
Samantha Brookens-Women's Soccer
Rachel Crawford-Women's Soccer
Bailey McNamee-Women's Soccer
Emily Sass-Women's Soccer
Taylore DeLong-Women's Soccer
Jadyn Knox-Women's Soccer
Noel Koch-Women's Soccer
Abigail Kukuck-Women's Soccer
Miya McAntire-Women's Soccer
Hannah Sacora-Women's Soccer
Lindsay Wardlow-Women's Soccer
Brynlee Ward-Women's Soccer
Paige Murphy-Women's Track & Field
Audra Steil-Women's Track & Field
Hanna Wolff-Women's Track & Field
Madison Ro-Women's Volleyball
Taylor Smith-Women's Volleyball
Lauren Vos-Women's Volleyball
Tatum Brim-Women's Volleyball
Alana Cooksley-Women's Volleyball
Amber Cooksley-Women's Volleyball
Jaida Kroning-Women's Volleyball
Rebecca Schroeder-Women's Volleyball
Kaylyn LeGrand -Women's Volleyball