Pride Fall Athletes Earn NAIA Scholar-Athlete Honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - With the final fall 2023 NAIA Championship to be competed for this weekend, the national office released the final group of Daktronics Scholar-Athletes on Thursday with Clarke University Athletics having a total of 52 student-athletes earn the honor this year.

The fall sports represented at Clarke include cross country (men's and women's), football, soccer (men's and women's), and women's volleyball as the 52 fall 2023 Scholar-Athletes is an increase from the 40 that earned the honor in the previous year's edition.

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.

Below are the Pride's representatives in this season's scholar-athlete selections:

Men's Cross Country

Bryce Kondos

Drew Pate

Emmett Schwartzhoff

Kole Haverly

Women's Cross Country

Isabel Manning

Jaycie Franco

Rory Bickler

Football

Andrew Richards

Arian Rasoli

Brandon Mueller

Brok Determan

Cesar Aguilera

Israel Hernandez

Johel Gonzalez

Max Douglass

Ricci Giambruno

Ried Raisbeck

Spencer Cavaco

Steele Freddricks

Wolfgang Horner

Men's Soccer

Christopher Brodrick

David Palma

Jan Wadsack

Tommy Rea

Zach Cowan

Women's Soccer

Abbey Rhoades

Anne Crawford

Emma Kanne

Faith Bower

Faith Krapfl

Hailey Huckstorf

Hope Ward

Jayden Harrington

Johanna Hartke

Kalei Zimmer

Kara Rogers

Kate Bussan

Laryssa Pritchard

Maddy Meseke

Marcela Fajardo

McKenzie Nodolf

Morgan Catchur

Samantha Miller

Shannon Catchur

Sydney Herzmann

Women's Volleyball

Brittney Mundell

Jennifer Bardon

Lily Himmelmann

Olivia LaCour

Rachel Haubert

Taryn Nolting