GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the spring NAIA Scholar-Athletes for the 2024-25 year. This honor recognizes student-athletes in each of the spring sports who have excelled academically including baseball, men's and women's golf, track and field, softball, women's tennis, and men's volleyball. 

To qualify as a Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete, students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, appear on the eligibility certificate for their sport, and have attended their institution for at least one full year. This spring, 93 Golden Eagles have earned this honor.

The NAIA Scholar Athletes recipients for Cornerstone are:

Baseball:
Rafael Blom, Grant DeRose, Andrew Eley, Alex Hayward, Matthew Kindley, Ryan McArthur, Andrew Meny, DJ Phillips, Trent Spalding, Josiah Stairs, and Corbin Westerkamp

Men's Golf:
Logan Melcher, Drew Schutz, Luke Theeuwes, Donny Vander Boon, and Landon Wanless

Men's Volleyball:
Joshua Beaumont, Andrew Galanes, Brunno Peres, Elijah Pleune, Hubert Sliwinski, and Patrick Voloch

Indoor & Outdoor Track and Field:
Andrew Adams, Patrick Adams, Isaac Bowden, Cody Cain, Aiden Goodwin, Brad Holbrook, Keegan Honig, Ethan Krampe, Hunter Laven, Parker Matheny, Andrew Miller, Alexander Schmidt, Seth Stoltz, Grayson VerBerkmoes, Rachael Barone, Faith Benedict, Asia Bullard, Anna Burk, Rachel Collins, Elise Conkel, Jordyn Craker, Katelynn Dix, Cecily Fager, Sarah Genzink, Mackenzie Goodwin, Payton Hosley, Hallie Kooyer, Emma Koster, Kiarra Lambert, Katelyn LaTour, Claire Meacham, Kenzie Meyer, Emma Moore, Emma O'Neil, Kendra Postema, Taryn Preston, Aliz Pusztai, Jacie Remtema, Leah Thompson, Lauren VanderLaan, Allison VanWesep, and Kendall Williamson

Women's Golf:
Kayla Collins, Katie Curry, Klaire Goebel, Claire Meacham, and Elizabeth Young

Women's Tennis:
Heidi Brandt, Renata Castillo, and Sarah Daza

Softball:
Alexis Ashbay, Emma Boonstra, Alyssa Braam, Kaitlyn Cain, McKenna Gilde, Anna Griffioen, Dylan Holmes, Morgan Jenkins, Paige Liddell, Allie Lubben, Alayna Meade, Kaylee Misialek, Grace Paling, Moriah Sprague, Sam Timmer, Delaney Wilson, and Taylor Zwagerman