Grand Rapids, Mich. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the spring NAIA Scholar-Athletes for the 2025-26 year. This honor recognizes student-athletes in each of the spring sports who have excelled academically including baseball, softball, men's and women's golf, track and field, 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, 77 Golden Eagles have earned this honor.
This year's Spring NAIA Scholar Athletes recipients for Cornerstone are:

Baseball:
Andrew Eley, Andrew Meny, Connor Comiskey, Corbin Westerkamp, Grant DeRose, Josiah Stairs, Luke Griffith, Noah Weaver and Ryan McArthur

Softball:
Alayna Meade, Alexis Ashbay, Anna Griffioen, Dylan Holmes, Gabby Mecca, Grace Paling, Kaitlyn Cain, Kaylee Misialek, Morgan Jenkins, Paige Liddell, Sam Timmer, and Taylor Zwagerman 

Men's Golf
Donny Vander Boon and Landon Wanless

Women's Golf 
Claire Meacham, Elizabeth Young, Ella Flores, Katie Curry, and Kayla Collins

Track and Field 
Aaron Franz, Adam Townsend, Andrew Adams, Andrew Miller, Anthony Urbaniak, Austin Bliek, Brad Holbrook, Cody Cain, Ethan Krampe, Hunter Laven, Isaac Bowden, Jonathan Miedema, Joe Vance, Keegan Honig, Myles Tilma, Nate Oosterhouse, Parker Matheny, Seth Ackley, Aliz Pusztai, Allison VanWesep, Alyssa Wisener, Anna Burk, Brenna Olewinski, Cecily Fager, Chloe May, Claire Meacham, Elise Conkel, Emma Koster, Emma Moore, Emma O'Neil, Emma Steele, Hallie Kooyer, Jacie Remtema, Katelynn Dix, Kendra Postema, Kylie Sailor, Lauren VanderLaan, Leah Thompson, Maddie Bosch, Mya Guillermo, Payton Hosley, Rachael Barone, and Taryn Preston

Men's Volleyball 
Andrew Galanes, Elijah Pleune, Ethan Walker, Hunter DeYoung, Kyle Hortness and Matthew True