SCHOLAR ATHLETE LIST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the 2025 Daktronics Fall Sports Scholar-Athletes list on Wednesday. Evangel had 54 total athletes honored, including 21 football athletes, seven volleyball athletes, six cross country athletes, and 20 soccer athletes.

For the Valor football team, Payton Stacy, Clayten O'Hara, Dominic Dawson, Hollen Glenn, Hugh Eaton, Isaiah Schott, Jace Warren, Jaren Foster, Jeremiah Blakely, Jonathan Schaffer, Josh Dyer, Kal Acklin, Koehn Garner, Logan Putman, Kayleb Darst, Russell Roweton, Stephen Gibson, Ty Gardner, Will Bisbee, Zach Jouret, and Zach Myers were all honored. 

For the Valor volleyball team, Addison Allen, Cienna Turner, Faith Henry, Jessica Pritchett, Kenna Wise, Simone Johnson, and Taylor Osborne were all honored.

For the Valor men's and women's cross country squad, Alexander Worthley, Caleb Gamble, Nathan Hawbaker, Anna McCune, Emily Harris, and Vanessa Perona were all honored. 

For the Valor men's soccer team, Andrea Fincato, Caleb Burton, Caleb Kuchta, Davide Marzoli, Fernando Villasenor, Isaac Dady, Kolton Adkins, Luka Radenovic, Lukas Hinnenkamp, Micah Siems, and Victor Hugo Magalhaes were all honored.

For the Valor women's soccer team, Adrian Bloomquist, Austyn Mickey, Ava Campbell, Emma Budimlya, Kennason Suchy, LoriAnn McClellan, Makayla Myers, McKenzie Calhoun, and Rylee Clapp were all honored.

The 2025 list features over 6,486 student athletes that achieved at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average (GPA) at their institution. In order to be nominated by an institution's sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum cumulative 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.

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