William Penn Grabs 91 NAIA Scholar-Athlete Awards
Oskaloosa–As part of its National Awards Day earlier this week, the NAIA announced its 2019-2020 Scholar-Athletes for each sport.
William Penn collected 91 total awards, led by 12 honorees from the women’s volleyball program. Football, with 11 accolades, and softball, with 10, also eclipsed double figures. Nine teams notched at least five recipients and 16 squads posted multiple award-winners.
The honorees by sport:
Baseball (7): Tanner Bedier, Alex Fisher, Ian Forbes, Soren Graversen, Jarrett Hunt, Jaylan Jones, Cole Theisen
Football (11): Alex Crehan, Brian Davison, Rives Grogan, Justin Hagans, Isaac Knudsen, Clive Manuao, Dan Mindermann, Charles Nelson, Jace Neugebauer, Haydn Stender, Tobias Tostenson
Men’s Basketball (1): Jared Peel
Men’s Bowling (3): Aleksander Kostric, Rok Kostric, Alex Mitterer
Men’s Cross Country (2): Jack Miller, David Williams
Men’s Golf (5): David Decker, Oscar Florez Martinez, Andrew Lallier, Jacob Taylor, Mateo Varese
Men’s Lacrosse (1): Kody Wilson
Men’s Soccer (5): Eduardo Bonatto, Akram Hassan, Joe Minton, Alejandro Nunez, Sebastian Viteri
Men’s Track and Field (6): Jesse Birlson, Sage Ehresman, Corey Hamilton, Jordan McRae, Jack Miller, David Williams
Men’s Volleyball (1): Connor Muff
Men’s Wrestling (2): John Anderson, Ben Freese
Softball (10): Madison Garchinski, Rachael Haessly, Kiya Harper, Hallie Hebl, Peyton Parker, Sonia Reddy, Lexi Resa, Lexi Riccardi, Jessica Rogers, Abby Young
Women’s Basketball (6): Jaylin Carter, Haley Mullinnix, Makenzie Pezley, Olivia Usher, Brittany West, Kate Ylitalo
Women’s Bowling (3): Casey Brandau, Nicole Craft, Bailey Palmer
Women’s Cross Country (2): Ashley Omoregie, Madison Udy
Women’s Golf (4): Bailee Frayne, Julia Hippely, Alexis Guimaraes, Madison Lantz
Women’s Soccer (6): Mady Graham, Emily Hampton, Nicole Lancaster, Morgan McClendon, Brittney Severson, Briana Welcome
Women’s Track and Field (4): Kathryn Gutch, Katherine Hunter, Ashley Omoregie, Madison Udy
Women’s Volleyball (12): Taniah Ayap, Cameryn Campbell, Rebekah Eaves, Alicia Jaquez, Alexis Jensen, Corrin Lepper, Elena Lucero, Nikole Opeodu, Danielle Pendzinski, Ashley Porter, Sydney Roush, Annalise Whitcomb
In order to be eligible for NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition, student-athletes must have earned a 3.50 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and be listed on their team’s eligibility paperwork. Due to COVID-19, the 2019-2020 recipients needed to only have attended the nominating institution for two full years (one year for a transfer) prior to being nominated.
