A single-semester record 17 John Brown University fall sport student-athletes have been selected to the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete list for their respective sports, the NAIA national office announced recently.
The 17 recipients were four more than the previous high of 13 nominations in the fall of 2014.
"I am very proud of the 17 student-athletes in volleyball, soccer and cross country who received this prestigious award," said Robyn Daugherty, director of athletics. "The award is recognition for a lot of hard work in the classroom over the last several years. I am honored to have these student-athletes in our athletic programs at JBU and appreciate all of their efforts, both on and off the playing fields."
Of the 17 honorees, four returned to the list from 2016 including volleyball's Alyssa Arnold, women's soccer's Sara Frey and Anna Brown, and women's cross country's Jennifer Poole.
To be eligible for nomination, the student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved the academic status of junior level.
Name^Sport^Class^GPA
Jacob Benjamin^Men's cross country^Jr.^3.80
Jacob Synek^Men's cross country^Jr.^3.81
Kaitlyn Collier^Women's cross country^Sr.^3.61
Carly Coney^Women's cross country^Jr.^3.80
Hannah Fiser^Women's cross country^Jr.^3.92
Jennifer Poole*^Women's cross country^Sr.^3.73
Reagan Roth^Women's cross country^Jr.^3.94
James Pollard^Men's soccer^Jr.^3.55
Ryan Williams^Men's soccer^Jr.^3.66
Britt Wisener^Men's soccer^Jr.^3.90
Anna Brown*^Women's soccer^Jr.^3.50
Sara Frey*^Women's soccer^Sr.^3.66
Kathryn Huff^Women's soccer^Jr.^3.94
Anne Metz^Women's soccer^Jr.^3.79
Alyssa Arnold*^Volleyball^Sr.^3.82
Karis Buff^Volleyball^Sr.^3.59
Bailey Sager^Volleyball^Jr.^3.51
* Denotes repeat recipient
Sports on 12/13/2017