Kansas City, MO – The University of the Cumberlands athletic department continues to excel in competition this spring, including capturing three Mid-South Conference Championships so far, while having a plethora of teams ranked in their respective sports.  The Patriots success on the playing surface has been match by their academic prowess as 98 spring sport student-athletes were named 2025 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete, announced by the NAIA national office Wednesday, April 23^rd.
 
Four spring sports teams had double-digit honorees with Men's Track & Field leading the way with a program record 22 honorees. Women's Track & Field tallied 14 honorees, while Women's Lacrosse had a program record 13 student-athletes garner this award.  Baseball finished with 11 honorees, while Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, and Softball had seven student-athletes apiece. Six players from Men's Lacrosse and Men's Golf garnered this honor, while five Women's Golfers earned this distinction.
 
Cumberlands athletics had recorded a school record 222 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes during the 2024-25 season.  This surpasses the previous record of 184 set during the 2021-22 season.
 
Criteria for earned this distinction include reaching at least sophomore status and maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.
 
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Cumberlands' 2025 Spring Sport Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes:
Baseball (11):	Women's Lacrosse (13):
Canaan Browning, English Education	Florence Andrieu, Psychology
Jacob Daniels, Businesss Administration	Ashlee Baker, Communication Arts
Jay Flynn, Accounting	Aleyah Belton, Elementary Education
Luke Genier, Exercise Sport Science	Mia Bosah, Biology
Mitchell Graves, Criminal Jsutice / Psychology	Koral Hadac, Accounting
Jake Kmiecik, Businesss Administration	Marisa Helsten, Communication Arts
Jonah Little, Businesss Administration	Reese Kincaid, Elementary Education
Caden Petrey, Health & PE Education	Sarah Linam, Communication Arts & Information Technology Sciences
Clay Shelton, Business Administration / Exercise and Sport Science	Anna Lobbezoo, Criminal Justice
Ayden Smith, Accounting	Emma Rittman, Elementary Education
Logan Wombles, Businesss Administration	Madison Rupp, Psychology
	Morgan Tate, Communication Arts
Men's Lacrosse (6):	Jenna Veech, Fitness & Sport Management / Coaching
Ashton Clayburn, Fitness & Sport Management / Exercise Sport Science
JD Cook, Christian Studies / Business Administration	Softball (7):
Nathan Foskey, Cyber Security / Criminal Justice	Amber Atkins, Exercise Sport Science
Owen Hebenstreit, Exercise Sport Science	Carly Oliver, Nursing
Austin Hering, Business Administration	Logan Riley, Business Administration
Dennis Smith, Business Administration	Kaitlyn Schofield, Exercise Spot Science
	Lindsey Shope, Elementary Education
Women's Golf (5):	Cloe Smith, Nursing
Emily Allen,  Business Administration	Aniyah White, Exercise Sport Science / Psychology
Ginevra Capo, Business Administration
Ainslee Cruce, Business Administration	Men's Tennis (7):
Jenna Pike, Business Administration	Juanchi Alcon, Business Administration
McKenzie Trautman, Marketing	Manuel Fernandez Guede, Business Administration / Mathematics
	Darius Kuster, Business Administration / Exercise Sport Science
Men's Golf (6):	Luis Marcos, Business Administration
Theo Andersson, Business Administration	Liam Savio, Business Administration / Exercise Sport Science
Lorenzo Fiato, Information Technology Sciences	Gabriele Solda, Fitness & Sport Management
Eli Fischer, Finance	Thibaud Vivier, Fitness & Sport Management
Pablo Lopez, Math
Pedro Morgado, Business Administration / Information Technology Sciences	Women's Tennis (7):
Pete Netsom, Business Administration	Eva Cancarevic, Fitness & Sport Management / Psychology
	Jirachavala Puckaporn, Accounting
Men's Track & Field (22):	Liu YuFang, Business Administration
Victor Carpeggiani, Exercise Sport Science	Skye Maclean, Fitness & Sport Management
Matthew Chavers, Business Administration	Marina Nagai, Business Administration
Jon Eades, Biology	Lucy Stojic, Fitness & Sport Management
Kerrington Eubanks, Business Administration / Criminal Justice	Carlota Verdu, Business Administration
Iloba Godspower, Information Technology Sciences
Jelle Golbach, Business Administration	Women's Track & Field (14):
Lucas Lambo, Business Administration	Hannah Baker, Exericise Sport Science
Alvaro Legaz, Physics / Mathematics	Lilian Bittencourt, Elementary & Middle School Education
Noah Loeser, Exercise Sport Science	Alina Boshchuk, Business Administration
Ryan Long, Exercise Sport Science	Allie Bryson, English Education
Luca Madeo, Exercise Sport Science	Maggie Buerger, Exercise Sport Science / Coaching
Riley Massey,  Information Technology	Makayla Clark, Biology
Austin Meacham, Cyber Security	Hannah Durrant, Exercise Sport Science
Dillan Melchiore, Accounting / Fitness and Sport Managment	Heather Durrant, Biology
Brian Nwachukwu, Information Technology Sciences	Alexa Governor, Elementary Education
Serhii Shevchenko, Project Management	Elisa Helferich, Health & PE Education
Mason Smith, Exercise Sport Science	Ava Newkirk, Nursing
Nigel Steenwinkel, Exercise Sport Science / Coaching	Ashley Terry, Elementary Education
Hauke Trost, Physics	Chloe West, Nursing
Eddie Van Wyk, Business Administration / Exercise Sport Science	Jaci Woods, Fitness & Sports Management
Kenny Wilburn, Business Administration / Exercise Sport Science
Max Young, Business Administration