Point Teams and Athletes Recognized on NAIA National Awards Day
WEST POINT, Ga. (Sept. 15, 2022) – The NAIA announced the 2021-22 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards on Wednesday as part of National Awards Day for the association, and Point University had 12 teams collect NAIA Scholar team status and 49 student-athletes named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete Award winners.
For a team to be considered for the NAIA Scholar Team award, it must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale) as defined by the institution. The team grade-point average includes all eligible varsity student-athletes.
The Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete award recognizes individual student-athletes at the national level for achieving high academic success. Specifically, each individual must maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved junior academic status to be honored as a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
Women’s basketball led the Skyhawks with a 3.58 GPA, followed by volleyball (3.48) and women’s swimming and diving (3.45). Men’s tennis finished with the highest men’s team GPA, with a 3.30, followed by men’s soccer (3.22).
Men’s soccer and softball led with way with seven individual honorees.
For the complete list of Point’s Scholar Teams and Scholar-Athletes, see below.
NAIA Scholar Teams:
Women’s Swimming and Diving- 3.45
Competitive Cheer – 3.10
Volleyball – 3.48
Men’s Tennis – 3.30
Softball – 3.24
Men’s Golf – 3.25
Women’s Basketball – 3.58
Women’s Soccer – 3.04
Men’s Soccer – 3.22
Women’s Tennis – 3.33
Women’s Golf – 3.08
Men’s Cross Country – 3.30
Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes:
Baseball
Chad Hilsman
Reed Tarlston
Ben Beasley
Bryce Koshko
Football
AJ Rathbun
Nicholas Marien
Barry Finley
Jacob Longacre
Men’s Basketball
Ray Reeves
Men’s Cross Country
Micah Burdette
Joshua Beam
Men’s Golf
Logan Gosdin
Brendan Porter
Men’s Soccer
Levi Burdette
Pablo Sanz
Fabian Saborio
Josue Fernandez
Facundo Palacio
Pablo Acebron
Lorenzo Delvecchio
Men’s Tennis
Brody Millwood
Competitive Cheer
Sydnie Guizar
Maci Harmon
Brenna Moses
Chance Wilson
Softball
Taylor Knight
Kayla Wyatt
Chelsea Parker
Meagan Pildner
Women’s Basketball
Jasmine Griggs
Kyra Hart
Marta Gimenez
Tasha Jackson
Iyanna McMillan
Women’s Cross Country
Macy Babbs
Women’s Golf
Alyssa Davis
Women’s Soccer
Jenna Loewen
Erica Burkhardt
Kelly Carlisle
Women’s Tennis
Sofia Gonzalez
Tania Herrera
Kathryn Gallman
Volleyball
Jordan Palmer
Taylor Elrod
Kelsey Turner
Mollie Goen
Kaitlyn Hawke
Audrey Blaschke
Whitney Ward