32 winter student-athletes collect Daktronics Scholar-Athlete honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 29, 2024) – Milligan University had 32 student-athletes across seven sports earn Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete status this year.

To be honored as a Scholar-Athlete, the student-athletes must achieve at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average and have attended one full year at their current institution.

Men's Swimming led the way with nine Scholar-Athletes with women's basketball having eight honorees.

Through the fall and winter seasons, Milligan University has had 75 student-athletes earn Scholar-Athlete honors in the 2023-24 academic year.

See below for a full list of winter NAIA Scholar-Athletes

Women's Basketball (8)
Kenzie Campbell
Aida Castell Munoz
Semaj Clark
Tessa Gibson
Jaycie Jenkins
Lauren Longmire
Halie Padgett
Madi Runnels

Men's Basketball (2)
Flynn Carlson
Lincoln Thomae

Women's Swimming (7)
Suzy Aguirre
Mary Grace Bitting
Alex Hayashi
Gabby MacPherson
Liz Mahan
Riley Renaud
Kaylee Williams

Men's Swimming (9)
Jack Allen
Andre Bazzana
Adam Bengtson
RJ Brumit
Caleb Fry
Peter Gilbert
Ben Hawkins
Jacob Miller
Zac Nelson

Women's Bowling (2)
Emily Cheesman
Brianna Rickert

Men's Bowling (3)
Aiden Bailey
Cooper Brackins
Camerson Shockey

Competitive Cheer (1)
Sara Beth Dillard