KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) have released the 2025 NAIA Scholar-Athletes for fall sports. This honor recognizes student-athletes in each of the fall sports who have excelled academically, including football, men's cross country, men's soccer, women's cross country, women's soccer and women's volleyball. The six Indiana Wesleyan University spring teams combined for 76 athletes to meet the qualifications.

Football led the way for the Wildcats with 23 Scholar-Athletes. Women's cross country, men's soccer, and women's volleyball all tallied 11, while men's cross country and women's soccer each recorded 10.

To qualify as an NAIA Scholar-Athlete, students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, appear on the eligibility certificate for their sport, and have attended their institution for at least one full year.

To view the full release from the NAIA, click HERE.


Men's Cross Country (10)

• Josh Bainbridge
• Chase Cates
• Grant Flora
• Alec Foster
• Ben Greiwe
• Evan Long
• Ethan Nix
• Braden Sweet
• Trenton Sweet
• Gavin Wiersma

 
Women's Cross Country (11)

• Elizabeth Barrett
• Marissa Cates
• Chaney Cedarleaf
• Lexi Holloway
• Paige Hout
• Ashlyn Kephart
• Savanna Liddle
• Emily Luckey
• Abby Mathews
• Katie Morrison
• Abby Wallace

 
Football (23)

• Josh Clifton
• Drew Dutton
• Zach Dutton
• Eric Entrekin
• Carson Greenwell
• Lucas Hasty
• Garrett Hathaway
• Payton Hutchins
• Grant Irwin
• Arjun Lothe
• Levi Oxley
• Logan Parrish
• Logan Penhollow
• Isaiah Petty
• Drew Priddy
• Isaac Smith
• Shepard Snell
• Vincie Solano
• Riley Stewart
• Harrison Stomps
• Simon Vinson
• Ryan Whitwell
• Kamden Zeisloft

 
Men's Soccer (11)

• Connor Clark
• Leonardo Costa
• Tyce Glover
• Sam Goodin
• Taha Houssni
• Seth Kallem
• Cole Little
• Richard Llanes
• Diego Palma
• Jose Garcia
• Lake Vander Ploeg     

 
Women's Soccer (10)

• Savanna Cronin
• Aliyah Denton
• Sarah Foulk
• Dylan Gonzalez
• Lauren Patzer
• Anna Pettitt
• Avery Sluss
• Julia Tiemann
• Katelyn VanderArk
• Madelynn Welker

 
Women's Volleyball (11)

• Autumn Colehour
• Jessica Ickes
• Eva Joldersma
• Daniella Joseph
• Dayessi Luis
• Ella Mauck
• Marissa Mullins
• Cadee Notter
• Abbigail Porter
• Marin Sanchez
• Breanna Tubergen

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