KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A total of eight IU South Bend programs and 23 student-athletes were recognized on Wednesday, as part of the 2021 NAIA National Awards Day.

IU South Bend Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Women’s Basketball, Baseball, and Softball were all selected to the NAIA Scholar Team Award list. The full roster for each team must maintain a minimum 3.0 average GPA over both fall and spring semesters.
Titan Volleyball led the way, posting team GPA of 3.54, just ahead of the Women’s Cross Country team and their 3.51 GPA.

Individually, 23 student-athletes across six sports earned Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors. This award recognizes NAIA students who are juniors or above, with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. IUSB Baseball led the way with eight Scholar-Athletes on last spring’s roster, followed by softball (5), women’s basketball (4), volleyball (3), men’s tennis (2) and men’s golf (1).
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2020-21 NAIA Scholar Teams
Volleyball 3.54
Women’s Cross Country 3.51
Women’s Basketball 3.35
Women’s Golf 3.35
Men’s Tennis 3.27
Softball 3.26
Women’s Tennis 3.15
Baseball 3.11

2020-21 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes
Emily Anglin
Senior Softball
Robbie Berger
Senior Baseball
Julie Brown
Senior Volleyball
David Counsellor
Junior Men’s Golf
Maddie Gard
Junior Women’s Basketball
Whitney Gessinger
Junior Volleyball
Ian Glogovsky
Junior Baseball
Kage Haeck
Junior Baseball
Kyle Hallberg
Senior Baseball
Courtney Haynes
Graduate Student Women’s Basketball
Jacob Kanaby
Senior Men’s Tennis
Taylor Klenner
Junior Women’s Basketball
Courtney Lengacher
Senior Volleyball
Colin Mack
Junior Baseball
Jordan Moore
Graduate Student Baseball
Mackenzie Myars
Junior Softball
Holden Price
Senior Men’s Tennis
Courtney Raymer
Graduate Student Women’s Basketball
Matt Rose
Junior Baseball
Jack Schaffer
Senior Baseball
Becca Stevens
Senior Softball
Brittany VanderBrink
Senior Softball
Haylie Williamson
Senior Softball