2024-25 NAIA Spring Sport Scholar-Athlete List
SEWARD, Neb. – A group of eight Bulldogs represented the GPAC champion Concordia University, Nebraska Baseball program with 2024-25 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition, as announced on Wednesday (April 23). The honor roll included seniors Brad Hallock, Alex Johnson, Ty Nekoliczak and Jaidan Quinn, juniors Easton Cooper and Zackery Day and sophomores Alex Draper and Sam Rambajan. Repeat honorees are Cooper, Day, Johnson and Nekoliczak.
In order to be nominated by an institution’s head coach or sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended one full year at said institution.
The accolades figure to keep pouring in for the aforementioned seniors. A year ago, Hallock, Nekoliczak and Quinn were each tabbed Academic All-District award winners by College Sports Communicators. Quinn also earned NAIA First Team All-America and Second Team Academic All-America awards following the 2024 season.
Concordia University, Nebraska ranks as the NAIA’s all-time leader in number of Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes with 2,526 entering the 2024-25 academic year. The school record for number of Scholar-Athletes in one academic year is 226 achieved in 2019-20. Concordia has been a regular national leader for both Scholar-Athletes and Scholar-Teams.
2025 Concordia Baseball Scholar-Athletes
· Easton Cooper (Lincoln, Neb.)
· Zackery Day (Simi Valley, Calif.)
· Alex Draper (Papillion, Neb.)
· Bradley Hallock (Carrollton, Texas)
· Alex Johnson (Olathe, Kan.)
· Ty Nekoliczak (Greeley, Neb.)
· Jaidan Quinn (Bonner Springs, Kan.)
· Sam Rambajan (Milton, Ontario, Canada)