2024-25 NAIA Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete List
SEWARD, Neb. – A group of 11 Bulldogs represented the Concordia University, Nebraska Men’s Basketball program on the list of 2024-25 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes announced on Wednesday (Feb. 19). Repeat honorees include Bradley Bennett, Zac Kulus, Noah Schutte and Tristan Smith. The other seven Concordia Scholar-Athletes have earned recognition for the first time (full list below).
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.
In addition to collecting multiple NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards, veteran standouts in Bennett, Schutte and Smith were each named Academic All-District honorees by College Sports Communicators in 2023-24. CSC will unveil 2024-25 basketball all-district awards on March 25.
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.
2024-25 Concordia Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athletes
· Bradley Bennett (Elkhorn, Neb.)
· Hayden Frank (Malcolm, Neb.)
· Garrett Grandgenett (Wahoo, Neb.)
· Brooks Kissinger (Ashland, Neb.)
· Zac Kulus (Bennington, Neb.)
· Jace Nelson (Gordon, Neb.)
· Karson Pihl (Lindsborg, Kan.)
· Noah Schutte (Laurel, Neb.)
· Tristan Smith (Elizabeth, Colo.)
· Brandt Van Dyke (Lawton, Iowa)
· Matthew Weismann (Gibbon, Neb.)