Kohlwey and Vogt named scholar-athletes

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SEWARD, Neb. – Senior Adam Vogt and sophomore Micah Kohlwey made the list of 2013-14 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, released on Monday by the NAIA. The announcement marks the second-straight year that Vogt has represented Concordia men’s basketball with scholar-athlete honors. Kohlwey earns academic laurels for the first time in his career.

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 and must have achieved a junior academic status.

Vogt, a native of Syracuse, Neb., is studying secondary education (math and physical education). He plays to be a coach. Kohlwey, who hails from Seward, is majoring in exercise science.

Concordia ranks as the NAIA’s all-time leader in number of Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes with 964 and counting. (This figure includes all 41 Concordia scholar-athletes announced for the fall season). During the 2012-13 academic year, Concordia had 71 Scholar-Athletes and 17 NAIA Scholar-Teams.

A total of 134 NAIA Division II men’s basketball student-athletes across the nation were named 2013-14 scholar-athletes by the NAIA.

Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accredited, coeducational university located in Seward, Neb., that currently serves over 2,200 students. Concordia offers more than 50 professional and liberal arts programs in an excellent academic and Christ-centered community that equips men and women for lives of learning, service and leadership in the church and world.