2023 NAIA Competitive Cheer Scholar-Athletes
SEWARD, Neb. – A trio of Bulldogs from the Concordia University Competitive Cheer team has been honored with 2022-23 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition, as announced on Wednesday (March 8). The award winners are Kayla Johnson, Victoria Perry and Elizabeth Schultz. Perry and Schultz are repeat NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
The 2023 list of competitive cheer honorees includes student-athletes from 62 institutions. 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.
Concordia University ranks as the NAIA’s all-time leader in number of Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes with 2,121 entering the 2022-23 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.
2023 Competitive Cheer NAIA Scholar-Athletes
· Kayla Johnson (Wichita, Kan.)
· Victoria Perry (Shelby, Neb.)
· Elizabeth Schultz (Seward, Neb.)