Seven Bulldogs named to football Scholar-Athlete list

By Jacob Knabel on Dec. 16, 2017 in Football

2017 NAIA Scholar-Athletes

SEWARD, Neb. – Seven members of the Concordia University football team reeled in Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition, as announced by the NAIA on Friday (Dec. 15). The list of Bulldog honorees includes repeat award winners in seniors Matt Chilman, Hallick Lehmann and Justus Thompson. First-time Scholar-Athletes are senior Parker Hasenkamp and juniors Adam Christiansen, Caden Jameson and Daniel Langewisch. Lehmann is also a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American.

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. A total of 379 football student-athletes across the nation were named 2017 Scholar-Athletes by the NAIA.

Concordia University ranks as the NAIA’s all-time leader in number of Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes with 1,317 and counting. The Bulldogs have been a regular national leader for both scholar-athletes and scholar-teams and are coming off a 2016-17 academic year that resulted in 78 more scholar-athletes and 19 scholar-teams. The 2015-16 season produced a GPAC best 92 Bulldog scholar-athletes and a national best 20 NAIA Scholar-Teams. The 2014-15 season culminated with GPAC-leading totals of 94 Bulldog scholar-athletes and 17 NAIA Scholar-Teams. During the 2013-14 academic year, Concordia garnered 101 Scholar-Athlete honorees (most in the NAIA) and 17 NAIA Scholar-Teams (tied for fourth nationally).

2017 Football Scholar-Athletes