2024-25 NAIA Spring Sport Scholar-Athlete List
SEWARD, Neb. – Five Bulldogs from the Concordia University, Nebraska Men’s Golf program were named to the list of 2024-25 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes released on Wednesday (April 23). The honor roll included seniors Gavin Buttshaw, Jake Hagerbaumer and Justin Webert and sophomores Bret Brenneis and Jacob Dowd. All three seniors are repeat NAIA Scholar-Athlete award winners.
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.
Both Nebraska natives, Hagerbaumer and Webert were recognized in 2023-24 as Academic All-District honorees by College Sports Communicators. Both Bulldogs competed at the 2025 GPAC Championships.
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 Golf Scholar-Athletes
· Bret Brenneis (Tekamah, Neb.)
· Gavin Buttshaw (Aurora, Colo.)
· Jacob Dowd (Gretna, Neb.)
· Jake Hagerbaumer (Hooper, Neb.)
· Justin Webert (Lincoln, Neb.)