2023 NAIA Track & Field Scholar-Athletes: Men | Women
SEWARD, Neb. – Sixty Bulldogs have represented Concordia University Track & Field with 2023 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition. Those individuals were officially honored along with the NAIA announcement on Wednesday (May 24). Head Coach Matt Beisel’s program led the nation in NAIA Scholar-Athletes for both men and women. The full list of Bulldog award winners can be found below.
The 2022-23 list of track & field honorees features 1,076 student-athletes on the women’s side and 805 on the men’s side. 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.
The list of 2023 NAIA Scholar-Athletes includes past CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in Rachel Battershell, Zach Bennetts, Erin Mapson and Josie Puelz. Among the honorees are several individuals who were also recognized as NAIA Scholar-Athletes for cross country.
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 Track & Field NAIA Scholar-Athletes
MEN
· Logan Adam (Crete, Neb.)
· Zach Bennetts (Denton, Neb.)
· Chase Berry (Seward, Neb.)
· Jack Ellis (Bend, Ore.)
· Marc Freiberg (Seward, Neb.)
· Thomas Gorline (St. Louis, Mo.)
· Charlie Hayden (Elkhorn, Neb.)
· Ethan Ideus (Seward, Neb.)
· Quinton Janecek (Gering, Neb.)
· Zachary Johnson (Aberdeen, S.D.)
· Wyatt Loga (Bee, Neb.)
· Colton Meyer (Eagle, Neb.)
· Teagan Meyer (Alta, Iowa)
· Ben Moll (Seward, Neb.)
· Nathan Pennekamp (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
· Joel Rathe (Sterling, Neb.)
· Calvin Rohde (Reed City, Mich.)
· Darien Semedo (Sacramento, Calif.)
· Camden Sesna (Kearney, Neb.)
· Kadin Vrbas (Imperial, Neb.)
· Logan Walgate (St. Charles, Mo.)
· Micah Willweber (Kailua, Hawaii)
· Zach Zohner (Battle Creek, Neb.)
WOMEN
· Lauren Ada (DeSoto, Kan.)
· Emily Agena (Sterling, Neb.)
· Elena Batenhorst (Columbus, Neb.)
· Rachel Battershell (Wheatland, Wyo.)
· Greta Corneliusen (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
· Amira Cummings (Cheyenne, Wyo.)
· Mickey Curl (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
· Lauren Dawson (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
· Kylahn Freiberg (Nampa, Idaho)
· Abigail Gerber (Columbus, Neb.)
· Peyton Gissler (Malcolm, Neb.)
· Rylee Haecker (Davenport, Neb.)
· Sara Huss (Fairbury, Neb.)
· Ellie Jander (St. Louis, Mo.)
· Rhaya Kaschinske (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
· Skylar Kreifels (Lincoln, Neb.)
· Emily Loseke (Leigh, Neb.)
· Erin Mapson (Lincoln, Neb.)
· Amie Martin (Arnold, Mo.)
· Anna McCoy (Grand Island, Neb.)
· Taylor Moes (Elm Creek, Neb.)
· Hannah Mundt (Blue Springs, Mo.)
· Hannah Newton (Crete, Neb.)
· Katelyn Nix (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
· Erin Painter (Ainsworth, Neb.)
· Grace Pennekamp (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
· Mary Pennekamp (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
· Kamryn Pokorney (Shelby, Neb.)
· Josie Puelz (Lincoln, Neb.)
· Aubrey Rathke (Fremont, Neb.)
· Grace Reimer (Hartland, Wis.)
· Kellie Rhodes (Mullinville, Kan.)
· Amy Richert (Gresham, Neb.)
· Amanda Steinke (Milwaukee, Wis.)
· Trinity Tuls (Columbus, Neb.)
· Jaiden Tweton (Ashland, Neb.)
· Lainey Werts (St. Edward, Neb.)