2025 Fall Sport NAIA Scholar-Athletes
SEWARD, Neb. – The 2025 national tournament qualifying Concordia University, Nebraska Volleyball landed 14 team members on the list of Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes announced on Wednesday (Nov. 19) by the NAIA National Office. Seven of the Bulldog honorees are repeat award winners from 2024. Recently named GPAC Attacker of the Year, Keck added to her list of accolades that also included 2024 Academic All-District laurels.
In order to be nominated by an institution’s head coach or sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum cumulative 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.
Head Coach Ben Boldt’s squad will carry a 24-3 overall record into the NAIA National Championship Opening Round. The ’25 team earned seven GPAC All-Conference awards with first team recognition going to Keck, Ava Greene and Ella Waters. Libero Emma Brueggemann was named the GPAC Freshman of the Year.
Concordia University, Nebraska ranks as the NAIA’s all-time leader in number of Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes with 2,739 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.
2025 Concordia Volleyball NAIA Scholar-Athletes
· Autumn Deterding (Cambridge, Neb.)
· Lauryn England (Malcolm, Neb.)
· Clara Evert (Gothenburg, Neb.)
· Shandy Faalii (Lincoln, Neb.)
· Kate Griess (Sutton, Neb.)
· Jaylen Hansen (Grand Island, Neb.)
· Taylor Helms (Columbus, Neb.)
· Ashley Keck (Kearney, Neb.)
· Danica Martin (Mayer, Minn.)
· Molli Martin (Lincoln, Neb.)
· Mandy Mettscher (Lincoln, Neb.)
· Maddie Paulsen (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
· Lily Psencik (Lincoln, Neb.)
· Kadyn Sisco (Syracuse, Neb.)