Eight Bulldogs represent women's soccer with Scholar-Athlete honors

By Jacob Knabel on Nov. 30, 2018 in Women's Soccer

2018 NAIA Scholar-Athletes

SEWARD, Neb. – A leader in the classroom and championship program on the field, the Concordia University women’s soccer team placed eight of its members on the list of 2018 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, announced on Friday (Nov. 30) by the NAIA. Repeat Scholar-Athletes include seniors Kaylee Brown, Maria Deeter, Ashley Martin, Lauren Martin, Taylor Roby and Kaitlyn Stradtmann. Deeter and Lindsey Carley also recently garnered CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition.

Head coach Greg Henson’s program has produced at least seven Scholar-Athletes in each of his six seasons with the Bulldogs. The 2013 squad finished with an NAIA best 11 Scholar-Athletes and led all collegiate women’s soccer programs in combined grade-point average. This year’s total of eight honorees ranks second among GPAC schools. The 2017-18 squad continued the tradition of Bulldog women’s soccer teams earning both NAIA Scholar-Team and United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award accolades.

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 732 women’s soccer student-athletes across the nation were named 2018 Scholar-Athletes by the NAIA.

Concordia University ranks as the NAIA’s all-time leader in number of Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes with 1,392 and counting. The Bulldogs have been a regular national leader for both scholar-athletes and scholar-teams and are coming off a 2017-18 academic year that resulted in 77 more scholar-athletes and 20 scholar-teams (third most in the nation). Also in 2017-18, seven Bulldog student-athletes garnered both CoSIDA Academic All-District and CoSIDA Academic All-America accolades.

2018 Women’s Soccer Scholar-Athletes