2024-25 NAIA Men’s Wrestling Scholar-Athlete List
SEWARD, Neb. – For the second time in his career, graduate student Creighton Baughman has been named an NAIA Scholar-Athlete. Baughman officially earned 2024-25 Scholar-Athlete honors on Wednesday (Feb. 19) as part of the announcement made by the NAIA.
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.
A native of Papillion, Neb., Baughman has collected numerous accolades during his three seasons as a member of the Concordia University, Nebraska Wrestling program. Baughman was recognized as an Second Team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators in 2023-24 and has twice been honored by the NWCA as a Scholar All-American. He is a two-time NAIA national qualifier with more than 100 career wins between his time at Concordia and Iowa Western Community College.
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.