25 Fall Sports Student-Athletes Earn NAIA Scholar-Athlete Honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo.- The 2025 NAIA Scholar-Athletes for fall sports were announced by the national office on Wednesday. This honor recognizes student-athletes in each of the fall sports who have excelled academically, including the sports of men's cross country, men's soccer, women's soccer, and women's volleyball. Tennessee Wesleyan had 25 student-athletes across the five sports earn the honor.

To be nominated, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have been at the institution for one full academic year.

The student-athletes to be named NAIA Scholar-Athletes were:

Men's Cross Country (5)
Adrian Nelka-Hernandez
Stephen Kerley
Jack Headrick
Dakota Caldwell
Conner Craig

Men's Soccer (3)
Julien Withrow
Sifiso Ngwenya
Braden Hargraves

Women's Soccer (10)
Addison Smith
Alyssa Bridges
Ana Martinez
Ashbey Self
Julia Starchl
Lucia Bonfante
Madelyn Bull
Natascha Frei
Rosie Dunkerton
Samantha Holsenbeck

Volleyball (7)
Alley Hibdon
Gracelyn Jackson
Hunter Ford
Janie Merritt
Bailey Dalton
Morae Owens
Megan Thompson