7 URG soccer players named NAIA Scholars
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Seven members of the University of Rio Grande’s national champion men’s soccer team were among the 382 student-athletes recognized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as 2015 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
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.
Representing the RedStorm were junior defender Heitor de Melo (Sao Paulo, Brazil), a Marketing major who is also minoring in Photography; junior midfielder Pau Delgado Rodriguez (Barcelona, Spain), a Marketing major who is also minoring in Business; junior defender Thomas Foust (Point Pleasant, WV), a Business Management and Marketing major; junior midfielder Jorge Guinovart (Barcelona, Spain), a Business Management major; senior defender Kimathi Kaumbutho (Nairobi, Kenya), a Business Management major; senior midfielder Edward Mussi, Jr. (Saline, MI), a Sports and Exercise major who is also minoring in Health; and junior forward Joao Paulo Antonio (Sao Paulo, Brazil), who is majoring in Business.
Baker (Kan.) landed the most individuals on the list with 11 total.
3 URG women’s soccer players named Scholar Athletes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three individuals representing the University of Rio Grande were among the 588 women’s soccer student-athletes honored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as 2015 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
Seniors Melissa Dickerson (Little Hocking, OH) and Courtney Young (Okeana, OH) and fifth-year senior Karla Garn (Morrow, OH) represented the RedStorm on the list.
Dickerson, a midfielder, is an Accounting major and Young, a defender, is an Intervention Specialist major. Garn, a goalkeeper, is also an Intervention Specialist major.
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 to qualify for this honor.
Goshen (Ind.) leads all programs with 14 individuals on the list apiece.
Rio’s Ellis, Glover earn NAIA honors
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two member of the University of Rio Grande women’s cross country team were among the 210 student-athletes recently recognized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as 2015 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes.
Juniors Alex Ellis (Ona, WV) and Katie Glover (Ashville, OH) represented the RedStorm on the list. Ellis is a Marketing and Business Management major, while Glover is majoring in Accounting with a minor in Marketing.
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 to qualify for this honor.
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) lead all schools with 11 athletes on the list.
