The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2021 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes and NAIA Scholar Team awards.  The Siena Heights Softball Program had nine student-athletes and their 2020-2021 team earn these distinctions. 

In order to be nominated for the NAIA Scholar-Athlete, an individual 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 two full years as a non-transfer or one full year as a transfer.

For a team to be awarded, they must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the academic year.  The Saints had the fourteenth highest softball team GPA in the NAIA and the top softball team GPA in the WHAC.

Earning the award for the Saints was:

Lily Guerra (2^nd time), junior, psychology and special education major from Rockford, Michigan

Sam Hill (2^nd time), junior, criminal justice major and psychology minor from Willis, Michigan

Janelle Krueger (1^st time), junior, nursing major from Ravenna, Michigan

Milah Loose (2^nd time), junior, sport management major from Kewadin, Michigan

Brenna Nurenberg (1^st time), junior, applied mathematics and secondary math education major and English minor from Alto, Michigan

Lyndsey Pena (1^st time), junior, criminal justice major and psychology minor from Macomb, Michigan

Haley Rose (2^nd time), senior, criminal justice major from Napoleon, Michigan

Bre Schmidt (1^st time), junior, nursing major from Clarkston, Michigan

Sam Spicer (1^st time), junior, sport management major from Monroe, Michigan

The Saints team was honored with their 13^th NAIA Scholar Team Award and 12^th straight honor with a 3.61 team GPA.  The award has been an honor for 14 years.

To view the NAIA's official release, please click HERE

To view the full list of softball honorees, please click HERE