Posted: Apr 23, 2025

Eutectics place 25 spring athletes on Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete list

On Wednesday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2025 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes for spring sports. That list included 25 UHSP student-athletes across the various spring sports. This honor recognizes student-athletes in each of the spring sports who have excelled academically, including baseball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, track and field, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball and women's beach volleyball.

UHSP Softball featured the most athletes qualifying for the award with six while nationally, baseball headlined the list with 1,112 athletes across all teams.

Congratulations to the following Eutectic Scholar-Athletes:

Barrett Lohman, Baseball

Colin Malally, Baseball

David Harding, Baseball

Jacob Meyer, Baseball

Ruben Ogando, Baseball

Gracie Spicer, Lacrosse

Haley Smith, Lacrosse

Heidi Shepherd, Lacrosse

Melanie Doub, Lacrosse

Michelle Le, Lacrosse

Cameron Werner, Men's Volleyball

Guy Colado, Men's Volleyball

Jackson Brincks, Men's Volleyball

Abby Baxter, Women's Track & Field

Arianna Buduan, Women's Track & Field

Ellie Creasey, Women's Track & Field

Hanna Burch, Women's Track & Field

Paulina Gutierrez, Women's Track & Field

Alexis Knoll, Softball

Hannah Duggan, Softball

Hunter Noto, Softball

Jacy Knox, Softball

Lacie Christensen, Softball

Reese Smith, Softball

Samantha Kasting, Women's Golf

To qualify as a Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete, students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, appear on the eligibility certificate for their sport, and have attended their institution for at least one full year.