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
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.