UHSP Track & Field lands seven Daktronics Scholar-Athletes

On Monday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the 2024 Daktronics NAIA Men's and Women's Track & Field Scholar-Athletes. The University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy had seven student-athletes named to the list.

On the men's side, the Eutectics were represented by three athletes: Zach Brasel, Colten Duvall and Jeremy Smith. The 2024 men's list featured a total of 873 student-athletes. Meanwhile the UHSP women saw Abby Baxter, Arianna Buduan, Lilly Combs and Brianna Ramsey achieve recognition. Overall the 2024 women's list was comprised of 1203 student-athletes.

For Brasel and Duvall, they were each named to the list for the third consecutive season while Combs earns the award for a second straight season. Second-year student-athletes Baxter, Buduan, Ramsey and Smith are all receiving the award for the first season in which they have been eligible.

To be nominated, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended one full year at said institution.