19 spring athletes recognized as NAIA Scholar Athletes

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced its spring sport Scholar Athletes and among the list of honorees were 19 Huntington University student-athletes representing eight different teams.

In order to be nominated by an institution’s head coach, 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.

BASEBALL
Ryan Bethel | SR | Alvordton, Ohio
Jake Hansen | JR | Huntertown, Ohio
Matt McKinney | JR | Peru, Ind.
Jamar Weaver | SR | Shipshewana, Ind.
Tyler Zimske | SR | Fort Wayne, Ind.

GOLF
Zach Borntreger | SR | Fort Wayne, Ind.
Abby Poole | JR | New Palestine, Ind.

SOFTBALL
Marty Harris | JR | Bloomingdale, Mich.

TENNIS
Constanze Golz | SR | Friemar, Germany
Volodymyr Kohut | SR | Lviv, Ukraine
Giovanni Martinez | JR | Puebla, Mexico
Ignacio Poncio | JR | Cordoba, Argentina

TRACK & FIELD
Nick Childs | JR | Dayton, Ohio
Ben Gammon | SR | Byron Center, Mich.
Brooks Gerke | SR | Auburn, Ind.
Codi Wiersema | SR | Byron Center, Mich.
Mariah Harter | JR | Warsaw, Ind.
Nicole Pennington | SR | Northwood, Ohio
Rachael Smelser | JR | Adrian, Mich.