KANSAS CITY - Texas Wesleyan University is celebrating 43 student-athletes named to the 2025 NAIA Scholar-Athletes list for fall sports, as announced by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). This honor recognizes student-athletes who have excelled academically in football, men's cross country, men's soccer, women's cross country, women's soccer and women's volleyball.
To qualify as an 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. This year, the list features an impressive number of student-athletes who have met these rigorous standards.
Dordt (Iowa) leads all institutions with 132 honorees, followed by Reinhardt (Ga.) (86), Marian (Ind.) (85), Kansas Wesleyan (84), and College of Idaho (83).
Among conferences, the Great Plains Athletic Conference leads the list with 693 scholar-athletes, closely followed by the Heart of America Athletic Conference with 690. The Crossroads League ranks third with 538, while the Appalachian Athletic Conference and Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference follow with 458 and 437, respectively.
Women's soccer highlights the field with 1,606 scholar-athletes, ahead of men's soccer (1,345), women's volleyball (1,231), football (1,129), women's cross country (617) and men's cross country (558).
The Texas Wesleyan University honorees are:
- Aidan Hartis, Senior, Men's SoccerÂ
- Akacia Robles, Junior, Women's SoccerÂ
- Alexandria N Lee, Senior, Women's VolleyballÂ
- Allyson Kolba, Senior, Women's SoccerÂ
- Bailey Clark, Senior, Women's SoccerÂ
- Braden Forsythe, Junior, Men's SoccerÂ
- Brinkley Williams, Junior, Women's SoccerÂ
- Brodan Lewis, Junior, FootballÂ
- Bryan Wofford, Senior, FootballÂ
- Cade Gordon, Junior, Football Â
- Colby Dunn, Junior, Football
- Cole Francis, Senior, FootballÂ
- Daniel Aigbogun, Senior, Football
- Diogo Simoes Stefane, Junior, Men's SoccerÂ
- Elizabeth Duvall, Senior, Women's Cross CountryÂ
- Emily Lewis, Senior, Women's Volleyball
- Gael Ibanez, Sophomore, Men's SoccerÂ
- haley ellis, Junior, Women's SoccerÂ
- Jeffrey OBrien, Sophomore, FootballÂ
- Juliana Molina, Sophomore, Women's Cross CountryÂ
- Kathryn Cameron, Senior, Women's Soccer
- Kehinde Hopkins, Junior, Men's SoccerÂ
- Lauran Richards, Senior, Women's VolleyballÂ
- Lorenzo Arias, Senior, FootballÂ
- Mackenzie Allen, Junior, Women's SoccerÂ
- Migdaly Bernal, Sophomore, Women's VolleyballÂ
- Nathaniel Neang, Sophomore, Men's SoccerÂ
- Okeoghene Akpoborie, Junior, FootballÂ
- Pablo Bances Lorenzo, Junior, Men's SoccerÂ
- Parker Gleaton, Junior, FootballÂ
- Paul Luna, Junior, FootballÂ
- Ruby Rumohr, Sophomore, Women's VolleyballÂ
- Shannon Middleton, Sophomore, Women's Soccer
- Shannyn Hedgecoth, Senior, Women's SoccerÂ
- Sincere Blackmon, Junior, FootballÂ
- Sydney Alexander, Senior, Women's Volleyball
- Tinodaishe Chisvo, Sophomore, Men's Soccer
- Tyler Strumila, Sophomore, Football
- William Saldana, Sophomore, Men's Soccer
- Yareli Mendoza, Sophomore, Women's Soccer
- Zeno Marcheselli, Graduate Student, Football
