The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) proudly announces the 2025 NAIA Scholar-Athletes for fall sports. This honor recognizes student-athletes in each of the fall sports who have excelled academically, including 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.
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). Twenty-nine Saints across these sports received NAIA Scholar-Athlete Honors.
- Angela Garcia Our Lady of the Lake University Sophomore Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Anisia Serrano Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Cade Ryan Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Men’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Carly Dossett Our Lady of the Lake University Sophomore Women’s Volleyball Red River Athletic Conference
- Chloe Conn Our Lady of the Lake University Junior Women’s Volleyball Red River Athletic Conference
- Cristian Govea Mireles Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Men’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Danilo Marinho de Figueiredo Our Lady of the Lake University Sophomore Men’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Eleonora Diversi Our Lady of the Lake University Sophomore Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Gabrielle Deleon Our Lady of the Lake University Junior Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Gabrielle Pace Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Grace Reed Our Lady of the Lake University Junior Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Jordan Betterton Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Men’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Juan Hernandez Salamanca Our Lady of the Lake University Junior Men’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Julia Anguiano Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Women’s Volleyball Red River Athletic Conference
- Kaitlyn Olivas Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Katherine Delgadillo Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Kevin Zamora Our Lady of the Lake University Junior Men’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Kira Brown Our Lady of the Lake University Sophomore Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Lauren Reynard Our Lady of the Lake University Graduate Student Women’s Volleyball Red River Athletic Conference
- Leah Tapia Our Lady of the Lake University Junior Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Madison Perez Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Women’s Cross Country Red River Athletic Conference
- Mariana Medrano Sanchez Our Lady of the Lake University Sophomore Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Mia Perez Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Women’s Volleyball Red River Athletic Conference
- Mikayla Arce Our Lady of the Lake University Sophomore Women’s Volleyball Red River Athletic Conference
- Romualdo Gonzalez Our Lady of the Lake University Junior Men’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Sabastian Moreno Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Men’s Cross Country Red River Athletic Conference
- Sadie Rios Our Lady of the Lake University Sophomore Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference
- Samantha Watson Our Lady of the Lake University Junior Women’s Volleyball Red River Athletic Conference
- Sara Garza Our Lady of the Lake University Senior Women’s Soccer Red River Athletic Conference