Glendale, AZ- Recently the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2025 Daktronics NAIA Winter Sport Scholar-Athletes presented by the Phoenix Policee Department. Arizona Christian University Athletics saw 25 student-athletes qualify for NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
According to the NAIA release, 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. The winter sports sponsored by Arizona Christian that were eligible for NAIA Scholar-Athlete include men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swim, and men's wrestling.
Women's Basketball and Women's Swim tied to top ACU with nine Scholar-Athletes for each team. Men's Wrestling was the top men's winter program for the Firestorm.
The 25 NAIA Scholar-Athletes are:
Men's Basketball
Dominic Gonzalez, Graduate
Lorenzo Wright, Senior
Men's Swimming
CJ Trettel, Sophomore
Kadin van der Lingen, Senior
Men's Wrestling
Channing Porter, Sophomore
Jason Ramirez, Junior
Marcos Serna, Junior
Women's Basketball
Halley Barram, Junior
Baylee Bushlack, Senior
Kayla Clark, Senior
Leah Ericson, Sophomore
Lauren Gunn, Senior
Addison Neal, Sophomore
Halle Payne, Senior
Graciela Roybal, Senior
Emily Till, Senior
Women's Swimming
Robin Abrams, Senior
Lily Cozens, Senior
Carsen Culiver, Junior
Callie Drefs, Senior
Kateryna Kashyrina, Senior
Abbey Lair, Senior
Courtney Pequin, Junior
Faith Vandenberg, Senior
Audrey Washburn, Sophomore
Great work, all!
Roll Storm.
