Glendale, Ariz.- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) recently announced the 2026 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes for spring sports presented by the Phoenix Police Department.  Arizona Christian produced 61 Scholar-Athletes in total. 

To qualify for NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors, a student must maintain a cumulative 3.5 GPA or better, appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport, and complete one full year at their institution.

Men's Track & Field topped with 14 scholar-athletes.  Women's track and field followed with 11 for second.

The 61 NAIA Scholar-Athletes are:

Baseball (5)
Connor Dougal                 Senior
Frank Wierman                 Senior
Kaden Clute                        Senior
Maddox Hodges               Senior
Ty Gillespie                       Sophomore

Beach Volleyball (5)
Abigail Nelson                 Senior
Alyssa Robles                 Junior
Emee Fellens                 Senior
Haley Zuniga                  Junior
Kapri Espinoza               Senior

Men's Golf (4)
Johnathan Riley             Senior
Kale Parthen                 Junior
Keith Johnson               Sophomore
Nicholas Goldsberry      Senior

Men's Tennis (6)
Adrian Smith                 Senior
Diego Mejia                  Junior
Fenosoa Rasendra      Junior
Hugo Abril                    Senior
Lennert Lemahieu        Senior
Tobias Frantz               Sophomore

Men's Track & Field (14)
Brady Ferris               Junior
Braxton Pingleton      Sophomore
Brooks Rasmussen    Sophomore
Daniel Kpeh                Sophomore
Gianluca Munoz         Sophomore
Isaac Latulippe          Sophomore
Isaac Linan                 Sophomore
Manuel Valenzuela     Senior
Maximus Gidley          Junior
Michael Sexson          Senior
Peter Brown               Sophomore
Tanner Johnson         Junior
Trevin Janssen          Senior
Zachary Cornelius     Sophomore

Men's Volleyball (3)
Jarrett Spartz            Senior
Joel Romero             Senior
Joshua Case            Junior

Softball (5)
Beatrice Barrett         Sophomore
Christina Grubb         Senior
Dayna Herrera         Junior
Rachel Martin           Junior
Sierra Lauko             Junior

Women's Golf (5)
Avery Sartain            Junior
Grace Shaddle          Senior
Jaidyn Eldridge         Senior
Madison Brouillard    Junior
Taylor Crowder         Senior

Women's Tennis (3)
Ava Zink                 Sophomore
Eloise Bigot             Senior
Julia Bell                 Senior

Women's Track & Field (11)
Adalien Santa Maria        Senior
Annabel Johnson             Sophomore
Cheney Gomez                Junior
Georgia Gomez                Junior
Goldyn Hall                      Sophomore
Jocelyn Odiott                 Senior
Kaesha Guillaume          Senior
McKenna Rogers            Junior
Rebekah Freeman          Junior
Sedona Dietrich              Sophomore
Shaylee Quenzer            Junior


Great job ACU spring student athletes! Roll Storm!