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43 Student-Athletes Named NAIA Scholar-Athletes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – 43 student-athletes from the Saint Xavier University that participated in Fall Sports: football, men's cross country team, men's soccer team, women's cross country team, women's soccer team and women's volleyball team were named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes when the awards were announced by the national office Monday morning. To be eligible, a student must maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 or higher and be enrolled at the school for a calendar year.

The football team had the most honorees with 12, followed by nine from the women's volleyball team, eight combined selections between men's and women' cross country, eight from men's soccer and six student-athletes from women's soccer.
 
Name Sport Yr. Major GPA
Alex Art#* Football Jr. Secondary Education/Social Sciences 4.00
Peyton Benes** Football Gr. MBA 3.74
Quinn Callaghan Football So. Finance 3.88
Jett Ciucci Football So. Finance 3.64
Ryan Fitzgerald** Football Gr. ESL 3.69
Cameron Hatcher* Football Jr. Business 3.51
Jamal Issaka* Football Jr. Biology (Pre-Health) 3.81
Taj McClellan Football So. Computer Science 3.58
Stuart Ross** Football 5th Business Administration 3.70
Chris Swayne* Football Jr. Exercise Science 3.77
Semaj Williams Football So. Marketing 3.72
Carter Wynn* Football Jr. Exercise Science 3.79
Rohindeep Bhattel#* Men's Cross Country Jr. Finance 4.00
Jacob Malinoff*** Men's Cross Country Sr. Computer Science 3.68
Ben Morrey* Men's Cross Country Jr. Criminal Justice 3.80
Julian Rosenbach Men's Cross Country Sr. Exercise Science 4.00
Jessie Cardiel* Men's Soccer Jr. Accounting 3.89
Daniel Diaz* Men's Soccer Jr. Business Management 3.71
Joel Estrada** Men's Soccer R-Jr. Exercise Science 3.69
Kevin Kapica* Men's Soccer R-Jr. Criminal Justice 3.92
Yair Lopez Men's Soccer So. Computer Science 3.90
Anthony Moreno** Men's Soccer Sr. Criminal Justice 3.71
Elvis Rodriguez# Men's Soccer Sr. Business Management 4.00
Neil Soans# Men's Soccer So. Computer Science 4.00
Isabella Alatorre* Women's Cross Country Jr. Computer Science /Business Admin. 3.88
Sabeen Barakat** Women's Cross Country Sr. Elementary Education 3.81
Kristin Booker** Women's Cross Country Sr. Exercise Science 3.83
Lexi Clarke# Women's Cross Country Sr. Sociology 4.00
Esmeralda Diaz* Women's Soccer Sr. Early Childhood Education 3.56
Jacqueline Gonzalez** Women's Soccer Sr. Accounting 3.51
Isabel Guzman* Women's Soccer R-Jr. Early Childhood Education 3.91
Hailey Henry* Women's Soccer Jr. Psychology 3.73
Alex Jonaitis Women's Soccer So. Exercise Science 3.87
Louisa Schreiber# Women's Soccer Sr. Communications 4.00
Kaylee Born# Women's Volleyball So. Elementary Education 4.00
Katie DeHaan#* Women's Volleyball Jr. Speech Pathology 4.00
Nicole Grochola* Women's Volleyball Jr. Exercise Science 3.95
Ariel Hoskin* Women's Volleyball Jr. Early Childhood Education 3.68
Jenny Jensen Women's Volleyball Jr. Business Management 3.72
Connie LeBel#* Women's Volleyball Sr. Marketing 4.00
Abbey Opilka Women's Volleyball So. Nursing 3.90
Delaney Panozzo Women's Volleyball R-Fr. Biology (Pre-Health) 3.90
Kaleigh Ritter** Women's Volleyball Sr. Sports & Fitness Administration 3.99
 
4.0 Student-Athlete (#)
Two-time Recipient (*)
Three-time Recipient (**)
Four-time Recipient (***)

Full list of NAIA Scholar-Athletes:
 
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Players Mentioned

Kaylee Born

#4 Kaylee Born

OH/RS
5' 9"
Sophomore
Katie DeHaan

#16 Katie DeHaan

DS/S
5' 8"
Junior
Nicole Grochola

#12 Nicole Grochola

MB
6' 0"
Junior
Ariel Hoskin

#2 Ariel Hoskin

DS/L
5' 5"
Junior
Jenny Jensen

#20 Jenny Jensen

RS/OH
6' 0"
Junior
Connie LeBel

#15 Connie LeBel

OH
5' 9"
Senior
Abbey Opilka

#8 Abbey Opilka

S/DS
5' 8"
Sophomore
Kaleigh Ritter

#13 Kaleigh Ritter

S
5' 7"
Senior
Delaney Panozzo

#26 Delaney Panozzo

MB
6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
Alex Art

#17 Alex Art

DB
5' 10"
Junior
Peyton Benes

#38 Peyton Benes

K
5' 11"
Graduate Student
Quinn Callaghan

#87 Quinn Callaghan

WR
6' 1"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Kaylee Born

#4 Kaylee Born

5' 9"
Sophomore
OH/RS
Katie DeHaan

#16 Katie DeHaan

5' 8"
Junior
DS/S
Nicole Grochola

#12 Nicole Grochola

6' 0"
Junior
MB
Ariel Hoskin

#2 Ariel Hoskin

5' 5"
Junior
DS/L
Jenny Jensen

#20 Jenny Jensen

6' 0"
Junior
RS/OH
Connie LeBel

#15 Connie LeBel

5' 9"
Senior
OH
Abbey Opilka

#8 Abbey Opilka

5' 8"
Sophomore
S/DS
Kaleigh Ritter

#13 Kaleigh Ritter

5' 7"
Senior
S
Delaney Panozzo

#26 Delaney Panozzo

6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
MB
Alex Art

#17 Alex Art

5' 10"
Junior
DB
Peyton Benes

#38 Peyton Benes

5' 11"
Graduate Student
K
Quinn Callaghan

#87 Quinn Callaghan

6' 1"
Sophomore
WR