SSU athletics has 24 student-athletes named 2024 NAIA Fall Sport Daktronics Scholar-Athletes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The academic accolades continue to pour in for some of Shawnee State's finest student-athletes, as a total of 24 individuals were named as 2024 NAIA Fall Sport Daktronics Scholar-Athletes in a release that was put out by national officials Monday afternoon.

Women's soccer, who posted a fall sport-best 10 River States Conference Scholar-Athletes, also led the charge with eight NAIA Scholar-Athletes to head up the fall sport count, while volleyball placed each of its six individuals that were on the RSC Scholar-Athlete list to the NAIA Scholar-Athlete count, as well. Women's cross country was next with four student-athletes making the list while men's cross country and men's soccer rounded out the NAIA Scholar-Athlete lists with three individuals on the mark apiece.

Conference-wide, Shawnee State's 24 NAIA Scholar-Athletes were the second-most of any school that competes inside the River States Conference.

In all, a total of 15 of the 24 student-athletes who were honored with NAIA Scholar-Athlete billing hail from either Scioto County or a local area (Pike County, Ross County, Jackson County). Eight of the honorees hail from Scioto County communities, four are from Ross County, two came out of Pike County and the remaining honoree was from Jackson County.

An additional five recipients hail from international waters, including three from France, one from England and one from Spain. The remaining four honorees are in-state Ohio products, with two coming out of the Middletown area and the remaining two hailing from Northern Ohio.

A complete rundown of the 2024 NAIA Scholar-Athletes from Shawnee State University are below. Student-athletes have to be of sophomore academic eligibility (take and pass more than 30 credit hours) and hold a 3.5 GPA or above. The deadline to submit was Sept. 30, so athletes who posted a GPA at or above a cumulative 3.5 after that time are not eligible due to the passing of the deadline.

Players in order by GPA:

Kirsten Evans, Shawnee State University, Women's Cross Country (4.0)

Alex Hurn, Shawnee State University, Women's Soccer (4.0)

Reagan Lewis, Shawnee State University, Volleyball (4.0)

Ava Jenkins, Shawnee State University, Volleyball (3.97)

Jessica Elick, Shawnee State University, Women's Cross Country (3.96)

Annie Coriell, Shawnee State University, Women's Soccer (3.94)

Carson Jenkins, Shawnee State University, Men's Soccer (3.94)

Claire Favre, Shawnee State University, Women's Soccer (3.91)

Elizabeth Brown, Shawnee State University, Women's Soccer (3.85)

Eric Green, Shawnee State University, Men's Soccer (3.84)

Malachi Shugert, Shawnee State University, Men's Cross Country (3.84)

Lucie Ashkettle, Shawnee State University, Women's Soccer (3.81)

Julie Derenemesnil, Shawnee State University, Women's Soccer (3.78)

Matt Stam, Shawnee State University, Men's Soccer (3.77)

Marleigh Albert, Shawnee State University, Volleyball (3.73)

Haidyn Wamsley, Shawnee State University, Volleyball (3.73)

Madison Culp, Shawnee State University, Women's Soccer (3.72)

Robyn Drinkwater, Shawnee State University, Women's Soccer (3.71)

Megan Steele, Shawnee State University, Volleyball (3.7)

Aidan Judd, Shawnee State University, Men's Cross Country (3.65)

Juniper Allen, Shawnee State University, Women's Cross Country (3.63)

Olivia Cisco, Shawnee State University, Women's Cross Country (3.61)

Rowen Lloyd, Shawnee State University, Men's Cross Country (3.54)

Makaela R Lovely, Shawnee State University, Volleyball (3.53)