By: Justin DeWeese
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Thirty-three Goshen College student-athletes have been named to the 2025 NAIA Fall Sport Daktronics Scholar-Athlete list, announced by the NAIA on Wednesday. This honor recognizes student-athletes in each of the fall sports who have excelled academically.
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 Crossroads League, of which Goshen College is a member, was third among all conferences with a total of 538 scholar-athletes. Among Goshen's teams, the women's soccer team had the highest representation with 14 players making the list - one more that last year.
Here are the Goshen College student-athletes who earned this distinction:
Women's Volleyball: Alaina Wolfe,
Brenna Spangler,
Jessie Price,
Kassidy Faler,
Kelsie Hankins
Women's Soccer: Aina Lopez,
Alea Marx,
Eliana Lang,
Emma Batten,
Isabel Massud,
Izzy Langelier,
Jessica Brito,
Karlee Ballast,
Katie Sauder,
Mackenzie Mast,
Natalie Boulier,
Sophia Yoder,
Victoria Naylor,
Yvonne Friedmann
Men's Soccer: Adrian Gonzalez Martinez,
Iker Fernandez-Andes,
Jalen Borneo-John,
Felipe Mogollon,
Nathan Anderson,
Nate Reeser,
Thiago Serejo
Women's Cross Country: Ella Armstrong,
Marin Kauffman Smith
Men's Cross Country: Anthony Roberts,
David Carbajal,
Jacob Friesen,
Josiah Miller,
Samuel Klopfenstein
Congratulations to all the scholar-athletes on their well-deserved recognition! Go Leafs!