The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced that a total of 212 football student-athletes have been named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Football Scholar-Athletes. Concordia University placed seven student-athletes on the 2009 list.
Nominated by each institution’s head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify. Chad Wilshusen, Daniel Uden, Nate Sindt, Daniel Crowe, Kyle Kapels, Taylor Austin and Aaron Hannemann were all named scholar-athletes for the Bulldogs.