For the fourth consecutive year, Concordia led the Great Plains Athletic Conference in the number of NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Concordia, one of 13 GPAC teams, accounted for 54 of 401 scholar-athletes in the conference.
In the last four years Concordia has had 188 student-athletes garner the NAIA Scholar-Athlete award.
In order to receive the honor, players must carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and be junior or above in academic standing.
Scholar-athlete numbers by sport for Concordia in 2006-2007:
Women’s Cross Country: 1
Men’s Cross Country: 3
Football: 8
Men’s Soccer: 2
Women’s Soccer: 1
Volleyball: 5
Women’s Basketball: 7
Men’s Basketball: 2
Women’s Track: 6
Men’s Track: 5
Men’s Tennis: 2
Women’s Tennis: 1
Women’s Golf: 3
Baseball: 3
Softball: 5