2025-26 Spring Sport NAIA Scholar-Athletes
SEWARD, Neb. – Concordia University, Nebraska Track & Field placed 53 student-athletes on the list of 2025-26 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes. As announced by the NAIA on Wednesday (April 29), the Bulldogs ranked among the nation’s leaders for track & field Scholar-Athletes. Twenty-eight of the award winners are repeat honorees.
In order to be nominated by an institution’s head coach or sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended one full year at said institution.
Five of the NAIA Scholar-Athletes earned Academic All-District distinction from College Sports Communicators in 2024-25: Nathan Baldwin, Emry Gutz, Luke Hammang, Mayson Ostermeyer and Adrianna Rodencal. Both Ostermeyer and Rodencal were then honored as 2024-25 Academic All-Americans by CSC.
Concordia University, Nebraska ranks as the NAIA’s all-time leader in number of Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes with 2,739 entering the 2025-26 academic year. The school record for number of Scholar-Athletes in one academic year is 226 achieved in 2019-20. Concordia has been a regular national leader for both Scholar-Athletes and Scholar-Teams.
2025-26 Concordia Track & Field NAIA Scholar-Athletes
Men
• Nathan Baldwin (Sutton, Neb.)
• Caden Brooks (Seward, Neb.)
• Isaiah Gaunt (Kearney, Neb.)
• Emry Gutz (Salisbury, Mo.)
• Luke Hammang (Arlington, Neb.)
• Micah Heins (Longmont, Colo.)
• Vaughn Hendrickson (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
• Mason Hodges (Raymore, Mo.)
• Hayden Kluthe (Ord, Neb.)
• Brooks Kreisel (Blue Springs, Mo.)
• Trevor Kuncl (Mullen, Neb.)
• Aidan Limback (West Des Moines, Iowa)
• Jackson Lindburg (Stromsburg, Neb.)
• Joshua Luehr (Wood River, Neb.)
• Hudson Opp (Lincoln, Neb.)
• Mayson Ostermeyer (Crofton, Neb.)
• Ryan Pheak (Osceola, Neb.)
• Noah Ramirez (Anaheim, Calif.)
• Ethan Sholey (Rock Springs, Wyo.)
• Ethan Theilen (Cantrall, Ill.)
• Thomas Thomas (Hastings, Neb.)
• Ransom Watts (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
• Cole Yunker (Newburgh, Ind.)
Women
• Rachel Ada (DeSoto, Kan.)
• Caitlyn Adams (Beaver Crossing, Neb.)
• Claire Beikmann (Palmer, Kan.)
• Hannah Beintema (Bettendorf, Iowa)
• Keegan Beisel (Seward, Neb.)
• Harper Boche (Torrington, Wyo.)
• Arisyn Bratt (Lincoln, Neb.)
• Kalee Brosius (North Platte, Neb.)
• Kennedee Canales (Midlothian, Texas)
• Coral Collins (Seward, Neb.)
• Eve Domres (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
• Lydia Edmonds (Gretna, Neb.)
• Kelsie Heins (Longmont, Colo.)
• Marissa Heins (Concordia, Mo.)
• Carissa Kolle (Linn, Kan.)
• Emma Kucera (Gibbon, Neb.)
• Landri Loos (Loup City, Neb.)
• Alyssa Marotz (Norfolk, Neb.)
• Adysen McCarter (Overton, Neb.)
• Hayley Miles (North Platte, Neb.)
• Cassie Peatrowsky (West Point, Neb.)
• Addie Reimer (Lisbon, Wis.)
• Adrianna Rodencal (Lincoln, Neb.)
• Reilly Saline (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
• Annaka Schlachter (Grand Island, Neb.)
• Aliyah Sinn (Hanover, Kan.)
• Josie Smith (Sumner, Neb.)
• Annika Staab (Grand Island, Neb.)
• Alison Stepanek (Las Vegas, Nev.)
• Kayla Svoboda (Wisner, Neb.)