2025-26 Spring Sport NAIA Scholar-Athletes
SEWARD, Neb. – Four Bulldogs from the Concordia University, Nebraska Women’s Golf program achieved 2025-26 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete status, as announced on April 29. Seniors Emery Custer and Maddie Lewis and junior Emma McCoy are each repeat Scholar-Athlete award winners. Makenzie Hughes also joined them with recognition.
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.
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 Women’s Golf NAIA Scholar-Athletes
· Emery Custer (Broken Bow, Neb.)
· Makenzie Hughes (Bellevue, Neb.)
· Maddie Lewis (Treynor, Iowa)
· Emma McCoy (Grand Island, Neb.)