September 15, 2022
Please join the Columbia College Department of Athletics in congratulating the 25 Koala Athletes who received 2021-22 Daktronics National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Scholar-Athletes honors. The honors were announced Thursday, Sept. 15, as part of the NAIA National Awards Day celebration. The Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete award recognizes individual student-athletes at the national level for achieving high academic success (3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale).
Koala Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes
- Men’s Soccer: Eh Ah, Miguel Rivas
- Softball: Nicole Arndt, Kiley Bridgmon, Meghan Dennis, Madison Hearn, Keeley Hulse, Katie Poole, Kylie Smith
- Women’s Golf: Maddy Key
- Women’s Basketball: Kateria Brabham
- Women’s Soccer: Lakelee Aldrich, Josie Vega
- Women’s Swimming: Jessie Durflinger, Elana Preston, Avy Ann Watts
- Women’s Track & Field: Valeria Bogdanova, Makayla Hollifield, Camara Middleton, Jessica Heiser-Whatley, Victoria Heiser-Whatley, Ariana Pratt, Darien Watkins
- Women’s Volleyball: Brielle Macatiage, Zoe Jackson