KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has introduced the 2026 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes for winter sports activities. 19 student-athletes from Carroll College have been acknowledged with the highest educational honor the NAIA yearly awards.
To qualify as a Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete, college students should keep a minimal cumulative grade level common (GPA) of three.5 on a 4.0 scale, seem on the eligibility certificates for his or her sport, and have attended their establishment for at the least one full yr. This yr, the record options a powerful variety of student-athletes who’ve met these rigorous requirements, with 3,143 people throughout basketball, bowling, aggressive cheer, aggressive dance, swimming & diving, and wrestling.
The Carroll Women’s Basketball staff led the Saints with seven picks:
Ava Oakland (Boise, Idaho / SR)
Ellie Denny (Fairfield, Wash. / JR)
Gracie Millimen (Manhattan, Mont. / R-FR)
Halle Fitzgerald (Dillon, Mont. / R-FR)
Isabelle Erickson (Broadview, Mont. / R-SR)
Sadie Smith (Frenchtown, Mont. / R-FR)
Willa Albrecht (Billings, Mont. / R-SR)
The Carroll Men’s Basketball staff had six picks:
Aidan McGarvin (Eagle, Idaho / SR)
Isaac Round (Northampton, England / SO)
Josiah Cuaresma (Missoula, Mont. / JR)
Kaden Cox (Fort Collins, Colo. / SO)
Kellen Harrison (Bozeman, Mont. / SO)
Lorence Dela Cruz (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada / SR)
The Carroll Cheer staff had 5 picks:
Abigail Bennett (East Helena, Mont. / JR)
Carley Wertheimer (Havre, Mont. / SR)
Elisabeth Lloyd (Helena, Mont. / JR)
Ellie Paris (Billings, Mont. / JR)
Kennedy Vogl (Townsend, Mont. / JR)
The Carroll Dance staff had one student-athlete chosen:
Brooklyn Sheppard (Rigby, Idaho / SR)
To view the complete record of NAIA Winter Sport Daktronics Scholar-Athletes, click on (*19*).
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