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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
–Kayla Behnke, a senior on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, is the recipient of the Elite Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2025 NCAA Division III Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championship.
Behnke is double majoring in pc sciences and arithmetic, statistics and utilized arithmetic, and carries a 4.0 grade level common. She was introduced with the award through the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship on March 14. Behnke is the third Blugold to win the award, becoming a member of Rachel Treadway (ladies’s swimming & diving – 2016) and Erin Schoenfelder (ladies’s indoor observe & area – 2013).
The Elite Scholar-Athlete award acknowledges the true essence of student-athletes by honoring the people who’ve reached the head of competitors on the nationwide championship degree of their sport, whereas additionally reaching the best educational commonplace amongst their friends. The Elite Scholar-Athlete award is introduced to the student-athlete with the best cumulative grade-point common taking part on the finals web site for every of the NCAA’s championships.
Eligible student-athletes are sophomores or above academically who’ve participated in a sport for a minimum of two years with their faculty. All ties are damaged primarily based on the variety of credit accomplished.
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