SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- A trio of Mid-America Christian University volleyball student-athletes have earned the NAIA Scholar Athlete award, the organization released today (Dec. 5).  

To qualify to be nominated by the school's head coach or Sports Information Director, a student-athlete must be at least a junior in academic standing with a minimum 3.5 grade-point average.

Juniors Hannah Luedtke, Jenny Pratt and sophomore Larissa Runyan are the honorees.  Runyan is listed as a sophomore athletically but is a junior in academic standing. 

Luedtke is maintaining a 4.0 GPA in Business/Psychology and Pratt is majoring in Math with a 3.94 GPA.  Runyan also has a 4.0 GPA in English.