KANSAS CITY – A trio of Mid-America Christian University volleyball student-athletes have earned the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete award, the organization has announced. 

To be eligible 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.

Senior Larissa Runyan and juniors Mary Burkhead and Laurel Church are the honorees. 

Runyan is maintaining a 4.0 GPA in English: Literary and Culture Studies.

Burkhead is majoring in Business Administration with a 3.82 GPA, while Church also has a major in Business Administration and is recording a 3.73 GPA.