Greenville, SC -- 10 Mid-America Christian University student-athletes have earned the prestigious National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Scholar Athlete award, the organization recently released.  

To qualify for this honor, the student-athlete must maintain a minimum 3.4 grade-point average and be at least a junior in academic standing.

The 10 players that received this honor were also NAIA Scholar Athlete recipients last week.

The NCCAA Scholar Athlete honorees are listed below, grouped by sport.

Men's Soccer:

Martin Mata, (3.63 GPA, Mathematics)

Darko Nikolic (3.93 GPA, Business Administration)

Jakob O'Meara-Gill (3.94 GPA, Business Administration)

Vinny Vilela (3.72 GPA, Business Administration)

Volleyball:

Mary Burkhead (3.82 GPA, Business Administration)

Laurel Church (3.73 GPA, Business Administration)

Larissa Runyan (4.0 GPA, English: Literary and Cultural Studies)

Women's Soccer:

Jamie Colston (3.71 GPA, Elementary Education)

Kenady Maynard (3.78 GPA, Secondary Social Studies Education

Taylor Moseley (3.72 GPA, Psychology)