KANSAS CITY - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced the Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete list for fall sports, and the Mid-America Christian University women's soccer team had three of the 2018 honorees.
MACU's Ana Luiza Rodrigues, Kelsey Janko, and Jessica Austin earned Scholar-Athlete status for the Evangels, Rodrigues and Janko as juniors, and Austin following her senior season.
Rodrigues, a 5-4 junior from Belo Horizonte, Brazil - has posted a 3.92 GPA thus far at MACU while studying Business Administration, Janko is also a Business Administration major, and she has a 3.78 GPA, and Austin currently boasts a 3.91 GPA in Business Administration. The trio were among 732 players to earn the award in the NAIA this season. To qualify as an NAIA Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must be a junior or above academically who appears on the varsity eligibility roster for their team. She must keep a cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, and she must meet a minimum residency requirement at the institution of two years for non-transfer students, and one year for transfer students.
