GREENVILLE, S.C. – Three members of the Mid-America Christian women's soccer team were selected to the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Division I Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete list on Sunday night.
Senior forward Kelsey Janko, redshirt junior midfielder Ana Luiza Rodrigues and junior defender Alex White were each named to the 2019 NCCAA Scholar-Athlete list.
To be considered, an athlete must be a junior, senior or graduate student, completed at least one semester at the qualifying institution and have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.40 or higher.
In her fourth season at Mid-America Christian, Janko received the honor for the second consecutive year. The Mustang, Okla. native is currently a graduate student and is earning a 4.0 GPA while pursuing an MBA in Business Administration. Janko has been a staple of the MACU defensive backfield, logging the second-most minutes on the team with 1502 while starting in all 19 of the Evangels matches. Janko is a part of a defense that is giving up just 1.42 goals per game, which includes 10 shutouts. The defense as a whole is giving up just 9.6 shots per game and 5.1 shots on-goal per match to its opponents.
Rodrigues is another two-time recipient of the NCCAA Scholar-Athlete Award, entering her senior year academically. The Belo Horizonte, Brazil product is pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Ethics with a cumulative GPA of 3.91. Rodrigues has appeared in seven matches during the 2019 season, scoring her first goal of the season in an 11-0 victory over Bacone College on Oct. 8.
A junior mid from Moore, Okla., White earned her first NCCAA Scholar-Athlete Award after accumulating a 3.53 GPA in Business Administration and Ethics. In her third season with the Evangels, White has appeared in 18 matches and made 12 starts. White has notched a pair of goals and two assists for the Evangels this season, scoring her first goal in a 7-0 victory over Randall on Sept. 28 while adding one more in MACU's 15-0 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State on Oct. 25.
The Evangels will open pool play at the NCCAA National Championships at the Austin-Tindall Sports Complex in Kissimmee, Fla. on Tuesday. Mid-America Christian will open the tournament against No. 5 seed Erskine College (S.C.), slated for a 6 p.m. (5 p.m. CST) kickoff.
