
34 Athletes Named NAIA Spring Scholar Athletes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the Spring 2025 Daktronics Scholar Athletes for spring sports. Viterbo had 34 student-athletes over seven different sports be recognized for their academic accomplishments.
The 2025 list features over 4,000 student-athletes who achieved at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average (GPA) at their institution. In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach or sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended one full year at said institution.
Below is a list of all the V-Hawks that were named Scholar-Athletes:
Alex Kratzenstein | Men's Volleyball | Graduate | Business Administration |
Justin Kratzenstein | Men's Volleyball | Junior | Business Administration |
Bryant Koenig | Baseball | Senior | Engineering |
Brandon Jaenke | Baseball | Senior | Sport Mangement and Leadership |
Cale Beckman | Baseball | Senior | Psychology |
Dominic LeBlanc | Baseball | Senior | Sport Management and Leadership |
Kyle Burns | Baseball | Senior | Engineering |
Ben Biskupski | Men's Golf | Sophomore | Accounting |
Jackson Schuh | Men's Golf | Sophomore | Business Administration |
Rachel Boe | Women's Golf | Sophomore | Business Administration |
Lillia Rather | Women's Gofl | Junior | Business Administration |
Natalie Martin | Softball | Sophomore | Psychology |
Alina Garstka | Softball | Senior | Sport Management and Leadership |
Grace Elton | Softball | Sophomore | Business Education |
Marissa Carter-Olson | Softball | Junior | Sport Management and Leadership |
Makayla Nortman | Softball | Junior | Mathematics Education |
Megan Jardine | Softball | Senior | Criminal and Community Justice |
Connor Martin | Men's Track and Field | Senior | Music Theatre |
Colin Adams | Men's Track and Field | Junior | Applied Mathematics and Analytics |
Andrew Kaja | Men's Track and Field | Junior | Biochemistry |
Hunter Pickard | Men's Track and Field | Sophomore | Biology |
Lillia Chvatal | Women's Track and Field | Sophomore | Religous Studies and Theology |
Lauren Cole | Women's Track and Field | Junior | Nursing |
Emma Schoen | Women's Track and Field | Junior | Biochemistry |
Braylee Hyatt | Women's Track and Field | Sophomore | Nursing |
Olivia Cox | Women's Track and Field | Junior | Nutrition Sciences |
Kaitlyn Wrage | Women's Track and Field | Junior | Nursing |
Kaylie Weidmeyer | Women's Track and Field | Sophomore | Nursing |
Madelyn Kassulke | Women's Track and Field | Junior | Nursing |
MacKenzie Geers | Women's Track and Field | Sophomore | Nursing |
Megan Sobotta | Women's Track and Field | Junior | Nursing |
Emily Ludwig | Women's Track and Field | Sophomore | Criminal and Community Justice |
Kaylee McLeod | Women's Track and Field | Sophomore | Nursing |
Kendra Czerneski | Women's Track and Field | Junior | Nursing |
Tori Gerber | Women's Track and Field | Graduate | Business Administration |