By
Jacob Norling
September 16, 2021
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) Westmont athletics is proud to announce that 16 Warrior athletic teams have been announced as NAIA Scholar Teams for the 2020-21 school year. Individually, 47 athletes have been honored as Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athletes for the 2020-21 school year.
For teams, to qualify for Scholar Team status a roster must tally a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. To be honored individually, one must possess a GPA of 3.5 or above.
Below are the 16 teams who received the honor, as well as their respective GPA's.
- Women's Cross Country: 3.50
- Women's Volleyball: 3.46
- Women's Basketball: 3.41
- Women's Indoor Track & Field: 3.35
- Women's Outdoor Track & Field: 3.35
- Men's Cross Country: 3.31
- Men's Soccer: 3.28
- Women's Soccer: 3.25
- Women's Swimming: 3.23
- Women's Tennis: 3.22
- Men's Golf - Men's: 3.20
- Men's Indoor Track & Field: 3.19
- Men's Outdoor Track & Field: 3.19
- Men's Tennis: 3.16
- Men's Basketball: 3.10
- Baseball: 3.08
Below are the individuals honored as well as their respective sport and class from the 2020-21 school year.
- Taylor Balistrieri-Jennings Baseball Senior
- Dylan Sund Baseball Senior
- Zack Mendez Baseball Senior
- Jeremiah Canada Baseball Senior
- Josh Rego Baseball Senior
- Chad Stoner Baseball Senior
- Josiah Esselstrom Men's Basketball Senior
- Jason Peterson Men's Cross Country Senior
- Daniel Rubin Men's Cross Country Senior
- John Baker Men's Cross Country Junior
- Hunter Shumake Men's Golf Junior
- Nick Ruiz Men's Soccer Senior
- Joshua Phillips Men's Soccer Senior
- Justin Nakaoka Men's Soccer Junior
- Michael Palmer Men's Soccer Junior
- Benjamin Saito Men's Tennis Junior
- Jason Peterson Men's Track & Field Senior
- Daniel Rubin Men's Track & Field Junior
- Caleb Beeghly Men's Track & Field Junior
- John Baker Men's Track & Field Junior
- Krissy Miyahara Women's Basketball Senior
- Taylor Rarick Women's Basketball Senior
- Sydney Brown Women's Basketball Senior
- Kaitlin Larson Women's Basketball Senior
- Abigail Stadtlander Women's Cross Country Senior
- Alexa Gatiss Women's Cross Country Junior
- Karly Kingsley Women's Soccer Senior
- Reese Davidson Women's Soccer Junior
- Grace Hotaling Women's Soccer Junior
- Charlotte Chipembere Women's Soccer Junior
- Taylie Scott Women's Soccer Junior
- Hannah Thompson Women's Swimming Senior
- Ceili Smaw Women's Swimming Senior
- Chloe Van Bogelen Women's Swimming Senior
- Gaby Rego Women's Swimming Junior
- Bailey Lemmon Women's Swimming Junior
- Christine Hemry Women's Tennis Junior
- Tori Davis Women's Track & Field Senior
- Casey Jensen Women's Track & Field Senior
- Abigail Stadtlander Women's Track & Field Senior
- Macy Cholometes Women's Track & Field Junior
- Patty Kerman Women's Volleyball Senior
- Hali Galloway Women's Volleyball Senior
- Kaylee Ivie Women's Volleyball Senior
- Alexa Gatiss Women's Volleyball Junior
- Lexi Malone Women's Volleyball Junior
- Malia Yim Women's Volleyball Junior
