The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the names of the 2025 Fall Scholar Athletes.
According to the NAIA, “To qualify as an NAIA Scholar-Athlete, students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, appear on the eligibility certificate for their sport, and have attended their institution for at least one full year. This year, the list features an impressive number of student-athletes who have met these rigorous standards.”
Of the 6,486 awarded nationally, Freed-Hardeman University had 40 student-athletes qualify for the award. Volleyball and women’s soccer shared the most awards with 10 each, while men’s cross country had eight recognized. Men’s soccer followed with seven student-athletes and women’s cross country had five.
Those students include:
Volleyball:
Alyssa Austin, junior
Morgan Jackson, sophomore
Allie Lowhorn, sophomore
Kathryn Pepper, senior
Audrey Orton, graduate student
Cate Schroer, sophomore
Carissa Thompson, senior
Avery Young, senior
Iza Wos, senior
Audrey Johnson, sophomore
Women’s soccer:
Sophia Gravot, junior
Addison Greene, junior
Sophia Haddad de Lima, junior
Hadley Husband, sophomore
Ava Pierce, senior
Lexi Lewis, junior
Alexia Lorenzo-Pereira, sophomore
Ericka Montenegro, senior
Abby Schwarz, junior
Haley Suggs, junior
Men’s soccer
Paolo Sparks, senior
Noah Setterberg, junior
Tanner Thompson, junior
Maddox Andrews, sophomore
Felipe Benavides, senior
Thabo Mahlaha, senior
Julien Rouyer, senior
Men’s cross country:
Blake Brown, senior
Haden Bland, sophomore
Lucas Black, sophomore
Danny Douglas, junior
Tristan Pharr, sophomore
Bo Scott, senior
Daniel Puckett, junior
Barrett Poe, junior
Women’s Cross Country:
Zola Dorris, senior
Megan Lampley, senior
Elizabeth McKeeby, senior
Eliza Poe, senior
Mary Pearce, sophomore
