45 Men's Cross Country Runners Named Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (NAIA Release)The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the 2023 Daktronics NAIA Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athletes for the 2023 season. 45 runners from WHAC schools were honored. Aquinas led all WHAC schools with eight runners on the list followed by Concordia with six. 34 total WHAC runners were named to the list a season ago. 

The 2023 list features 491 student-athletes that 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.

To learn more about the Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete program, click HERE.

Aquinas (8)
Andrew Ireland
Ben Hardy
Brian Langlois
Carson Lafferty
Edward Frey
Ethan Barker
Jonah Maichele
Matthew Schieber

Cleary (1)
Joel Hartleb

Concordia (6)
Adam Fisch
Avery Sanchez
Jared Stiver
Luke Bentz
Noah Starkey
Theodore Eising

Cornerstone (2)
Andrew Adams
Keegan Honig

Indiana Tech (3)
Aaron Farley
Jacob Stetzel
Ngor Agwick

Lawrence Tech (5)*
Nathan Alton
Griffin Armbrushmacher
Sebastian Tarhanich
Noah Blandino
Hunter Assenmacher

Lourdes (3)
Kellen Garmon
Liam LeBlanc
Maddox Altman

Madonna (4)*
Lucas Eccleton
Cameron Kruse
Andrew Langkam
Sean Massa

Rochester (4)
Alec Shaw
Chad Kocsis
Daniel Gore
Garrett Goulding

Siena Heights (4)
Gabriel Iott
Jacob Sand
Nethanel Leupold
Tyler Landis

UM-Dearborn (5)
Adam Haag
Brendan Buckner
Brett Leidal
John Borowicz
Luke Kaferle

* - Athletes earned honor but due to delayed nominations are not listed on NAIA release