41 Women'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 Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athletes on Thursday. 41 runners from WHAC schools were honored. Siena Heights and Madonna led all WHAC schools with six runners on the list followed by Aquinas and UM-Deaborn who both had five. 37 total WHAC runners were named to the list a season ago. 

The 2023 list features 626 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.

Aquinas (5)
Anna Fedewa
Ella P'Simer
Genevieve Moore
Kaitlyn Thomas
Katrina Amrhein

Cleary (1)
Lauren Gores

Concordia (2)
Alison Doerr
Amanda Fogo

Cornerstone (3)
Emma O'Neil
Lauren VanderLaan
Rachael Barone

Indiana Tech (4)
Karla Julian
Lisa Voyles
McKenna Palmer
Paige Thamer

Lawrence Tech (2)*
Kaitlin Pichart
Hanna Assenmacher

Lourdes (3)
Juliana DiTullio
Laurynn Garcia
Madelynn DuBois

Madonna (6)*

Elizabeth Dancey
Izzie Lashaway
Lauren Marshall
Rose Paoletti
Jessica Phillips
Samantha Rousseau

Rochester (4)
Lauren Marshall
Delanie Nicklas
Heather Eller
Katrina Kline

Siena Heights (6)
Brooke Hildebrandt
Emily Kilpatrick
Isabelle Uganski
Jocie Berry
Jordyn Bronowski
Rachel Rose

UM-Dearborn (5)
Faith Bartnik
Kylie Callison
Lauryn Hoover
Mary Bradshaw
Sabrina Kroll

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