Women’s Basketball Has Seven Named Daktronics Scholar-Athlete

Kansas City, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the 2024 Daktronics NAIA Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athletes.

The 2024 list features 887 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.

The Cougars had seven players recognized:

• Abby Backes
• Lexi Miller
• Allison Stiers
• Baylie Combs
• DeLaney Horstman
• Mackenzie Hess
• Madison Weydert