Valley City, N.D. – The NAIA has announced the 2026 NAIA Spring Scholar-Athletes. The Vikings had 40 Student-Athletes make the list.

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.

Congratulations to this years VCSU Spring Semester Daktronics Scholar-Athletes.

Baseball
Brendan Berk
Takao Cookson
Garrett Dykstra
Caleb Hoiseth
Connor Hoyt
Trevan Jaques
Porter Jorgenson
Merik Junger
Anthony Madsen
Brady Papineau
Kaden Rozdeba
Chayton Senn
Alexis Velasco
Izzak Warholik

Softball
Kylee Banerd
Logan Gronberg
Madison Hazelton
Avery Kuklinski
Bailey Leroux
Katelyn MacNeill
Kennadi Stone

Men's Golf
Owen Haase
Zachary St. Aubin

Women's Golf
Sydney Carlson

Men's Track and Field 
Thomas Baldwin
Ezekiel Barnick
Arie Bratrud
Mason Brehmer
Isaac Eichhorst
Cody Frounfelter
James Miller
Jordan Mount
Andrew Winczewski

Women's Track and Field
Caitlin Armbrust
Olivia Backus
Rebecca Bohrer
Delaney Cotton
Carlee Fuchs
Emma Muggli
Rylan Parsley