(Wednesday, June 11; Sioux Center, Iowa) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2025 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete for the spring season and Dordt University has 24 members of the men's track & field program on the list.
 
NAIA Release 
 
To qualify as a Daktronics 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.
 
Dordt Honorees:
 
Three-Time Honorees
Carson Elbers (Senior; Rock Valley, Iowa; Business Administration)
Enock Rop (Senior; Fredericktown, Ohio; Agriculture)
Logan Franken (Senior; Sioux Center, Iowa; Accounting/Business Administration)
Ethan Summerhays (Senior; Brantford, Ontario; Business Administration)
Matt Haken (Senior; Sibley, Iowa; Engineering)
Ryan Schober (Senior; Nampa, Idaho; Agriculture)
 
Two-Time Honorees
Ben Van Eps (Junior; Prinsburg, Minnesota; Accounting/Business Administration)
Chase Kamp (Junior; Raton, New Mexico; Health & Human Performance)
Derrek Vander Leest (Junior; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Health & Human Performance)
Josiah Wittenberg (Junior; Pella, Iowa; Health & Human Performance)
Levi Landman (Junior; Sioux Center, Iowa; Biology/Environmental Science)
Luke Swanson (Junior; Loretto, Minnesota; Engineering)
Micah Schaap (Junior; Edgerton, Minnesota; Art)
Sam Washington (Junior; Victoria, Minnesota; Psychology)
Sam May (Junior; Orange City, Iowa; Biology)
 
First-Time Honorees
Ben Gosselink (Sophomore; Otley, Iowa; Health & Human Performance)
Dawson Teune (Senior; DeMotte, Indiana; Business Administration)
Isaac Rynders (Sophomore; Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Computer Science/Engineering/Education
Jonathan Breems (Sophomore; Sioux Center, Iowa; Engineering)
Luke Nikkel (Sophomore; Pella, Iowa; Nursing)
Luke Drabek (Sophomore; Menifee, California; Criminal Justice)
Nathan Adams (Sophomore; Belgrade, Montana; Engineering)
Thomas Peltzer (Sophomore; Laveen, Arizona; Engineering)
Willem Den Hartog (Sophomore; Nampa, Idaho; Biology)
 
Dordt (Iowa) had the highest number of spring season scholar-athletes at 111. St. Ambrose, Cumberlands (Ky.), Indiana Wesleyan, Marian (Ind.), Cornerstone (Mich.) and Concordia (Neb.) followed with a total of scholar-athletes in the 90s with 97, 96, 95, 93 and 90 honorees, respectively.