(Monday; July 21; Sioux Center, Iowa) The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) has announced the 2024-25 nominees for the NAIA top honors and the he female nominee for the Emil S. Liston Award is Macy Sievers, a member of the Dordt University Women's Basketball Team. Sievers, from Storm Lake, Iowa, is majoring in Elementary Education.

With a 3.87 GPA, Sievers was named to the CSC Academic All-America 1^st team in 2024-25, along with being a NAIA Scholar Athlete.  The 2024-25 GPAC and NAIA Player of the Year has helped lead Dordt to back-to-back National Championships and three conference championships.

"Macy is one of the most driven and unique individuals I have had the privilege to coach," said Dordt Women's Basketball Coach Bill Harmsen. "She is studious in the classroom, passionately serves her community, develops deep relationships with her teammates, and pursues excellence on the basketball floor like few others. What truly sets Macy apart is her love for her teammates and the impact she has on others. Macy's school involvement, civic duty, and passion for her family, friends, church, university, and community are at the forefront of her daily interactions and thoughts."

The Liston Award is named in honor of the NAIA's first executive secretary and the prime mover behind the NAIA Men's Basketball National Tournament. The award has been presented annually since 1950 to one junior men's and one junior women's basketball student-athlete who has shown high athletic and scholastic achievement.

National award winners will be announced during the 2025 NAIA Awards Day on September 15.