2020 NAIA National Awards Day Recipients Released

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its 22 honorees in addition to over 10,000 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes and over 2,000 NAIA Scholar Teams as a part of its annual NAIA National Awards Day on Tuesday. The day recognizes the association's highest individual honors and achievements of NAIA student-athletes, administrators and coaches. Additionally, the association announced the seven-member class of the 2020-21 NAIA Hall of Fame.

 

2020-21 NAIA Hall of Fame Inductees

Name

Sport

Institution

Purpose

Tim Bishop

Cross Country/Track & Field

Black Hills State University

Athlete

Brian Charles DeRoo

Football/Track & Field

University of Redlands

Athlete

Hillary Holt

Cross Country/Track & Field

The College of Idaho

Athlete

Scott Morgan

Men's Basketball

Dakota Wesleyan University

Athlete

Bruce Polen

Football

William Penn University

Athlete

Jeff Bain

N/A

Martin Methodist College

Meritorious Service

John Reynders

N/A

Morningside College

Meritorious Service

 

To view all of the honorees and the members of the 2020-21 NAIA Hall of Fame class, click HERE!

 

St. Ambrose (Iowa) leads the scholar teams list with 25 teams. Baker (Kan.), Grand View (Iowa) and Morningside (Iowa) closely followed with 24 teams each. Full lists below.

To view all of the NAIA Scholar Team recipients (By School), click HERE!

To view all of the NAIA Scholar Team recipients (By Sport), click HERE!

To view all of the NAIA Scholar Team recipients (By GPA), click HERE!

 

Click on the sport below to view the individual Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete Award winners for 2019-20.