2021 NAIA National Awards Day Recipients Released

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its 18 honorees in addition to over 11,000 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes and over 2,000 NAIA Scholar Teams as a part of its annual NAIA National Awards Day on Wednesday. The day recognizes the association's highest individual honors and achievements of NAIA student-athletes, administrators and coaches. Additionally, the association announced the three-member class of the 2021-22 NAIA Hall of Fame.

2021-22 NAIA Hall of Fame Inductees

Name

Sport

Institution

Purpose

Nelson Bolden

Football

University of Findlay

Athlete

Tim Bauer

Cross Country/Track & Field

Siena Heights University

Coach

Scott Cummings

N/A

McKendree University

Meritorious Service

 

To view all of the honorees and the members of the 2021-22 NAIA Hall of Fame class, click HERE!

 

Grand View (Iowa) and St. Ambrose (Iowa) led the way with 24 teams. Aquinas (Mich.) and Campbellsville (Ky.) followed with 23.

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 2020-21 or view the Commissioner's List of all recipients

 

Baseball

Men's Soccer

Women's Cross Country

Competitive Cheer

Men's Swimming & Diving

Women's Golf

Competitive Dance

Men's Tennis

Women's Lacrosse

Football

Men's Track & Field

Women's Soccer

Men's Basketball

Men's Volleyball

Women's Swimming & Diving

Men's Bowling

Men's Wrestling

Women's Tennis

Men's Cross Country

Softball

Women's Track & Field

Men's Golf

Women's Basketball

Women's Volleyball

Men's Lacrosse

Women's Bowling

Women's Wrestling