Beacon Fall Sports Earn 26 NAIA Scholar-Athlete Honors

EUGENE, Ore. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics recently announced the recipients of NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete honors for fall sports of cross country, soccer, and volleyball.

To earn recognition as an Academic All-CCC honoree, a student-athlete must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 and hold sophomore standing. Bushnell’s 2023 fall sport honorees are:

Men’s Cross Country
Isaac Bodley (SO) Mathematics
Noah Mancione (JR) Kinesiology
Sayer Pescosolido (SO) Business Administration

Women’s Cross Country
Kaitlin Cook (SR) Psychology
Harmony Goodman (SO) Business Administration
Kennedy Larson (SR) Kinesiology

Volleyball 
Leah Agost (SO) Teacher Education
Chloe Kurahara (SR) Business Administration
Maddy Ladd (JR) Business Administration
Halle Neumann (GRAD) Management
Bella Parque (JR) Teacher Education
Peyton Ritchie (GRAD) Management
Ella Schauer (JR) Teacher Education
Brooke Silvernail (SR) Business Administration

Men’s Soccer
Shane Becker (SO) Computer Science
Arjuna Chotu (GRAD) Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Preston Ferry (GRAD) Management
Michael Ho (SO) Computer Science
Caleb Premo (SO) Teacher Education

Women’s Soccer 
Madison Bender (SO) Psychology
Abbie Chambers (SO) Business Administration
Dina Hayes (JR) Business Administration
Bella Hernandez (JR) Psychology
Faith Palmer (GRAD) Management
Sydney Petersen (SR) Biology
Ency Soto Jacobo (SR) Psychology


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