Seven Morningside Women’s Basketball Players Named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes (Sioux City, Iowa) – Seven members of Morningside College’s No. 1-ranked women’s basketball team have been named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
The Mustangs’ Daktronics-NAIA Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athletes are:
Cara Anderson, a 6-2 junior forward from Fort Calhoun, Neb. Anderson has a
3.78 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with majors in graphic design and advertising.
Autumn Bartel, a 5-9 senior guard from Cherokee, Iowa. Bartel has a 3.81 cumulative GPA with a major in biology.
Emily Christen, a 6-1 junior forward from Anselmo, Neb. Christen has a
3.59 cumulative GPA with a major in mathematics teaching.
Sarah Culp, a 5-7 junior guard from Newell, Iowa. Culp has a 4.00 cumulative GPA with a major in business administration.
Mackenzi Mendlik, a 5-7 junior guard from Denison, Iowa. Mendlik has a 3.50 cumulative GPA with a major in biology.
Roni Miller, a 5-11 junior forward from Lawton, Iowa. Miller has a 3.76 cumulative GPA with a major in biology.
Brittany Williamson, a 6-0 junior forward from Ruthven, Iowa. Williamson has a 3.73 cumulative GPA with majors in chemistry and biology.
Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
Morningside has a 36-0 record this season and is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the NAIA Division II ranks. The Mustangs will face Northwestern College in the semifinals of the NAIA Division II National Tournament on Monday, March 16.