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Posted: Thursday, 19 March 2009 8:13AM

Seven Morningside Women’s Basketball Players Named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes



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.


Story Copyright KICD/KLLT 2009

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