The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) and Barnes & Noble College are pleased to announce that four Kansas Wesleyan women's cross country student-athletes have been named 2021-22 KCAC Scholar-Athletes.
Barnes & Noble College is the official sponsor of KCAC Scholar-Athlete and Scholar Team awards, and is the official campus bookstore and course material provider of the KCAC.
Tabetha Deines (SR/Salina), Stephanie Martinez (SR/Horizon City, Texas), Daniella Gaona (SO/Clifton, Texas) and Regan Rhodes (JR/Mullinville) were named to the honor.
York College leads the way with ten women's cross country athletes earning the scholar-athlete honor. Saint Mary is not far behind with nine, while Bethany and Friends each have six honorees. McPherson had five athletes earn the scholar-athlete distinction, followed up by Bethel, Kansas Wesleyan, and Tabor, who each had four scholar-athletes. Southwestern and Sterling round out the list of scholar-athletes, with each school having three honorees.
The All-KCAC Scholar-Athlete Academic Award recognizes excellence in the classroom by KCAC member student-athletes who are sophomores or above in academic standing at the beginning of the semester in which they compete, carry a minimum 3.250 cumulative GPA at the beginning of the semester in which they compete and must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended one full year at the KCAC institution to be eligible.