Kansas City, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) proudly announces the 2025 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes for spring sports. This honor recognizes student-athletes in each of the spring sports who have excelled academically, including baseball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, track and field, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball and women's beach volleyball. 

The Marian women's lacrosse team was one of nine Marian spring sport programs to earn NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors, with the Knights earning a total of five award recipients.

To qualify as a Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete, students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, appear on the eligibility certificate for their sport, and have attended their institution for at least one full year. This year, the list features an impressive number of student-athletes who have met these rigorous standards.

As a whole, Marian University ranked in the top-five in the NAIA with over 90 honorees.

Marian's honorees were Hayli Irvin, Tori Farkas, Ella Grace Giedd, Rylie Boezeman, and Taleah Nool.

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