LCSC has six track athletes earn Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors

06-06-08

Six Lewis-Clark State College runners earned Daktronics-National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic Track and Field Scholar-Athlete honors for the spring, the NAIA has announced. 

LCSC had three male and three female runners honored. To be eligible for honors, a student-athlete must hold junior or senior academic standing and have a minimum 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale. 

Although the college doesn’t recognize men’s track as a college-sponsored sport, LCSC seniors Calin Hantau and Aaron Galbraith were honored, along with junior Adrian Ramirez. Hantau, who is from Sighisoau, Romania, and Galbraith, who is from Wenatchee, Wash., both were honored for the fourth time overall – twice for track and twice for cross country. Ramirez, who hails from Yakima, Wash., was honored for the second time – once each in cross country and track. 

On the women’s side, LCSC senior Rikki Glick joins juniors Katja Loevslett and Rosa Bautista as Scholar-Athletes. Glick, who is from Bend, Ore., joins Hantau and Galbraith as four-time honorees. Loevslett, who hails from Stavanger, Norway, received her first track and field honor after being honored in the fall for cross country. Loevslett redshirted one season so although she is a junior academically, she just finished her sophomore season of eligibility.  Bautista, who is from Stanfield, Ore., also was honored last fall and then this spring for the first time. 

More than 400 student-athletes received Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.