KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lewis-Clark State College seniors Vanessa West and Karl Stedman and junior Kim Preston were named to the 2007-08 NAIA Division I Basketball Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes, the NAIA announced this week. 

In order to qualify for the honor, a student-athlete must be a junior or above in academic standing, has been attending the institution for at least one full year, and have a minimum grade point average of 3.50 or better on a 4.0 scale at the time of the nomination. 

The NAIA recognized 135 male and 73 female student-athletes as Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes. 

West, a 6-foot-1 post from Jerome, Idaho, is majoring in Communications at LCSC. She started 31 games this season and averaged 8.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.  

Preston, a 5-9 guard from Bellingham, Wash., is a Kinesiology major. Preston led the Warriors in 3-pointers with 57 this season and averaged 6.6 points per game. She finished among the national leaders in assist/turnover ratio. 

Stedman is a 6-0 guard from Sitka, Alaska, and is majoring in Business Administration.  He played in 30 games and started one this season and shot 51.9 percent from the field.