Brett James named scholar-athlete for fall 2015 semester

2016 Jan 4

A total of 39 Concordia University, Nebraska representatives received Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition for the fall of 2015. The NAIA acknowledges fall scholar-athletes in the sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball.

Fall 2015 Concordia University, Nebraska scholar-athletes include:

Brett James, junior, Kearney, Neb., football

Concordia ranks as the NAIA's all-time leader in number of Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes with 1,253 and counting (39 for the fall of 2015). The 2014-15 season culminated with GPAC-leading totals of 94 Bulldog scholar-athletes and 17 NAIA Scholar-Teams. During the 2013-14 academic year, Concordia garnered 101 scholar-athlete honorees (most in the NAIA) and 17 NAIA Scholar-Teams (tied for fourth nationally).

To be nominated by an institution's head coach or sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status.