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Melissa Darr and Rhonda Rininger Named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes
Melissa Darr and Rhonda Rininger were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes
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11/21/2009 10:17:23 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that a total of 254 women’s cross country runners have been named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Women’s Cross Country Scholar-Athletes and Warner University had two representatives named as Melissa Darr and Rhonda Rininger earned the honor. 

Darr and Rininger were two of only five student-athletes from the Sun Conference to receive the distinction. This is Darr’s second Scholar-Athlete award as she earned the merit in Track & Field last spring.

The announcement is made one day prior to the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country National Championships to be held at Fort Vancouver Historical Site in Vancouver, Wash. The women’s race begins at 10:30 a.m. PST and the men’s event is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. PST.

Nominated by each institution’s head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify.

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Athletes of the Week
Ethan Lovell
Ethan Lovell
Baseball

Ethan Lovell has been named the Warner University Athlete of the Week for games played Jan. 23-29.  Lovell helped the Royals baseball squad to a season opening split at Webber International University on Saturday (Jan. 28).  The Royals dropped the first game of the doubleheader 6-2 but rallied to take the second game 5-2.  Lovell got his senior season off on the right foot, batting 4-for-7 (.571) in both games.  The Lithia, Fla. native had a double and a triple while also scoring three runs.  Starting in centerfield for the Royals, Lovell recorded five put-outs as well.
Mark St. Fort
Mark St. Fort
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