[Women's Basketball] Women's Basketball has five named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes

Kansas Wesleyan women's basketball had five student-athletes named as 2019 Daktronics-NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Scholar-Athletes as the National Office announced the award recipients.

Courtney Heinen (JR/Axtell, Kan.), Valerie Most (SR/Brady, Neb.), Kayla Kivinski (SR/Port Richey, Fla.), Kayla Vallin (JR/Aurora, Colo.) and Sydney Mortensen (SR/Wichita, Kan.) all were named as Scholar-Athletes.

Heinen is a junior majoring in Elementary Education.

Most is a senior majoring in Biomedical Chemistry

Kivinski is a senior majoring in Psychology.

Vallin is a junior majoring in Elementary Education.

Mortensen is a senior majoring in Psychology.

Nationally, 312 women's basketball student-athletes were named 2019 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Concordia (Neb.) and Mount Marty (S.D.) led the pack with nine student-athletes collecting the honors on each team.

In order to be named as a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete, student-athletes must have at least a 3.5 GPA as defined by the institution, be of junior academic status and have attended the current institution for at least one full academic year as a transfer or two full academic years as a non-transfer.

Winners may download a graphic to promote their award on social media by clicking HERE. When referencing the award, the NAIA National Office encourages student-athletes to use #NAIAScholar in their posts!