KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — The Heart of America Athletic Conference announced today, July 16th, its 2023-24 Heart of America Scholar Athletes by institution. The Grand View University Vikings finished second overall with 119 student-athletes. 

To achieve Heart of America Scholar-Athlete status, the individual must have competed in a varsity-level sport while maintaining a 3.4 GPA, recording at least 60 credit hours, and attending the current university for at least two semesters. 

Grand View had 119 student-athletes to place in the top two of the conference. Football recorded the most significant number, 22, followed by women's soccer, which had 10.
 

Grand View: (119 award winners) 

Football – Michael Acri – Business Finance 

Football – Seth Adrian – Kinesiology 

Football – Jedd Christensen – Business Analytics 

Football – Nick Danielson – Business Management, Finance 

Football – Nick Dredge – Kinesiology 

Football – Brady Duwa – Kinesiology 

Football – Avery Gates – Kinesiology 

Football – Nathan Hamilton – MS Athletic Training 

Football – Collin Hogan – Kinesiology 

Football – Robby Isaacs – MS Organizational Leadership 

Football – Dane Johnson – History 

Football – Seth Juhl – MS Organizational Leadership 

Football – Kody Kruschwitz – Accounting, Business Finance  

Football – Cole Lewis – Kinesiology 

Football – Patrick Savage – Business Management, Marketing 

Football – Calvin Sieck – Kinesiology 

Football – Tate Stine-Smith – Psychology 

Football – Tyler Vitzthum – MS Sport Management 

Football – Jackson Waring – Psychology 

Football – James Wartick – Business Finance 

Football – Jayson Wieland – Kinesiology 

Football – Nate Willcockson – MS Organizational Leadership 

Men's Cross Country & Track & Field – Seth Diser – MS Sport Management  

Men's Cross Country & Track & Field – Brayan Silva – Criminal Justice 

Women's Cross Country & Track & Field – Liberty Leis – Nursing 

Men's Soccer – Caden Beaton – Business Administration, Marketing, Sport Management 

Men's Soccer – Justin Good – MS Athletic Training 

Men's Soccer – Ludvig Hordegard – Psychology  

Men's Soccer – Jaren Obia – Biochemistry 

Men's Soccer – Hank O'Leary – Business Administration, Marketing 

Men's Soccer – Rune Petersen – Communication, Media Practice 

Men's Soccer – Alvin Shivere – Computer Science  

Men's Soccer – Sven Waldmeier – Psychology 

Men's Soccer – Benedikt Zechmeister – Business Administration, Finance 

Women's Soccer – Delaney Barton – Business Management 

Women's Soccer – Gracie Bernard – Business Management 

Women's Soccer – Jayden Cross – Nursing 

Women's Soccer – Camille Dixson – Nursing 

Women's Soccer – Rachel Doyle – Data Science 

Women's Soccer – Ana Fank – Business Management 

Women's Soccer – Caitlyn Hanafan – Nursing 

Women's Soccer – Josi Lonneman – Nursing 

Women's Soccer – Sammy Milani – Criminal Justice 

Women's Soccer & Track & Field – Mason Nickolaus – Graphic Design 

Men's Volleyball – Dalton Dencklau – Biochemistry  

Men's Volleyball – Daniel Galili – Business Analytics  

Men's Volleyball – Ryan Griffel – Sport Management 

Men's Volleyball – Danny Wong – MS Organizational Leadership 

Women's Volleyball – Syd Beasley – Psychology 

Women's Volleyball – Sierra Wright – Biology Pre-PA 

Competitive Dance – Brooke Bogenschutz – Organizational Studies 

Competitive Dance – Sinay Diaz – Business Marketing  

Competitive Dance – Lexi Kuecker – Kinesiology 

Competitive Dance – Abi Peiffer – Elementary Education 

Competitive Dance – Rayna Sickels – Nursing 

Competitive Cheer – Adeline Chance – Elementary Education 

Competitive Cheer – Keely Cookson – Nursing 

Competitive Cheer – Clay Garretson – Elementary Education 

Competitive Cheer – Ava Kanne – Nursing 

Competitive Cheer – Emmawyn Powers – MS Organizational Leadership 

Men's Bowling – Johnathan Hemmingsen – Kinesiology 

Men's Bowling – Lucas Kramer – Biochemistry 

Women's Bowling – Kaytlyn Andrews – Nursing 

Women's Bowling – Ariel Engel – MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling 

Women's Bowling – Rachel Gore – Business Management, Marketing 

Women's Bowling – Emilee Hall – Accounting 

Women's Bowling – Isabel Tetmeyer – Biotechnology 

Men's Basketball – Ayden Foster – Psychology 

Men's Basketball – Noah Hart – Sport Management 

Men's Basketball – Ra'shjon Landers Martinez – Business Management 

Women's Basketball – Colby Burt – MS Sport Management 

Women's Basketball – Lauren Conrey – Nursing 

Women's Basketball – Katie Fogarty – Kinesiology 

Women's Basketball – Ella Larsen – Biology 

Women's Basketball – Rachel Leerar – Kinesiology 

Women's Basketball – Kaylyn Meyers – Kinesiology 

Women's Basketball – Ellie Rengstorf – Health Promotion, Graphic Design 

Men's Wrestling – Tanner Abbas – MS Organizational Leadership 

Men's Wrestling – Owen Braungardt – MS Organizational Leadership 

Men's Wrestling – Jackson Cockrell – International Business 

Men's Wrestling – Blake Haney – MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling 

Men's Wrestling – Easton Larson – MS Analytics 

Men's Wrestling – Isaiah Luellen – Elementary Education 

Men's Wrestling – Ben Murphy – Business Management 

Men's Wrestling – Aden Reeves – MS Sport Management  

Men's Wrestling – Alex Reynolds – Applied Mathematics 

Women's Wrestling – Ali Anderson – Biology, PreVet Med 

Women's Wrestling – Olivia Brown – Accounting 

Women's Wrestling – Madison Diaz – Accounting 

Women's Wrestling – Andrea Schlabach – Nursing 

Men's Track & Field – Isaac Davis – Biology 

Men's Track & Field – Blake Willey – Kinesiology  

Women's Track & Field – Kaylee Hodnefield – Elementary Education 

Women's Track & Field – Salima Omari – Psychology 

Women's Track & Field – Anna Paul – Sport Management 

Baseball – Jalen Aguiniga – Criminal Justice 

Baseball – Brook Heinen – MS Sport Management 

Baseball – Drew Scherbenske – Business Marketing 

Baseball – Dane Schwirtz – Elementary Education 

Baseball – Logan Smith – MS Sport Management 

Baseball – Jacob Wolver – Accounting 

Softball – Mckenna Adkins – Sport Management 

Softball – Rachel Anderson – Elementary Education 

Softball – Lani Gannon – Psychology 

Softball – Reghan Henn – Nursing 

Softball – Olivia Kyes – Kinesiology 

Softball – Kenzie Meister – Criminal Justice 

Softball – Kylie Merical – Elementary Education 

Softball – Mia Noelker – Criminal Justice 

Softball – Jessica Walljasper – MS Sport Management 

Men's Golf – Gabe Beardsley – History 

Men's Golf – Michel Evertsen – Biochemistry 

Women's Golf – Ruthie Jahn – Business Marketing, Psychology 

Women's Golf – Isabell Juhler – Biochemistry 

Women's Golf – Monterey Mishek – Biology 

Women's Golf – Kate Rahfeldt – Business Marketing, Professional Sales