Sydnee Nelson of Clay Center Named a NAIA Scholar Athlete

2011 Dec 14

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced that Southwestern College student Sydnee Nelson of Clay Center has been named a 2011 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete.

Student-athletes are nominated by their institution's head coach and must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status in order qualify for the honor.

Southwestern College is a private institution granting undergraduate and graduate degrees and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. About 1,800 students attend classes at the main Winfield campus, at five professional studies sites in Kansas and Oklahoma, or online around the world.