Missouri Valley College spring athletic teams have produced 40 Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athletes for the 2026 spring sports season spread across nine separate programs.

Student-athletes must have achieved at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA, appear on the eligibility certificate, and be at least a sophomore in the classroom. Combined with the fall sports season, Missouri Valley has produced a total of 152 NAIA Scholar Athletes for the 2025-26 academic year, up from 140 the previous academic year.

Leading the teams was men’s golf with ten NAIA Scholar Athletes. MVC’s baseball and soft programs each produces seven Scholar Athletes, men’s volleyball had six, men’s tennis and women’s golf each had three, men’s track and field had two, and men’s lacrosse and women’s track and field had one each.

The complete list of MVC’s Scholar Athletes is posted below:

2026 Spring Athletic Season NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athletes:
Aiden Bearden-Baseball
Braden Best-Baseball
Cody McDonald-Baseball
Colton Myers-Baseball
Masayoshi Hattori-Baseball
Sammy Chow-Baseball
Sota Suzuki-Baseball
Alexander Ballinger-Men’s Golf
Brad Storrer-Men’s Golf
Chad Coburn-Men’s Golf
Jackson Tobias-Men’s Golf
Jules Garret-Men’s Golf
Nelius De Jager-Men’s Golf
Ryan van Eyk-Men’s Golf
Sebastian Liffers-Men’s Golf
Tomas Ayape-Men’s Golf
Valentin Bosdari-Men’s Golf
Hanna Rieker-Women’s Golf
Madison Mills-Women’s Golf
Shelby Welling-Women’s Golf
Andrew Mittl-Men’s Lacrosse
Allison Loucas-Softball
Chloe Shuff-Softball
Emily-Rose Greenfield-Softball
Gabrielle Branson-Softball
Jesykah Foster-Softball
Kaya Gorrow-Softball
Taya Brickner-Softball
Evans Kiptoo-Men’s Track & Field
Montique Griffiths-Men’s Track & Field
Jozelynn Bostick-Women’s Track & Field
Alexander Ballinger-Men’s Tennis
Luca Stadfeld-Men’s Tennis
Matteo Bonzanini-Men’s Tennis
Bernardo Wolf Roese-Men’s Volleyball
Bruno Mroczek-Men’s Volleyball
Guilherme Lorenzini-Men’s Volleyball
Luca Hasse-Men’s Volleyball
Marcos Dos Santos Silva-Men’s Volleyball
Vasil Stoimenov-Men’s Volleyball