Henion among those honored by NAIA

VANCOUVER, Wash. -The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced Friday that 296 women's cross country student-athletes have been named 2011 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

Cassandra Henion, a senior from Paonia, Colorado was the female honoree for Johnson & Wales University.

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.

To view the entire list of 2011 Daktronics-NAIA Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athletes, click here.