KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the 2022-23 Daktronics NAIA Competitive Dance Scholar-Athletes and Kansas Wesleyan's Kiran Bailey has received the award.
 

Nearly 200 student-athletes were recognized from 48 institutions across the country for achieving the honor.

St. Ambrose (Iowa) led all institutions with 12 representatives followed closed by Grand View (Iowa) with 11. Benedictine (Kan.), Concordia (Neb.), Doane (Neb.), Dordt (Iowa), Mount Mercy (Iowa) and Vanguard (Calif.) are all tied for third with eight scholar-athletes each.  

In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach or sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended one full year at said institution.

2022-23 Daktronics NAIA Competitive Dance Scholar-Athletes - PDF