NAIA Awards
Consult Official Forms for an inventory of nomination procedures and annual deadllines. If applicable, the National Office staff liaison for the award is noted.
SPORT-SPECIFIC AWARDS FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES, TEAMS
All-America Awards
All-America awards are annually bestowed on the most outstanding athletes in the various sports in which the program is active. Those selected for All-Conference awards are considered; selection criteria is implemented by each sport.
CONTACT: Austin Bennett
All-Conference Awards
Each conference is entitled to select an all-conference team based on individul and team performance, statistics and character. Awards are nominated by conference commissioners and/or sport chairs.
All-Tournament/Outstanding Athlete Award
All-Tournament teams are selected at most national championship events. Size and makeup of the team is determined by the sport. An outstanding athlete/performer may be selected based on athletic skill during the championships and typically includes a vote of the media and/or participating coaches and/or tournament committee members present at the event.
Player of the Week Awards
The NAIA National Player of the Week is selected from a pool of conference players of the week. Criteria for selection includes statistics/results, team success, various records (school, conference, national) broken and level of competition. Sports information representatives from each conference nominate players for the national award and a voting panel of sports information directors from various conferences selects the winner.
CONTACT: Katie Green
NAIA-Daktronics Scholar-Athlete Program
The Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete programs recognize excellence in the classroom by NAIA-member student-athletes who are sophomores or above in academic standing with a 3.5 cumulative GPA. Students must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended one full year as a non-transfer or one full year as a transfer. The awards are given annually to outstanding student-athletes in the various sports in which the program is active and their respective teams are eligible for NAIA postseason competition.
Deadline for all sports are Sept. 30 (Fall Sports) Jan. 31 (Winter Sports), April 15 (Spring Sports)
Questions & Recources CLICK HERE | CONTACT: Katie Green
For Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Awards, Distinguished Member Awards, and Character Awards, click here.
