LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Last week, the Biola track and field program showcased what it was capable of on a national level, but all season long its student-athletes have shown what they are made of in the classroom, resulting in 19 combined NAIA Scholar-Athlete nods.
 
The 11 women's scholar-athletes and eight men's scholar-athletes are the most among any sport at Biola during this competitive season, and they are riddled across the largest and arguably most competitive roster of this competitive season.
 
In order to be considered an NAIA Scholar-Athlete the student athlete must be at least a junior and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
 
Biola's 19 scholar-athletes represents 70 percent of its junior and senior scholar-athletes, a remarkable ration for such a large roster.
 
Head Coach Jonathan Zimmerman's teams are always among the tops in the country academically, so all of these honors does not come as much of a surprise. The next step will be for his teams to earn NAIA Scholar Team recognition when the honors are announced early next week.
 
Among the 19 scholar-athletes are nine members of Biola's 2014 track and field national teams and numerous school record-holders and All-Americans.
 
Full List: Jessica Airey, Emily Briggs, Alex Calkins, Collin Christensen, Andrew Daedler, Mark Diaz, Megan Dwight, Whitney Fredenburg, Lauren Houck, Chelsea Janzen, Danny Ledesma, Spencer Lyle, Brandon Mancini, Taylor McCahon, Kasey Schalich, Alexandra Sciarra, Carrie Soholt, Peter Stacy and Sarah Vaughan.