Ellis Gallion of Medora, a member of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University cross-country team, was recently named as one of the 2014 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes.

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 and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for this honor.