GREENVILLE, S.C. --- The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) released their slate of scholar-athletes for the 2022 spring sports season. Six Trojans from the baseball and softball programs received the academic honor. In order to earn this honor, athletes must be a junior or senior with a minimum 3.40 grade point average (GPA), and at least one completed term at TIU.

Baseball
Blake Lazaris
Dominik Olech
Jackson Schutzenhofer
 
Lazaris, a senior from Colgate, Wisconsin picks up his second NCCAA Scholar-Athlete honor. His resume for the 2022 season also includes CCAC First Team All-Conference and NCCAA North Central All-Region First Team. He's previously been awarded CCAC All-Academic Team as well as All-Conference and All-Region in the 2021 season.

Olech, a local from Chicago, adds to his resume with his third NCCAA Scholar-Athlete. His academic success has also been recognized by the NAIA and CCAC, having been awarded NAIA Scholar-Athlete in 2020 and 2021 as well as a member of the CCAC All-Academic Team in 2020 and 2021.

Schutzenhofer, a junior from Schaumburg, Illinois, picks up his first honor from the NCCAA as a outfielder for the Trojans after transferring from Harper College.
 
Softball:
Paige Hintz
Waverly Miller
Morgann Paaske
 
Hintz, a junior from Almond, Wisconsin earned the first postseason honor of her career. She's just completed her first season as a Trojan after transferring from Madison College

Miller, an academic junior from Neenah, Wisconsin, is in her second year at Trinity as she picks up her first NCCAA honor.

Paaske, a junior transfer from McHenry County College, picks up her first postseason academic honor from the NCCAA with this Scholar-Athlete award.

 
The baseball program finished their season 17-31 overall and 6-24 in conference play, while the softball team finished 4-23 overall and 4-18 in the CCAC.
 

---

Follow the Trojans online and on social media
   Facebook - Trinity International Athletics
   Twitter - @TIUBaseball  @SoftballTiu  @TIUTrojans
   Instagram - TIU Athletics    @tiubaseball    @tiusoftball
   YouTube - TIU Athletics
 

---

Trinity International University is a comprehensive, national university affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America and located in Bannockburn, Illinois, 25 miles north of Chicago. TIU educates men and women to engage in God's redemptive work in the world by cultivating academic excellence, Christian faithfulness and lifelong learning.