{"id":248611,"date":"2026-06-16T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/nine-monarchs-named-2025-26-scholar-athletes-of-the-year-methodist-university-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:00:00","slug":"nine-monarchs-named-2025-26-scholar-athletes-of-the-year-methodist-university-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/nine-monarchs-named-2025-26-scholar-athletes-of-the-year-methodist-university-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Monarchs Named 2025-26 Scholar-Athletes of the Year &#8211; Methodist University Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-links\" aria-label=\"Story Links\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"hide\">Story Links<\/h3>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p>                     <strong>FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Methodist University Athletics is proud to announce its 2025-26 Scholar-Athletes of the Year, recognizing nine student-athletes who achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during both the fall and spring semesters.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe distinguished group features representatives from across the department, including five student-athletes from women&#8217;s programs and four from men&#8217;s teams. Six of the nine honorees were underclassmen, highlighted by five freshmen who excelled in both the classroom and competition during their first year as Monarchs.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRecent graduate <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/jenna-rutledge\/14281\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14281\" target=\"_blank\">Jenna Rutledge<\/a><\/dfn> was the lone repeat selection, earning Scholar-Athlete of the Year recognition for the third time in her collegiate career.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe annual award celebrates Methodist student-athletes who demonstrate exceptional dedication to academic excellence while balancing the demands of collegiate athletics.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong><u>Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/jade-feimster\/14589\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14589\" target=\"_blank\">Jade Feimster<\/a><\/dfn> (women&#8217;s soccer)<br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/riley-henriksen\/14285\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14285\" target=\"_blank\">Riley Henriksen<\/a><\/dfn> (women&#8217;s golf)<br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/mally-king\/14923\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14923\" target=\"_blank\">Mally King<\/a><\/dfn> (women&#8217;s cross country\/track &amp; field)<br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/camaryn-piper\/14301\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14301\" target=\"_blank\">Camaryn Piper<\/a><\/dfn> (women&#8217;s soccer)<br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/jenna-rutledge\/14281\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14281\" target=\"_blank\">Jenna Rutledge<\/a><\/dfn> (women&#8217;s golf)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong><u>Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/evan-batts\/14478\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14478\" target=\"_blank\">Evan Batts<\/a><\/dfn> (football)<br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/wesley-folsom\/14508\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14508\" target=\"_blank\">Wesley Folsom<\/a><\/dfn> (football)<br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/camden-hancox\/13941\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13941\" target=\"_blank\">Camden Hancox<\/a><\/dfn> (men&#8217;s soccer)<br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/kolbe-little\/14533\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14533\" target=\"_blank\">Kolbe Little<\/a><\/dfn> (football)<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/news\/2026\/6\/16\/general-nine-monarchs-named-2025-26-scholar-athletes-of-the-year.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Story Links &#13; &#13; FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.\u00a0\u00a0Methodist University Athletics is proud to announce its 2025-26 Scholar-Athletes of the Year, recognizing nine student-athletes who achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during both the fall and spring semesters. \u00a0 The distinguished group features representatives from across the department, including five student-athletes from women&#8217;s programs and four from men&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}