MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Following an outstanding season that saw the Evergreen Geoducks just a goal away from a conference title, juniors Mitch Treend (Vancouver, Wash./Prairie HS) and Kevin Flavin (Oak Harbor, Wash./Shoreline CC) have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, as announced on Friday morning.

The pair, who were earlier named Bank of The Cascades Academic All-Conference, were two of ten men’s soccer players from the Cascade Conference who were honored by the NAIA.

A total of 315 men’s soccer players were honored with the award. 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.