Dec. 4, 2007

Kansas City, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced 298 men's and women's cross country runners have been named 2007 Daktronics-NAIA Cross Country Scholar-Athletes. Among these, Marc Burgess from Shorter has received this honor for the second year in a row.

A total of 100 schools represented this season led by St. Ambrose (Iowa) and Westmont (Calif.) with 10 selections each.

Nominated by each institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify.