MARION, Ind. -- Senior Kelli Ziegler and junior Taryn Cocallas were named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Volleyball Scholar-Athletes to represent Indiana Wesleyan University.

The honor is the first for each student-athlete.

The NAIA announced the list that totals 304 volleyball student-athletes at the NAIA National Championships in Sioux City, Iowa.

Student-athletes were nominated by each institution's head coach. To receive the recognition a student-athlete needed to maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify.