MARION, Ind. -- Senior Spenser Lang and junior defender Kyle Meier of the Indiana Wesleyan University men's soccer team were honored for their work in the classroom and named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

Lang receives the recognition for the second time and Meier earns the award the first time he is eligible.

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. A total of 256 men's soccer student-athletes were named Scholar-Athletes.