VALLEY CITY, N.D. (VCSUVikings.com)- Three Valley City State University men’s golfers have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, the NAIA national office announced Thursday.

Viking senior Kyle Wiebe and juniors Dalton Beighley and Jared Lentz all received the honor. The NAIA Scholar-Athlete award recognizes students who demonstrate consistent success in the classroom while handling the heavy time demands of being a student-athlete. In order to qualify for this honor, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status.

Wiebe, a native of Madison, Saskatchewan, recently graduated with a degree in business administration. Beighley, from Pahrump, Nev., is pursuing a degree in software engineering while Valley City native Lentz is studying business administration.