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Broughton, Mingo, Walder named NAIA Scholar-Athletes

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University men’s basketball teams just wrapped up one of the most decorated seasons in school history and, late Monday, some additional honors rolled in for three Tigers who excelled in the classroom as well as on the basketball court.

Preston Broughton

Mark Mingo

Chase Walder

Senior Preston Broughton and juniors Mark Mingo and Chase Walder were all named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes Monday for their outstanding performance in the classroom over the past academic year. To be eligible for the Scholar-Athlete award, a player must be a junior or senior in good academic standing, must have attended his current institution for one full year and must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

This is the third Scholar-Athlete award for Broughton, which ties a DWU men’s basketball record. He is just the third player in Tiger history, along with Kamden Miller (1996-1998) and Brand Hand (1998-2000) to receive NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors three times. Broughton first won the award as a junior in 2007-08, again last season as he redshirted due to an injury that forced him to miss the season, and now he has won the award again in his fifth year. Broughton, an All-GPAC First Team selection this season and a 2007-08 First Team All-American, is a Corsica, S.D., native and will graduate with a degree in business.

This is the first Scholar-Athlete award for both Mingo and Walder. Mingo, a native of Armour, S.D., is a pre-med major at Dakota Wesleyan. Walder, a two-time All-GPAC Honorable Mention selection and a Castlewood, S.D., native, is majoring in nursing. Both will be eligible for the award again as seniors next season. Mingo and Walder are the 18th and 19th players in DWU history to earn Scholar-Athlete accolades, dating back to 1992-93.

This season, 92 men’s basketball players earned Scholar-Athlete honors from the NAIA. To view the NAIA’s release and the complete list of names, visit: http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl-div2/spec-rel/031510aae.html.