Men's Basketball Places Two on Scholar Athlete List

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Thomas Galliguez (left) and Coleson Rakestraw (right) were named to the 2012 NAIA Scholar Athlete Team.

Siloam Springs, Arkansas (March 26, 2012) - Senior Thomas Galliguez and junior Coleson Rakestraw were among the names of 55 NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball student-athletes named to the 2012 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes list.

Galliguez, a biology/pre-med major, currently has a 3.63 GPA, while Rakestraw is an engineering major with a 3.95 GPA.
In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for this honor.

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