Rome, Ga. – The NAIA has announced 259 football student-athletes as 2012 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. UVa-Wise had two players honored with this award, wide receiver Gil Lusk and tailback Thomas Wright.

 In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach or sports information director, 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.