Grotenhuis and Neale Named 2025-26 Big Sky Scholar Athletes

FARMINGTON, Utah (July 16, 2026) – Northern Arizona distance runner Cael Grotenhuis and golfer Lizzie Neale were announced as NAU’s Big Sky Conference Scholar Athletes for the 2025-26 season on Thursday. To be eligible for this award, student-athletes must have exhausted his or her intercollegiate athletic eligibility and/or be a member of the graduating class, earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2, been a participant in a Big Sky sponsored sport, completed at least two (2) years of intercollegiate competition at the institution and been a letterwinner. Grotenhuis graduated with his master’s degree in educational leadership in the spring. The…