#KingChasing Podcast

This summer, the #KingChasing Podcast will focus on student-athletes at NCCAA member institutions who are serving on different mission trips at home and abroad. The summer series continues with the twelfth episode of its fifth season of the #KingChasing Podcast as NCCAA Communications Coordinator Richard Martin interviews Trinity Britton, senior, and Isabella Mayes, junior, from the Asbury Univers...

This summer, the #KingChasing Podcast will focus on student-athletes at NCCAA member institutions who are serving on different mission trips at home and abroad. The summer series continues with the eleventh episode of its fifth season of the #KingChasing Podcast as NCCAA Communications Coordinator Richard Martin interviews two student-athletes from Pensacola Christian College – Hope Brooks, a seni...

This summer, the #KingChasing Podcast will focus on student-athletes at NCCAA member institutions who are serving on different mission trips at home and abroad. The summer series continues with the tenth episode of its fifth season of the #KingChasing Podcast ,  as NCCAA Communications Coordinator Richard Martin interviews two student-athletes from Manhattan Christian College, Marcus Bauman, a jun...

This summer, the #KingChasing Podcast will focus on student-athletes at NCCAA member institutions who are serving on different mission trips at home and abroad. The summer series continues with the ninth episode of its fifth season of the #KingChasing Podcast ,  as NCCAA Communications Coordinator Richard Martin interviews Lily Baalman, a senior at Great Lakes Christian College (GLCC) and member o...

This summer, the #KingChasing Podcast will focus on student-athletes at NCCAA member institutions who are serving on different mission trips at home and abroad. The summer series continues with the eighth episode of its fifth season of the #KingChasing Podcast ,  as NCCAA Communications Coordinator Richard Martin interviews Hannah Skaggs, a senior at Ohio Christian University and member of the wom...

This summer, the #KingChasing Podcast will focus on student-athletes at NCCAA member institutions who are serving on different mission trips at home and abroad. The summer series begins with the seventh episode of its fifth season of the #KingChasing Podcast ,  as NCCAA Communications Coordinator Richard Martin interviews Carlie Blevins, a junior at Faith Baptist Bible College (FBBC) and member of...

A native of Red Lodge, Montana, Brayli Reimer just finished her junior season with the Polars, scoring her 1000 th career point and finishing the year with a school record 448 assists. Reimer helped guide Crown on an improbable run to the 2026 NCCAA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship, as the Polars won four games in four days, defeating the top three seeds in the tournament on th...

Jon Mack has been around the NCCAA for several years as a player and coach, playing basketball for the University of Valley Forge from 1996-2000, earning NCCAA All-Regional honors and finishing his career as the school’s leader in points, points per game, and second all-time in rebounds. Mack stayed with the Patriots from 2000-2017, coaching the men’s basketball team and serving as Athletic Direct...

A runner for his hometown Lions from Ellendale, North Dakota, Theo Thurber was a 2024 NCCAA Division II Men’s Cross Country All-American, finishing ninth at the event in the 8K. Thurber is a two-time NCCAA Division II Men’s Cross Country Student-Athlete of the Week Award winner, and earned the 2025 Elvin and Joyce King Award for Division II Men’s Cross Country. Thurber had a unique path to college...

A native of Kiel, Wisconsin, Haley Mersberger just finished her senior season at UNW, scoring 21 goals, the second-most in the NCCAA, and tallying 15 assists, guiding the Eagles to the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season championship and their first appearance in program history at the 2025 NCCAA Division I Women’s Soccer National Championship. Mersberger ranks first in UNW pro...

A native of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, James Kryger played collegiate soccer for NCAA Division II Wheeling Jesuit University from 1999-2000. During his time at WJU, Kryger was a two-time All-Conference selection and won a pair of West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletics Conference championships. Kryger then played for NCAA Division I Cleveland State University in 2001, recording 121 saves in 25 matc...

A former middle blocker for the Saints’ volleyball team, Katelyn Crosby was a 2023 NCCAA DII Women’s Volleyball First Team All-American and earned All-Tournament Team honors in 2023. Crosby was also a member of a Randall team that finished 23-5 in 2024, earning the top seed at the 2024 NCCAA Division II Volleyball National Championship and won the Southwest Regional Championship. In her career, Cr...

A former cornerback for North Dakota State University (NDSU) from 2005-2009, Rich Bowman was part of a Bison defense that led the FCS in pass defense and ranked fifth in total defense in 2008, as NDSU was making their transition from NCAA Division II to eventual FCS national power. Bowman recorded 101 total tackles, 16 pass break ups, and one interception in his career in Fargo, and was nominated...

Matthew Tomlinson is an assistant coach for the Emmaus University men’s basketball program and played for the Eagles from 2014-18. During his time as a player, Matthew was a 1,000-point scorer, averaging 12.4 points per game while shooting 34.4 percent from beyond the arc his senior year, and was an NCCAA Scholar-Athlete. As a coach, Tomlinson was part of the staff that guided Emmaus to the 2022 N...

A native of The Woodlands, Texas, Brynn King is currently a graduate student at Roberts Wesleyan University, competing on the Redhawks track & field team. King was the first-ever NCAA Division II National Champion at RWU, winning the 2024 NCAA indoor pole vault national championship. King did so by breaking her own NCAA Division II indoor pole vault record, clearing 4.65 meters (15-feet, 3 inches)...

Josh Lindblom is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, as he was drafted in the second round of the 2008 MLB draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers, and also played in the South Korean KBO League, earning the KBO MVP Award after going 20-3 with a 2.50 ERA and 189 strikeouts over 194.2 innings with Doosan. Michael Maiocco is a former pitcher for Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, where he finis...

Nina Daman competed on both the cross country and track & field teams at Campbellsville University and was a two-time All-Mid-South Conference runner. Off the course, Daman graduated this fall with a 3.91 GPA while majoring in art with a graphic design emphasis.  She has been an NCCAA and NAIA Scholar-Athlete in both track & field and cross country and has earned Mid-South Conference Academic hono...

Grant Clayton is a graduate of Coastal Carolina University, where he was a kicker for the Chanticleers in 2011 and 2012. Clayton ranks eighth all-time in field goal percentage, eighth all-time in field goals made, and seventh all-time in PAT kicks made in the history of the Coastal Carolina football program. Clayton was also a member of the 2012 Big South Championship team that advanced to the sec...

Amanda Roth is a graduate of North Central University (NCU), where she played softball for the Rams. During her time at NCU, Roth finished her career inside the top five in program history in hits, runs, triples, games played, batting average, and total bases. Following her time at North Central, Roth worked as an Addiction Recovery Coach in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an Administrative Assistant for...

Abby Schultz is a graduate of Grace Christian University, where she played basketball and volleyball for the Tigers. In her senior season, Schultz helped lead the Tigers to their first regional championship in school history, culminating in a fourth-place finish at the 2016 NCCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship. Schultz was an NCCAA First Team All-American selection in 2016 and was the...

Collin Cone is the head men’s soccer coach at Lubbock Christian University. Cone is entering his third season as head coach of the Chaparrals, guiding LCU to a pair of wins over nationally ranked opponents in his first year and has had seven players named to the Lone Star All-Conference Team, along with one Lone Star Conference Academic Player of the Year Award winner.   Cone is a graduate of Grac...

Cat Collins has been the head coach of the Eagles beach volleyball program for four seasons and was the interim indoor volleyball head coach this year. In 2021, Cat was named to the AVCA 30 Under 30 Beach Volleyball Coaches Award List and set a school record for most wins in a season in Carson-Newman Beach Volleyball history in 2023, as the Eagles finished the year with a 25-8 record. Collins is a...

Hailey Cavanagh is the head softball coach of Concordia University Ann Arbor. Hailey is in her seventh year with the Cardinals and during her time has had three NCCAA World Series’ appearances, one National Championship title, and has been named NCCAA Coach of the Year. She has also twice been named the conference Champion of Character Coach. Hailey received her bachelor’s degree from William Penn...

Mark Womack is the Sports Information Director for Cedarville University. Mark has been the SID for the Yellow Jackets since 1983, currently serving in his 41st year. Also a Cedarville graduate, he was a four-year member of the men’s basketball and golf teams, and was inducted into the Cedarville University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. Mark was also the 2000 recipient of the Clarence “Ike” Pears...

Dan Wood has been the NCCAA Executive Director since 2000. With over 35 years of service in higher education, Dan has been a coach, faculty member, and athletic administrator at Limestone College, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, and Indiana Wesleyan University. He’s been inducted into Southern Wesleyan’s Hall of Fame as a student-athlete and Oklahoma Wesleyan’s Hall of Fame as a coach and athletic d...