The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that a total of 254 women's cross country runners have been named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athletes.

Grand View junior Felicia Hoover earned the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete distinction. Hoover is a junior Nursing major from LeClaire, Iowa.

Nominated by each institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify.