KANSAS CITY, Mo. Kyle Copp, Oaklin Davis and Ryan Nielsen of Oklahoma City University all received 2017 NAIA men's cross country scholar-athlete honors. Nielsen, a senior from Edmond, Okla., received his third NAIA scholar-athlete honor. Before earning this year's honor, he was named a NAIA men's cross country scholar-athlete in 2016 and a men's track and field scholar-athlete in the spring of 2017. Nielsen owns a grade-point average of 3.72 while majoring in business marketing.