DAYTONA BEACH — Eliana Sheplee’s neighbor was the first one to tell her about Embry-Riddle. The Rice Lake, Wisconsin, native entered the transfer portal after playing for a season at Northern Iowa.

Embry-Riddle had 12 winter sports athletes honored by the NAIA as the Daktronics Scholar Athletes were released this week. Each semester, the NAIA Scholar-Athlete list celebrates student-athletes who ...