MIAA Celebrates International Student-Athlete Week November 17-21

11/17/2025 4:00:00 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With nearly 300 international student-athletes competing for member institutions, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association proudly celebrates International Student-Athlete Week from November 17-21. 

The MIAA is comprised of 14 member institutions in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Arkansas and features talented NCAA Division II student-athletes from across the nation and all over the world. From the league's 62 NCAA Division II national team championships to the hundreds of individual national titles and thousands of Academic All-America honors, international student-athletes continue to aid in the success of the MIAA on and off the field. 

There are currently 293 international student-athletes from 100 different countries enrolled at MIAA institutions and competing on NCAA Division II teams in the 2024-25 academic year. The majority call Kansas their home away from home, with 39  international student-athletes competing for Washburn University in Topeka and 36 competing at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas.

Spain is the most represented country among the league’s international student-athletes with 17 athletes from Spain competing on MIAA teams. France is the second highest represented country with 16 student-athletes, followed by Germany (14), Canada (13) and Australia (12).

Tennis is the league’s most culturally diverse sport by the numbers with 108 international student-athletes competing on MIAA men’s and women’s tennis teams. Fifty-four international men and women compete on MIAA cross country/track and field teams, and 44 compete on MIAA golf teams. The remaining MIAA international student-athletes compete in men's and women's basketball (27), women’s soccer (21), baseball (12), football (10), volleyball (8), wrestling (4) and softball (2).

The International Student-Athlete Week celebration is a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education as they celebrate International Education Week (IEW). The initiative is an opportunity to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences.

The Association is proud to provide a competitive platform for all athletes and to celebrate those from various backgrounds and cultures. Throughout the week, the conference office will spotlight international student-athletes who are actively competing on MIAA teams. MIAA fans can follow along as the league celebrates International Student-Athlete Week by following @theMIAA on X and @theMIAAnation on Instagram. 

Below is a breakdown of the 293 international student-athletes competing in each MIAA-sponsored sport.
 
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2025-26 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT-ATHLETES
SCHOOL NAME COUNTRY SPORT
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Eduardo Bribiesca Mexico Men's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Killian Darneaux France Men's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Birk Arwedahl  Sweden Men's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Simeon Latinchev  Bulgaria Men's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Nathan Rigault France Men's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Antonietta Bocache Venezuela Women's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Arianna De Bernardo Venezuela Women's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Sofia Tominaga Peru Women's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Rayssa Vitoria Domingues Brazil Women's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Chiara Sobenes Peru Women's Tennis
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Marie Rose Priscilla Wemba Gabon Women's Basketball
Arkansas-Fort Smtih Eriza Tamez   Japan Volleyball
Central Missouri  Evan O'Toole Canada Baseball
Central Missouri  Efe-Sam Agalivie Nigeria Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Yunus Altinay Turkey Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Jamoi Jackson Jamaica Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Ariel Kerr Port of Spain Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Kye Mason Australia Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Joshua Onwuanimkwu Canada Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Gracious Ushie Nigeria Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Nolan Vancauwemberghe Belgium Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Glory Muwata Democratic Republic of the Congo Football
Central Missouri  Therese Reindl Germany Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Marianna Bizon Poland Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Chika Bekwunye Nigeria Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Pau Martinez Spain Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Grizell Scarlett Jamaica Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Missouri  Oarabile Tshosa Botswana Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Central Oklahoma Benecio Diaz  Canada Baseball
Central Oklahoma Dylan Henderson Canada Men's Golf
Central Oklahoma Estela Castillo Spain Women's Golf
Central Oklahoma Ayaka Koga  Japan Women's Tennis
Central Oklahoma Pete Komada  Japan Women's Tennis
Central Oklahoma Anika Ouwejan Netherlands Women's Tennis
Central Oklahoma Hui Soo Malaysia Women's Tennis
Central Oklahoma Karyna Yurchenko Ukraine Women's Tennis
Central Oklahoma Dilay Ata Netherlands Women's Tennis
Central Oklahoma Marina Becaro Brazil Women's Tennis
Emporia State Nick Woodcock  Canada Baseball
Emporia State Olafur Styrmisson Iceland Men's Basketball
Emporia State Diego Calvo  Italy Men's Tennis
Emporia State Mostafa Elbasnaly  Egypt Men's Tennis
Emporia State Jan Engel Germany Men's Tennis
Emporia State Roko Kacer Croatia Men's Tennis
Emporia State Alexis Mattenberger Switzerland Men's Tennis
Emporia State Gwendal Mazuay Switzerland Men's Tennis
Emporia State Duvan Santiago Torres Colombia Men's Tennis
Emporia State Anton Sarunic Croatia Men's Tennis
Emporia State Dhruveer Grover India Men's Tennis
Emporia State Luke West England Men's Tennis
Emporia State Israel Domeh Ghana Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Emporia State Emmanuel Dukpe Ghana Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Emporia State Isla Theakstone England Women's Soccer
Emporia State Ruby Ryan England Women's Soccer
Emporia State Amy Paver England Women's Soccer
Emporia State Ella Favot Canada Women's Soccer
Emporia State Asta Kristindottir  Iceland Women's Soccer
Emporia State Anneli Chanthavong Norway Women's Soccer
Emporia State Giovanna Ferreira Brazil Women's Tennis
Emporia State Yuliya Klimova Kazakhstan Women's Tennis
Emporia State Erin Cahill Australia Women's Tennis
Emporia State Victoria Debono France Women's Tennis
Emporia State Ana Fatjo Coll Spain Women's Tennis
Emporia State Stella Agbokpah Ghana Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Emporia State Barbara Bentum Ghana Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Emporia State Isabella, Davie Australia Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Emporia State Lou Dumas  France Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Emporia State Seinab Awuni Ghana Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Emporia State Lavra Krizanic  Slovenia Volleyball
Emporia State Camilla Ossola Italy Volleyball
Emporia State Keyshla Rivera Puerto Rico Volleyball
Emporia State Boglarka Rady Hungary Volleyball
Emporia State Julia Clavero Spain Women's Basketball
Emporia State Maria Luisa Montes Spain Women's Basketball
Fort Hays State Ajai Holmes Ontario Football
Fort Hays State Dan Mukuna Germany Men's Basketball
Fort Hays State Chutithep Rungpajchim Thailand Men's Golf
Fort Hays State Marcell Dely Hungary Wrestling
Fort Hays State Philipp Nguyen Germany Wrestling
Fort Hays State Bradley Nkosi South Africa Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Fort Hays State Maayan Paz Israel Women's Tennis
Fort Hays State Aggeliki Efthimiou Greece Women's Tennis
Fort Hays State Diana Souza Brazil Women's Tennis
Fort Hays State Bethan Gill Wales Women's Tennis
Fort Hays State Ines Latorre Spain Women's Tennis
Fort Hays State Yone Pereiro Mexico Women's Tennis
Fort Hays State Ines Steeman Belgium Women's Tennis
Missouri Southern Daniel Halldorsson Iceland Men's Basketball
Missouri Southern Tane Kirisome Australia Men's Basketball
Missouri Southern Prince Agbaeze Nigeria Men's Basketball
Missouri Southern Storm Gilchrist South Africa Men's Basketball
Missouri Southern Faga'alu Siaki American Samoa Football
Missouri Southern Malo Mata'u American Samoa Football
Missouri Southern Stanley Mageo American Samoa Football
Missouri Southern David Va'a American Samoa Football
Missouri Southern Harvey Barber United Kingdom Men's Golf
Missouri Southern Dylan Bagley New Zealand Men's Golf
Missouri Southern Maksym Andurukhiv Ukraine Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Missouri Southern Manuel Campana Spain Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Missouri Southern Katarina Chynoranska Slovakia Women's Golf
Missouri Southern Caitlin Metcalfe England Women's Golf
Missouri Southern Mara Becker Germany Women's Soccer
Missouri Southern Alana Moesh Brazil  Volleyball
Missouri Southern Fernanda Merancio Mexico Volleyball
Missouri Western Railer Vargas Hernandez  Venezuela Men's Basketball
Missouri Western Marko Pavlovic Montenegro Men's Basketball
Missouri Western Pau Valderrama Spain Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Missouri Western Tom Troeth Australia Football
Missouri Western Ana Oliveira Dias Brazil Women's Basketball
Missouri Western Annika Muller  Germany Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Missouri Western Saya Schweitzer France Women's Golf
Missouri Western Ines Vandaele France Women's Golf
Missouri Western Libby Skinner England Women's Soccer
Missouri Western Mila Larrieu France Women's Tennis
Missouri Western Cristina Granero Boj Spain  Women's Tennis
Missouri Western Jevrosima Mitic Serbia Women's Tennis
Missouri Western Claudia Pastor Spain Women's Tennis
Missouri Western Johanna Priedite Latvia Women's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Chiaki Momma Japan Men's Basketball
Nebraska Kearney  Andy Brisdon United Kingdom Men's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Cesare Carpano  Italy Men's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Alex Jaulin- Melbourne Australia Men's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Ilan Fuentes France Men's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Ivan Melnik Germany Men's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Jakub Strzelecki Poland Men's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Tom van den Dungen Netherlands Men's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Yarona Morule South Africa Men's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Otgonbayar Batsuuri Mongolia Wrestling
Nebraska Kearney  Lazaro Crespo Cuba Wrestling
Nebraska Kearney  Malgorzata Byczkowska Poland Women's Basketball
Nebraska Kearney  Tara Biocanin Serbia Women's Basketball
Nebraska Kearney  Timotea Najbrtova Czechia Women's Basketball
Nebraska Kearney  Pella Broms Sweden Women's Golf
Nebraska Kearney  Laserna Merra Colombia  Women's Golf
Nebraska Kearney  Sophie McWilliams Scotland  Women's Soccer
Nebraska Kearney  Anna Thorhallsdottir Iceland Women's Soccer
Nebraska Kearney  Fabiana Gamboa Venezuela Women's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Augustina Abdo Ecuador Women's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Hannah Klaiber Germany Women's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Jasmine Ben Aba Tunisia Women's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Julia Wartecka Poland Women's Tennis
Nebraska Kearney  Patricija Cechanaviciute Lithuania Women's Tennis
Newman Ryan Othen Australia Baseball
Newman Fran Montanez Puerto Rico Baseball
Newman Aime Rutayisire Australia Men's Basketball
Newman Reagan Longei Kenya Men's Cross Country
Newman Timothy Kiprotich Kenya Men's Cross Country
Newman Noah Ahrens Canada  Men's Golf
Newman Alphonse Hermansson Sweden Men's Golf
Newman Herman Olsen Norway Men's Golf
Newman Charlie Townsend England Men's Golf
Newman Mateo Vaca Ecuador Men's Golf
Newman Tomas Asgeirsson Iceland Men's Golf
Newman Halldor Vidar Iceland Men's Golf
Newman Enrico Belardo Italy Men's Tennis
Newman Genaro Dagotto Argentina Men's Tennis
Newman David Javadov Kazakhstan Men's Tennis
Newman Francisco Javier Ubeda Peru Men's Tennis
Newman Tikhon Sorokin Kazakhstan Men's Tennis
Newman Monica Redondo Spain Women's Basketball
Newman Valeriya Lioukina Latvia Women's Basketball
Newman Daniela Alvarez Venezuela Women's Golf
Newman Mikaela Stenborg Sweden  Women's Golf
Newman Emily Wolverson England  Women's Golf
Newman Asdis Bjarnadottir Iceland Women's Golf
Newman Carla Apodaco Mexico  Women's Soccer
Newman Saki Matsumoto Japan  Women's Soccer
Newman Delphine Sosu Ghana Women's Soccer
Newman Travia Smith Bahamas Softball
Newman Nicole Bono Italy Women's Tennis
Newman Luna Feillon France Women's Tennis
Newman Luciana Flores Urey Bolivia Women's Tennis
Newman Anastassiya Kim Kazakhstan Women's Tennis
Newman Linda Nocito Italy Women's Tennis
Northeastern State Juan Vergel Colombia  Men's Golf
Northeastern State Nathan Biais France Men's Golf
Northeastern State Mateo Castro Colombia  Men's Golf
Northeastern State Harry Neilson Australia Men's Basketball
Northeastern State Dylan Tea Australia Men's Basketball
Northeastern State Tomas Aramburu Argentina  Men's Tennis
Northeastern State Manuel Brunengo Argentina  Men's Tennis
Northeastern State Alexander Edley South Africa  Men's Tennis
Northeastern State Luis Denda Germany Men's Tennis
Northeastern State Kyosuke Ishida Japan Men's Tennis
Northeastern State Mansur Khajimuradov Kazakhstan  Men's Tennis
Northeastern State Baptiste Linet France Men's Tennis
Northeastern State Ko Osuga Japan  Men's Tennis
Northeastern State Madina Camara Mozambique  Women's Basketball
Northeastern State Makala Bingley Australia Women's Basketball
Northeastern State Boh Greenwood England Women's Golf
Northeastern State Laia Llorens Spain Women's Golf
Northeastern State Jessica Parker England Women's Golf
Northeastern State Maria Ruiz Spain Women's Golf
Northeastern State Talya Samir Egypt Women's Golf
Northeastern State Lucia Bontempo Argentina Women's Tennis
Northeastern State Barbora Havlova Czech Republic Women's Tennis
Northeastern State Tegan Heaton United Kingdom Women's Tennis
Northeastern State Sofia Kotliarova Ukraine Women's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Leonardo May Venezuela  Baseball
Northwest Missouri  Clement Carrasquero Venezuela  Baseball
Northwest Missouri  Jeremy Evangelista Dominican Republic Baseball
Northwest Missouri  Wilmer Jimenez Venezuela  Baseball
Northwest Missouri  Jordi Ventura Dominican Republic Baseball
Northwest Missouri  Barnabe Gabillet France Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Northwest Missouri  Maxime Touron  France Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Northwest Missouri  Aziz Mohammed  Ghana Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Northwest Missouri  Hugo Alvarez Gonzalez Spain Men's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Niccolo Chiriatti Italy Men's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Carlos Doria Bolivia Men's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Antonin Leborne France Men's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Bernardo Henriques Portugal Men's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Andres Rodrigues Bolivia Men's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Dominik Wijntjes New Zealand Men's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Jules Subra France Men's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Pavlo Vysotin Ukraine Men's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Osa Obasohan Belgium  Men's Basketball
Northwest Missouri  Tommy Warner Australia Football
Northwest Missouri  Lou Maquaire France Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Northwest Missouri  Melanie Roland France Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Northwest Missouri  Margherita Sala Italy Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Northwest Missouri  Krysta Abel Grenada  Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Northwest Missouri  Keira Morl England  Women's Soccer
Northwest Missouri  Polina Gontaryk Ukraine  Women's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Anne Carvalho Pereira Brazil Women's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Majra Djokic Serbia Women's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Miru Nonaka Japan  Women's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Laura Prieto Sieiro Spain Women's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Polina Agapitova Russia Women's Tennis
Northwest Missouri  Maja Noehrer Austria Volleyball
Northwest Missouri  Clara Peake Canada  Women's Golf
Pittsburg State Peko Leasiolagi American Samoa Football
Pittsburg State Bradin Stahl Canada Women's Golf
Pittsburg State Marie Wembadjonga Gabon Women's Basketball
Pittsburg State Karolina Kiriga- Wistka Poland  Women's Basketball
Pittsburg State Andrea Castellanos Mexico Women's Soccer
Rogers State Angus Ole Australia  Men's Basketball
Rogers State Aiden Deng Canada Men's Golf
Rogers State Callum Brown England Men's Golf
Rogers State Kobsak Phisitbuntoon Thailand Men's Golf
Rogers State Miguel Mora Spain Men's Golf
Rogers State Dylan Ros Aruba  Men's Golf
Rogers State Thomas Richardson England  Men's Golf
Rogers State Marcela Pinedo Spain Women's Golf
Rogers State Michelle Arens Turkey  Women's Golf
Rogers State Bella Holland England  Women's Soccer
Rogers State Izzy Dooley England  Women's Soccer
Rogers State Keiana Jones England  Women's Soccer
Rogers State Te Waiarikius Read New Zealand Women's Soccer
Rogers State Elle Beaulieu Canada Women's Soccer
Rogers State Calais Butts Canada Women's Soccer
Rogers State Erica Ross Canada Softball
Washburn Payton McHarg Canada Baseball
Washburn Kaden Gray Canada Baseball
Washburn Alex Adams England Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Ludovico Vaccari Italy Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Donald Kibet Kenya  Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Sam Nesbitt England Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Sebastiaan Horselenberg Netherlands Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Lukas Mehl Germany Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Gustavo Caden Brazil  Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Javier Lopez Spain Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Morgan Miller, Jr. Bahamas  Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Ransford NTI Ghana  Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Ross O'Brien Scotland  Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Oscar Adolfsson Sweden Football
Washburn Marco Anderson South Africa Men's Golf
Washburn Zachary Haydamack Canada Men's Golf
Washburn Tommy Cecchetti Italy Men's Tennis
Washburn Yoshinobu Nakatsuji Japan Men's Tennis
Washburn Pavlos Parson Cyprus  Men's Tennis
Washburn Moritz Pieper Germany Men's Tennis
Washburn Benjamin Fock Germany Men's Tennis
Washburn Petr Leipner Czechia Men's Tennis
Washburn Yuto Miyagawa Japan Men's Tennis
Washburn Zino Nahirniak Ukraine Men's Tennis
Washburn Kereser Augustin  St. Lucia Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Theresa Osei Ghana Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Kennedi Knowles Bahamas Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Naiuri Krein Brazil Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Isabella Kupka Germany Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Roni Simeon Bahamas Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Ebba Wetterberg Sweden  Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Vera Gerasimova Russia Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Washburn Angelina Borg-Malec France Women's Golf
Washburn Susana Granados Carrion  Spain Women's Golf
Washburn Saajida Razick Sri Lanka  Women's Tennis
Washburn Daniela Tijaro Colombia Women's Tennis
Washburn Renske Ubachs Netherlands Women's Tennis
Washburn Charlotte Bair Germany Women's Tennis
Washburn Riko Konno Japan Women's Tennis
 
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