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Lucky Maila

  • Award
    Student-Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/8/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country DI
  • School
    Mid-America Christian University
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • High School
Lucky Maila, in his first ever race with Mid-America Christian University, paced the Evangels to their highest ever team finish of second at the RSU Distance After Dark event. The native of Pretoria, South Africa earned a mark of 20:40.41 in a four-mile race and finished fifth individually out of 11 competitors. The mark also serves as a Mid-America Christian course record. 
 
Nominees: Jacobo Garcia-Rivera, Columbia International University; Lucky Maila, Mid-America Christian University; Hayden Schmidt, Malone University