General | 8/3/2023 11:01:00 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The
Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) announced the 2022-23 recipients of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards. The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 16
th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level. For the third-straight year, the Bloomsburg Huskies placed a school-record number of athletes on the list with 164 Huskies earning the honor.
In total, there were a record breaking 19,646 student-athletes from 196 institutions recognized for the 2022-23 Academic Achievement Awards. This is the most student-athletes being recognized since the inception of the awards program.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) has the largest number of student-athlete honorees with 1,923 total. The following conferences have more than 1,000 student-athletes being recognized:
- South Atlantic Conference – 1814
- Northeast 10 Conference – 1487
- Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference - 1413
- Conference Carolinas – 1286
- Great Midwest Athletic Conference – 1182
- Sunshine State Conference – 1075
- Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Conference - 1037
"This program continues to showcase the amazing student-athletes, and the impactful support of their coaches and staff, across our Division 2 landscape. I want to congratulate all the recipients for earning the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award," said
Kirby Garry, director of athletics at Cal State Monterey Bay and current D2 ADA President. "While the number of deserving student-athletes continues to increase annually, the number of institutions recognizing these individuals on campus also continues to trend upwards. We look forward to eclipsing the 200-institution barrier next year."
In addition to the conferences, eight institutions will recognize more than 200 student-athletes with this recognition on their individual campus:
- Newberry College (SAC) - 273
- Walsh (GMAC) - 272
- Southern New Hampshire (Northeast-10) - 242
- Findlay (GMAC) – 236
- Lenoir-Rhyne (SAC) – 224
- Mercyhurst (PSAC) – 218
- Gannon (PSAC) – 213
- Florida Southern (SSC) - 208
Since the inception of the award's program in 2007-08, there has been a total of 147,622 student-athlete nominees recognized for their academic achievements at the Division II level.
To qualify for this honor, the following must occur:
- The AD MUST BE a CURRENT dues-paying member of the D2 ADA.
- Student-athlete must have …
- a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work
- have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year
Bloomsburg Athletics student-athlete honorees:
BASEBALL
Brandon Ernst (Limerick, Pa./Spring Ford)
Casey Fitzsimmons (Burlington, N.J./Holy Cross)
Mason Keene (Bear, Del./Appoquinimink)
Jacob Kuperavage (Pottsville, Pa./Nativity BVM)
Dylan Lubinski (Levittown, Pa./Pennsbury)
Jared Marshman (Berwick, Pa./Berwick)
Jacob Reifer (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia Area)
Eli Riley (Harrisburg, Pa./Mercersburg Academy)
Anthony Viggiano (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven)
Tyler Wiik (Fogelsville, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh)
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Matt Bengel (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
Desmond Freeman (Greensboro, N.C./Southeast Guilford)
Dylan Harris (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia)
Sean Haus (Southampton,Pa./William Tennent)
Jake Nelson (West Chester, Pa./West Chester Rustin)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Abby Brown (Phillipsburg, N.J./Bethlehem Catholic)
Megan Fisher (New Holland, Pa./Garden Spot)
Emma Gochnauer (Strasburg, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg)
Allison Hileman (Hollidaysburg, PA/Hollidaysburg)
Ella Kale (Spring Grove, PA/Spring Grove)
Lauren Kirsch (Palmyra, PA/Lower Dauphin)
Julia Wheeler (Albion PA/Northwestern)
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Jackson Baldini (Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg Area)
Andrew Basile (Easton, Pa./Easton Area)
Ryan Duff (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
Caden Dufrene (Watsontown, Pa./Warrior Run High School)
Ryan Duff (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
Caden Dufrene (Watsontown, Pa./Warrior Run High School)
Brenden Gardner ()
Michael Makowski (Marion Heights, Pa./Mount Carmel Area)
Dillon Steffy (Elliotsburg, Pa./West Perry High School)
Doug Walsh (Old Forge, Pa./Holy Cross High School)
Matthew Whitaker ()
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Madison Baudille (Babylon, N.Y./Babylon)
Sydney Beaverson (York, Pa./Red Lion)
Sarah Castronova (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley)
Alyssa Dalmagro (Prospect, Pa./Slippery Rock)
Sydney Derr (Fogelsville, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh)
Jaime Diedel (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn)
Brianna Dumond (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua Area)
Briannan Eckard (Danville, PA/Danville Area High School)
Makayla Force (Berwick, Pa./Berwick)
Emma Fortune (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./James M. Coughlin)
Isabella Horvath (Cresco, PA/Pocono Mountain East High School)
Nicole Keeley (Northumberland, Pa./Shikellamy)
Shannon Kelly (Warminster, Pa./Archbishop Wood)
Kayla Kinney (Allentown, Pa./Parkland)
Lexi Kirk (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge)
Julia Magee (Chalfont, Pennsylvania/Central Bucks South)
Delaney Porter (Pen Argyl, Pa./Penn Argyl Area)
Abby Rice (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area)
Kelley Selheimer (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn)
Melissa Sicinski (Fountainville, Pa./Pennridge)
Gabrielle Wetzel (Manchester Township, NJ/Manchester Township)
FOOTBALL
Owen Anderson (Cogan Station, Pa./Jersey Shore Area)
John Ayres (Mt. Carmel, Pa./Mt. Carmel)
Aaron Bensinger (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain)
Adam Burkhart (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin)
Samuel Darrell III (Plainfield, N.J./Pope John XXIII Regional)
Jordan Fernandez (/)
Cobe Frycklund (Lehighton, Pa./Jim Thorpe)
David LePoidevin (Middlesex, N.J./Bound Brook)
Ryan Petrosky (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood)
KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area)
Shawn Sheptock (Berwick, Pa./Berwick)
Aaron Trumino (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley)
Kenny Yurkonis (Minersville, Pa./Minersville Area)
FIELD HOCKEY
Kaitlyn Bucci (Wilkes Barre, Pa./Pittston Area)
Bella Culp (Harrisburg, Pa/Central Dauphin)
Maddison Cunfer (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh)
Sydney Derr (Fogelsville, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh)
Bri Doebler (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area)
Reagan Glassmire (Florence, N.J./Florence Memorial)
Aydan McFarland (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg Area)
Sam Schaffer (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal)
Emily Swineford (Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa./Selinsgrove Area)
Lillie Weaver (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin)
Julianne Wheeler (Mount Joy, Pa./Donegal)
Carlee Williams (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin)
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Mia Boccippio (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough)
Kelsey Clauss (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West)
Anna DeRafelo (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area)
Katie Fluck (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township)
Cassidy Griffin (Lake Grove, N.Y./Sachem North)
Taylor Henderson (Reading, Pa./Exeter Township)
Jada Johnson (Reading, Pa/Governor Mifflin)
Julia LaMura (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area)
Julia Miranda (St.James, N.Y./Smithtown High School East)
Annie Rollins (Shamong, N.J./Seneca)
Amanda Stoll (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale)
Sophia Zelasko (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area)
WOMEN'S GOLF
Ryleigh Faust (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area)
Olivia Martinez (Bellevue, Ohio/Bellevue)
Keeli Pighetti (Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte Area)
SOFTBALL
Bella Culp (Harrisburg, Pa/Central Dauphin)
Kelly Eberly (Purcellville, Va/Homeschooled)
Gianna Gombeda (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton)
Alex Iseminger (Everett, Pa./Everett Area)
Kammy Kropinski (Conshohocken, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
Emma Little (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn-Trafford)
Mia Nemeth (Drums, Pa/Marian Catholic)
Callie Sowers (Irwin, Pa/Hempfield Area)
MEN'S SOCCER
Liam Harmon (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg Area)
Collis Heleine (Cambridge, England/Hills Road Sixth Form College)
Stephen Hollis (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East)
Benjamin Kropp (Baltimore, Md./Eastern Technical)
Nolan Michaels (Cleveland, Ohio/St. Vincent - St. Mary)
Parker Nickelsen (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North)
Brady Rimple (Cherryville, Pa./Northampton Area)
Anthony Schlee (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley)
Teagan Wallace (Lumberton, N.J./Rancocas Valley Regional)
Patrick Walsh (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus)
Oliver Whitham
Alex Wilsterman (Orefield, Pa./Parkland)
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Olivia Boucot (Sicklerville, N.J./Paul VI)
Alivia Gallardo (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West)
Abby Groff (Sellersville, Pa./Pennridge)
Kennedy Kilchrist (Southampton, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie)
Morgan Marks (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia)
Campbell Power (Souderton, Pa./Souderton Area)
Ellie Rowe (Hetlerville, Pa./Central Columbia)
Alexa Ryan (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus)
Amanda Stoll (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale)
Nicole Varano (Mt. Carmel, Pa./Mt. Carmel)
MEN'S SWIMMING
Pat Agnew (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove)
Tucker Ball (New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff)
Nick Fiddler (Lafayette Hill, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh)
Tony Goulstone (Hazelton, PA/Hazelton)
Dan Mueser (Mount Joy, Pa./Elizabethtown)
Luke Scoboria (Birdsboro, PA/Exeter)
WOMEN'S SWIMMING
Grace Beierschmitt (Dover, Pa./Dover)
Justine Drake (Phillipsburg, NJ/Phillipsburg)
Courtney Hubric (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin)
Tara Kupsky (Bear Creek Township, Pa./Wyoming Seminary)
Sydney Lloyd (Nescopeck, Pa./Berwick)
Madison Osanitsch (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg)
Maggie Shaffer (East Petersburg, PA/Hempfield)
Catie Strayer (York, PA/Central York)
Anna Sugra (Millersville, Pa./Penn Manor)
Gabi Walsh (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown)
MEN'S TENNIS
Chaitanya Choudhary (Karnal, Haryana, India/St. Theresa's Convent)
Albert Martin (Barcelona/Instituto Menendez y Pelayo)
Oliver Wiesemann (Jena, Germany/Deutsche Schule Málaga (Spain))
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Brooke Henry (Saint Mary's, PA/Saint Mary's Area)
Lexi Quackenbush (Pittsburgh, PA/Fox Chapel)
VOLLEYBALL
Liz Bopp (Ebensburg, Pa./Central Cambria)
Julia Burcin (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty)
Jenna Dubosky (Summit Hill, Pa./Panther Valley)
Emily Jackson (Rockaway, N.J./Morris Hills)
Brooke Kratzer (Allentown, Pa./Parkland)
Sarah Mace (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Basil Academy)
Alexa Shorts (York, Pa./Central York)
Bryn Stek (Ambler, Pa./Upper Dublin)
Maura Uschock (Irwin, Pa./Hempfield)
