CLEVELAND – Eighty-six Missouri Southern student-athletes earned 2024-25 Division 2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Awards, the D2 ADA announced Thursday. The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 18th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level in NCAA sponsored sports.
For the first time since inception, there were more than 20,000 student-athletes recognized (22,756) from a record 202 institutions for the 2024-25 Academic Achievement Awards. This year's totals are the highest in the program's history.
Historically, 190,032 total student-athletes have been recognized since the inception of the awards program.
To qualify for this honor, the AD must be a current dues-paying member of the D2 ADA and 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 and have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year.
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association had 1,316 student-athletes recognized and were one of eight conferences with over 1,000 student-athletes receiving the honor.
"Since its inception, this program has been dedicated to celebrating the exceptional student-athletes who define excellence across our Division II landscape," said Traci Murphy, vice president for athletics at Daemen University and current D2 ADA President. "This year, we are thrilled to recognize a record number of deserving individuals, reflecting the unprecedented dedication within our division - not only in athletics, but in the classroom as well. This year's record-breaking submissions for both individuals and schools serve as a testament to the Division II way. Thanks to the administrators that nominated these outstanding individuals, and much-deserved congratulations to our 22,000-plus recipients."
About D2 ADA: The D2 ADA is the first organization of its kind to provide educational and networking opportunities; enhancement of acceptable operating standards and ethics; and establishment of the overall prestige and understanding of the profession of Division II athletics directors. For more information about the D2 ADA, please visit www.div2ada.com. The D2 ADA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 61st year. For more information on NACDA and the 19 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit
www.nacda.com.
MSSU 2024-25 Division 2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Awards Recipients
Alex Baker, Baseball, Gr.
Owen Bushnell, Baseball, So.
Kaylor Darnell, Baseball, So.
Jacob Filip Baseball, Jr.
Trent Harris, Baseball, Gr.
Kyle Moore, Baseball, Gr.
Brandon Overman, Baseball, Sr.
Walker Sweet, Baseball, So.
Drew Townsend, Baseball, Sr.
Cooper Walkoff, Baseball, So.
Marcus Young, Baseball, So.
Braeden Foster, Football, So.
Dmitri Lloyd, Football, Jr.
David Oplotnik, Football, Gr.
Andrew Portillo, Football, Jr.
Dillon Ramella, Football, So.
Mason Rumsey, Football, Jr.
Tyriqe Jackson, Men's Basketball, Gr.
Dylan Bagley, Men's Golf, Sr.
Tucker Ford, Men's Golf, Jr.
Blake Heimburger, Men's Golf, Sr.
Ben Marckmann, Men's Golf, Gr.
Alexander Page, Men's Golf, Sr.
Zaben Barnes, Men's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Roman Borboa, Men's XC/Track & Field, So.
Luke Brumit, Men's XC/Track & Field, Sr.
Ethan Dias, Men's XC/Track & Field, So.
Travis Greenfield, Men's XC/Track & Field, So.
Caleb Manning, Men's XC/Track & Field, Sr.
Geordan Patrylak, Men's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Garrett Strange, Men's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Tyson Williams, Men's XC/Track & Field, So.
Abby DeSanto, Softball, Sr.
Hannah Duin, Softball, Sr.
Lauren Fuller, Softball, Sr.
Katie Gray, Softball, Jr.
Peyton Hawkins, Softball, Jr.
Kylee Jacks, Softball, Sr.
Emily Perry, Softball, Sr.
Lily Rand, Softball, So.
Maddie Rolfs, Softball, So.
NaTalia Sewell, Softball, Jr.
Carsen Tinkler, Softball, Jr.
Hannah Allick, Women's Volleyball, Jr.
Tori Hamilton, Women's Volleyball, Jr.
Hanna Lauterbach, Women's Volleyball, So.
Alana Moesch, Women's Volleyball, Sr.
Sydney Unruh, Women's Volleyball, Sr.
Kaitlin Hunnicutt, Women's Basketball, Sr.
Nariah Clay, Women's Basketball, So.
Ryan Franklin, Women's Basketball, Jr.
Morgan Meyers, Women's Basketball, Sr.
Veonce Powell, Women's Basketball, Jr.
Reese Webb, Women's Basketball, Sr.
Lily Allman, Women's Golf, Sr.
Katarina Chynoranska, Women's Golf, So.
Avary Eckert, Women's Golf, So.
Iratxe Fernandez-Cano Aldasoro, Women's Golf, Sr.
Maryn Harlow, Women's Golf, So.
Caitlin Metcalfe, Women's Golf, So.
Aida Nunez Garcia, Women's Golf, Sr.
Kyra Simon, Women's Golf, So.
Cierra Tunley, Women's Golf, Jr.
Sofia Fatino, Women's Soccer, Sr.
Abigail Pasternak, Women's Soccer, Jr.
Olivia Riggs, Women's Soccer, Jr.
Kayanna Adams, Women's XC/Track & Field, Sr.
Alanna Bundy, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Katie Candrl, Women's XC/Track & Field, Sr.
Adrianne Casey, Women's XC/Track & Field, So.
Claire Cole, Women's XC/Track & Field, So.
Isabella Frost, Women's XC/Track & Field, So.
Lilah Genel, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Briar Gillum, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Lillian Hart, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Emma Hobbs, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Abby Hobbs, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Alyssa Jerome, Women's XC/Track & Field, Sr.
Keilee Johnson, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Maggie Kauk, Women's XC/Track & Field, So.
Jenari Lopez, Women's XC/Track & Field, Sr.
Mackenzie Mayer, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Hailey Nelson, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Zoe Nelson, Women's XC/Track & Field, Jr.
Ashyiria Savage, Women's XC/Track & Field, Sr.
Dailynn VanDeren, Women's XC/Track & Field, So.
