(CLEVELAND, OH) - The Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) announced the 2024-25 recipients of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards. Thomas More University has 48 student-athletes who earned recognition for this award. 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 championship sponsored sports.
For the first time since inception, there were more than 22,000 student-athletes recognized (22,740) 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, 190,151 total student-athletes have been recognized since the inception of the awards program.
This year, the Great Midwest Athletic Conference saw 1,217 student-athletes honored by this award. Giving the G-MAC the third largest number of recipients.
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.
The following Thomas More student-athletes were named to the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award:
- Emily Acito - Women's Volleyball
- Addyson Arnult - Women's Soccer
- Laney Baker - Women's Basketball
- McKenzie Bien - Women's Track & Field
- MaryKay Birtcil - Women's Volleyball
- Emily Brown - Women's Track & Field
- Davis Burleigh - Football
- Alivia Castle - Women's Volleyball
- Megan Childs - Women's Golf
- Carolina Conlin - Women's Soccer
- Kristina Cutsinger - Women's Lacrosse
- Marie Dattilo - Women's Cross Country
- Savannah Faught - Women's Cross Country / Women's Track & Field
- Maeve Fink - Softball
- Noah Francis - Men's Cross Country / Men's Track & Field
- Titouan Fraslin - Men's Soccer
- Camilo Arturo Herrera Padilla - Men's Soccer
- Dason Herrington - Men's Tennis
- Graham Houser - Men's Lacrosse
- Luke Iden - Football
- Adi Johnson - Softball
- Gunner Kalkhoff - Baseball
- Blake Kibler - Men's Volleyball
- Daniel Marcano - Men's Soccer
- Edgar Martins - Men's Soccer
- Charisma Massey - Women's Tennis
- Colin McHale - Men's Basketball
- Margaret McSorley - Women's Cross Country / Women's Track & Field
- Olivia Mohs - Women's Soccer
- Natalie Noel - Women's Basketball
- Alex Nunn - Women's Lacrosse
- Ryan Paris - Men's Basketball
- Tea Pence - Women's Soccer
- Andjela Popovic - Women's Soccer
- Caleb Pritchett - Men's Tennis
- Nathan Resing - Men's Golf
- Marlee Ross - Women's Cross Country / Women's Track & Field
- Rodrigo Sanchez - Men's Soccer
- Elizabeth Steil - Women's Bowling
- Joseph Stone - Baseball
- Desiree Tandy - Women's Basketball
- Ramzi Termanini - Men's Soccer
- Julen Van Egmond - Men's Soccer
- Ezequiel Villarreal - Men's Soccer
- Akire Wadkins - Men's Soccer
- Zachery Watson - Wrestling
- Sereniti Webb - Women's Basketball
- Cameron Weil - Football
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
