[2023-24 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards List]

CLEVELAND - The Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) announced the 2023-24 recipients of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards. The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 17th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.

For the second straight year, there were more than 19,000 student-athletes recognized (19,774) from 192 institutions for the 2023-24 Academic Achievement Awards. This year's total is the highest in the program's history. In total, 167,396 student-athletes have been recognized since the inception of the awards program.
 
The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) had 831 student-athletes earn the honor. Each CCAA institution had at least 40 student-athletes recognized, with Cal State East Bay leading the way with 117. Cal State Monterey Bay finished second with 96 honorees and Cal State San Marcos was third with 94. Click here to see the complete listing by school. 

"The goal of this program since inception has been to showcase the amazing student-athletes, coaches and staff, across our Division II landscape. We are fortunate to recognize such deserving individuals on an annual basis," said Mike McFarland, director of athletics at Bloomsburg University and current D2 ADA President. "We couldn't be prouder of the work that these individuals put into their craft. Our industry will be a better place as these student-athletes head out into the real world."

This year, the South Atlantic Conference takes home the top spot with the largest number of student-athlete honorees with 2,076 total. The SAC was the only conference to top 2,000 honorees, one of five with more than 1,000.

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 institutions submitted student-athletes (#) for the Division 2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. To view the complete breakdown by schools, click here.
 

Institution	# Nominees
CCAA	831
Cal Poly Humboldt	57
Cal Poly Pomona	74
Cal State East Bay	117
Cal State LA	48
Cal State Monterey Bay	96
Cal State San Bernardino	40
Cal State San Marcos	94
Chico State	79
Cal State Dominguez Hills	50
San Francisco State	82
Sonoma State	48
Stanislaus State	46