CLEVELAND -The Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) announced its 2019-20 recipients of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards with 37 student-athletes from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) schools receiving recognition. The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 13
th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.
Albany State University led all SIAC schools with 28 honorees followed by Fort Valley State University with nine (9).
In total, there were 15,214 student-athletes from 200 institutions recognized for the 2019-20 Academic Achievement Awards. These numbers shattered the records for highest number of participating institutions and the largest number of student-athletes being nominated since the award program's inception.
Also, the student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work, and been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year.
All recipients from Albany State University can be seen by clicking below. A complete list of 2019-2020 recipients, can be found
HERE.
