CLEVELAND, OHIO - The Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) announced the 2024-25 recipients of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards. The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 18^th 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, 190,136 total student-athletes have been recognized since the inception of the awards program.


133 Patriots earned the distinction, the most in the Lone Star Conference. The LSC as a whole had 603 athletes earn the award, with the Patriots taking up 22% of those honorees.
 
To qualify for this honor, the 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 at a two-year and/or four-year institution
• have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year