Cleveland – Sixty-one University of Mary student-athletes are 2011-12 recipients of the Division 2 Athletic Director Association (D2ADA) Academic Achievement Award. The D2ADA Academic Achievement Awards is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the NCAA Division II level.
 
A record-number of institutions (118) and student-athletes (4,496) are being recognized for the 2011-12 Academic Achievement Awards. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Association had 557 student-athletes honored, a record-high for the program, followed by the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) with 400 student-athletes being recognized and the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) with 398 student-athletes being acknowledged with this award. D2ADA honored 316 student-athletes in the Northern Sun.
 
The Marauders led all Northern Sun schools in Academic Achievement Award recipients. U-Mary's total; of 61 is one more than a year ago.
 
In order for a student-athlete to receive an Academic Achievement Award, the athletics director of the Division 2 institution must be a current dues paying member of the D2ADA.
 
Also, 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
• have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year

 
"The D2ADA would like to thank and congratulate the institutions that took part in honoring the record-number of 4,496 student-athletes with 2011-12 Academic Achievement Awards," stated D2ADA President Anita Barker, director of athletics at Chico State University.  "Recognizing and honoring deserving Division 2 student-athletes is a strategic goal of the D2ADA.  This award gives us the platform to showcase these individuals and their efforts in the classroom, as well as on the playing field."
 
The following University of Mary student-athletes earned the D2ADA Academic Achievement Award for 2011-12:
Jennifer Agnew (Women's Track and Field/Cross Country)
Melissa Agnew (Women's Track and Field/Cross Country)
Ashley Akers (Women's Soccer)
John Amundson (Wrestling)
Julia Amundson (Women's Tennis)
Brady Anderson (Wrestling)
Alex Bachman-Williams (Women's Soccer)
Rachel Brown (Women's Tennis)
Ryan Buchholz (Men's Soccer)
Jenna Button (Softball)
Sara Callaway (Women's Soccer)
Kayla Carlson (Women's Track and Field/Cross Country)
James Carroll (Baseball)
Curtis Darrah (Football)
Jessica Duenich (Women's Track and Field/Cross Country)
Collin Engelhardt (Wrestling)
Miranda Fehilly (Women's Track and Field)
McKenzie Foster (Women's Basketball)
Nocona Frame (Women's Track and Field/Cross Country)
Austin Fridrich (Football)
Sara Gillum (Women's Soccer)
Mia Gilreath (Women's Basketball)
Austin Grundstad (Baseball)
Troy Guptill (Football)
Tad Harman (Men's Track and Field)
Amanda Hennessy (Women's Tennis)
Kim Hutchinson (Women's Soccer)
Sam Ingemansen (Baseball)
Mikey Ingemansen (Football)
Tylar Kist (Football)
Ben Kringstad (Football)
Kristy Bosch (Women's Track and Field/Cross Country)
Kelsey Lambrecht (Women's Track and Field/Cross Country)
Taylor Luke (Women's Basketball)
Tabitha Mabrey (Volleyball)
Brady Martin (Football)
Kriss McCleary (Wrestling/Football)
Eric Mohrbacher (Men's Track and Field)
Everest Moore (Football)
Michael Mortenson (Football)
Kristyn Nelson (Women's Track and Field)
Nikola Nikolic (Men's Soccer)
Allison Opp (Volleyball/Women's Track and Field)
John Oyloe (Football)
Julie Paradine (Volleyball)
Laura Petersen (Women's Basketball)
Nikolas Polski (Football)
Kyle Roesler (Men's Soccer)
Lindsey Sand (Women's Basketball)
Kayla Schmidt (Women's Basketball)
Shantel Schuh (Women's Soccer)
Grant Singer (Football)
Nathan Stamstad (Men's Track and Field/Cross Country)
Tyler Steffan (Football/Baseball)
Aaron Teigen (Men's Track and Field)
Brianna Thomas (Women's Tennis)
Taylor Thompson (Men's Track and Field/Cross Country)
Leah Underwood (Women's Soccer)
Deland Weyrauch (Men's Track and Field)
Jarad Wolf (Football)
Morgan Zabel (Volleyball)
 
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