Fourteen Eckerd College student-athletes were named as recipients of the 2012-13 NCAA Division II Academic Achievement Award sponsored by the Division II Athletics Directors Association (D2ADA).<\/p>\n
A record number of institutions and student-athletes were recognized for the 2012-13 Academic Achievement Awards.\u00a0 The Pennsylvania State Athletic Association had 759 student-athletes honored, a record-high for the program, followed by the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) with 653 student-athletes being recognized and the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) with 635 student-athletes being acknowledged with this award.<\/p>\n
The Sunshine State Conference, which has topped all Division II conference in academic success rate (ASR) for the last six years, had 456 student-athletes honored, representing all nine institutions.<\/p>\n
“The D2ADA would like to thank and congratulate the institutions that took part in honoring the record-number of 6,854 student-athletes with 2012-13 Academic Achievement Awards,” stated D2ADA President Anita Barker<\/strong>, Director of Athletics at Chico State University.\u00a0 “We continuously strive to recognize and honor deserving Division II student-athletes. This award gives us the platform to showcase these individuals and their efforts in the classroom, as well as on the playing field.”<\/p>\n In order for a student-athlete to receive an Academic Achievement Award, the athletics director of the Division II institution must be a dues paying member of the D2ADA.<\/p>\n Also, the student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale,\u00a0have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work and\u00a0have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his\/her last academic year.<\/p>\n 2012-13 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award Recipients from Eckerd College Baseball Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Men’s Golf Women’s Golf Men’s Soccer Softball Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Volleyball Fourteen Eckerd College student-athletes were named as recipients of the 2012-13 NCAA Division II Academic Achievement Award sponsored by the Division II Athletics Directors Association…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-academics"},"yoast_head":"\n
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\nLee Spinelle<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAlex Bodney<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAmy Buccilla <\/strong>
\nKayla Bowlin<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nGreg Reilly<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nMara Shingleton<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnthony Brenner<\/strong>
\nMatt Duffy<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nNazley Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nConnor Ohlsen <\/strong>
\nDylan Randazzo <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nChristine Hammerschmidt <\/strong>
\nHanna Segal<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLindsay Biggs<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"